Film Vancouver Productions

Production begins on our most ambitious educational production ever.

Chalkboard Prison, (the original comedic pilot created by Film Vancouver Productions) is pitching soon to CBC Drama! Fingers crossed the retooled show gets picked up for more development, or even gets an order to series!

Part one of our pickup shoot for 'Master of Time', the Covid short film we made entirely outdoors with natural light and only $1k budget. These photos are thanks to Joshua Clark! More to come...

Guess the location...

Filming one of the last pickups for a short we started in September. A true experiment that is finally complete!

Directing for my new short in Surrey this weekend. It turned out great thanks to these amazing volunteers, but MAN WAS IT FRIGGIN COLD!

Rehearsal for a little scene in a short film we’re making this weekend. Thanks to @ambushpaintball for having us out!

Just a small portion of the gifts I’m donating to children and families struggling with Covid this year. Or just struggling. Deliveries and pickups have begun! Thanks to clients AspenClean, Freedom Capital and Jayme Cowley Media Co. for Your support this Winter! And to Kyla Murphy & Bronwyn Livingston for chipping in to help even more kids! Over 20 children will have presents under the tree!

UPDATE: I posted a version of this earlier in a local Covid support group. Film Vancouver has now purchased over $500 in gifts for 11 children of five families in Victoria, Surrey and Vancouver. Everything will arrive this week. Thanks to everyone who offered words of support, was brave enough to ask for help or who helped someone I could not. This holiday season is going to be tough on young boys and girls who's parents lost work due to Covid. To help, I'm going to buy Chri...stmas presents for three children affected by Covid, directly or indirectly. You can DM Film Vancouver Productions and tell me your story. If I receive more than three legitimate requests, I'll draw three names from a hat, or consider splitting the gifts 4 or 5 ways depending on the requests. Basically, if you're a parent who needs help, or knows someone who does, then send me a message and tell me how I can help. And before anyone asks, I'm sorry but I can't help with game consoles, but I will do my best to track down a Baby Yoda if requested! Please, please be honest and only submit a request if you're really in need or know someone who is. This offer is for children who's parents are having to choose between Christmas dinner and presents under the tree. Thanks for your understanding! PS: If you want to join me here’s a link to a charity you can donate to with a similar cause. If I don’t find any individuals who need my help, this is where I’ll put my donation.

Forgot to mention that a project I directed the pilot for got selected by the Canadian Media Fund and is on the short track to (fingers crossed) make it to CBC Television. The original version was a sitcom, but it’s being reworked as a drama. Here’s creator Kirt Purdy updating fans on the process.

40 pounds lighter, enjoying a cheat day and the last little bit of warm weather.

I'm launching a new bi-weekly sub-blog on my site, called "Liberal Media Bias." The first post was going to be tomorrow about something else, but with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg I felt I need to address some things I'm feeling now. This first post is about what it means to use 2020 as a personified villain as we struggle to cope with bad news. Please read, share and let me know your thoughts. For the political posts, I will not be commenting on local matters or taking positions that could be considered extreme outside of mass media, but I will not shy away from equality, climate progress and free speech. These 'macro issues' are fair game. Please enjoy and feel free to share!

Thanks again to @mathilda_dv for these set photos on ‘Time Escape’. This location featured yours truly as a villainous cowboy, getting shot down in a duel. Visit www.filmvancouver.com/blog for more on making the film!

Thanks to @mathilda_dv for these photos. Help me pick your favourites! These are the first ten from our ‘Time Escape’ shoot last weekend. My favourite part of the shoot for sure!

Here’s ‘Time Escape,’ my entry in @warnerbrosca #inspiredbytenet, originally posted on YouTube and Facebook. Thanks to our amazing cast and crew, especially our lead @daria_mlnk and cinematographer @darcy_hamilton.

This week's blog is a bit more business minded. If you're a business owner, find out how you can utilize video during the pandemic to help stand out.

Check out the new Film Vancouver montage of 'Narrative' filmmaking by Andrew de Villiers. Thanks to Shawn Seifert for the stunning visuals and to some truly amazing casts and crews on Ballet of a Lonely Heart, Mister Forgettable, The Legend of Davy Crockett, Secret Liaison, Chalkboard Prison, Love at First Slide & Cross Eyed Bear Comedy, including Riverdale: The Archie Movie Trailer.

My blog for this week looks at the importance of movie theatres, and why it might be too late to save them...

Here's my first blog, detailing the complete making of 'Ballet of a Lonely Heart', a socially distanced, shot during quarantine short film. I'm hoping to add new blogs every week going forward, so let me know what you'd like me to write about!

Film Vancouver Productions created commercial and creative video content to tell engaging, emotional, educational and entertaining stories. We work with businesses, non-profits and individuals to tell unique, branded stories that will grow audiences, educate viewers and inspire change. Film Vancouver Productions is owned by award winning filmmaker Andrew de Villiers and is always interested in collaborating with producers on fiction and non-fiction, scripted and non-scripted... content. From short films to corporate videos, Film Vancouver Productions works in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler. Some fees for out of zone travel may apply. Film Vancouver Productions is experienced in creating content for web, social media and television! Tell your story, with Film Vancouver Productions, today! Visit us online: www.filmvancouver.com Visit Andrew de Villiers' IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3716709/ Connect on Linked In: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/andrew-de-villiers-07425712 Connect on Instagram: @film.vancouver Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/unitedvisions Connect on Twitter: @unitedvisions

Miss Our Vancouver’s segment on Ballet of a Lonely Heart on CBC Vancouver? Here’s what it looked like from Andrew’s television! Thanks to Kirsten Wicklund and Peter Smida for the great interview! PS: If you want more photos and updates on Ballet of a Lonely Heart, try following us on Instagram at @Film.Vancouver!

The pandemic might have shut down most filming, but it's also given me time to update my demo and website, which should finally launch next week. Here's a TEASE of what's to come, featuring over 100 unique clips of projects I've produced as a professional filmmaker. From commercial to art house, Film Vancouver Production Services, now Film Vancouver Productions, is ALWAYS ambitious, and ALWAYS creative.

Please take a few minutes to watch this interview with the cast and choreographers of Ballet of a Lonely Heart, Kirsten and Peter! Thanks to CBC Vancouver and CBC Our Vancouver for LEADING with our piece.