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<\/a>After lengthy discussions, six months ago the Cinevic board decided to make a regional presentation that includes Alaska, Yukon, BC, Washington, and Oregon. Over 30 submissions were received, of which eight were selected to showcase.<\/p>\n
The festival will screen a variety of shorts such as comedy, documentary, narrative, and experimental. (Experimental is when a director uses techniques unknown to him\/her and that are often intensely personal.)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to do more presentations because at the most we\u2019re a production center. So we wanted to involve the public and show the work that\u2019s being created,\u201d says Skinner. \u201cThe films are really great; in fact, Jeremy Lutter\u2019s short, Joanna Makes a Friend<\/em>, just won the Toronto International Film Festival Kids (TIFF Kids) award for audience favourite.\u201d<\/p>\n Not only has Lutter won the TIFF Kids award, he recently won Monday Magazine<\/em>\u2019s M Award for favourite local filmmaker. Saturday\u2019s screening of Joanna Makes a Friend<\/em> will be the film\u2019s sixth screening overall.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to having another screening in Victoria; it\u2019s been awesome that the film\u2019s been so well received,\u201d says Lutter. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be showcased with all the other amazing talents that Victoria has, having participated in a lot of Cinevic events in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n A strong list of shorts from Victoria are included in the festival: Liam Sherriff\u2019s Gorsky<\/em>, Michael Johnstone\u2019s A Temp at Crime, <\/em>Peter Sandmark\u2019s Shambala Alley, <\/em>Melissa de Haan\u2019s Surreal<\/em>, <\/em>and Michael Korican\u2019s Seeing Is Feeling.<\/em><\/p>\n Other selections are from up North: Andrew Connors\u2019 Mad Miner\u2019s Muck-up <\/em>from Whitehorse, Yukon and Mary Katzke\u2019s community effort, Day in Our Bay, <\/em>from Anchorage, Alaska. Then closing the night is Joe Shapiro\u2019s Claustrophia<\/em>, from Seattle.<\/p>\n Cinevic plans on growing this festival organically, as its reputation increases, more films will be added to the line-up. Most directors will be in attendance for a Q&A session after the screenings. The shorts are from 4-18 minutes long.<\/p>\n