Lantern Films
119 West Pender V6B 1S4 Vancouver, BC, Canada

We have news!!! Our series Behind the Facade: Untold Stories of British Columbia’s Buildings has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf award !!! Congrats to all the filmmakers; Baljit Sangra, Jo Pipes, Lyana Patrick, Dave Shortt, Banchi Hanuse, Rosemary Georgeson Editor Jason Schneider , illustrator Chloé Mustaché, animator Dan Brittain, writer and performer Sol Dianal, sound designer Humberto Corte, original score Dan Brittain, music by Genvieve Vincent, Barbara Patrick, and ...the Chromatics. Colour by David Tomiak and Sam Gilling, legal Nate Lyman, production assistance Geneva Lloyd additional research by David Ozier and John Ohrn. We would also like to thank the Nuxalk Nation, Nuxalk Radio, the UFV South Asian Studies Institute, the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society , the Mission to Seafarers, Celebrities Nightclub and the Tomahawk Barbecue. Finally, thanks to Erica Landrock Gillian Hrankowski Knowledge Network for all your work in supporting these films Congrats to our fellow nominees! See more

WEBINAR PANELIST ANNOUNCEMENT Swipe to reveal our fantastic panel Tia Taurere-Clearsky ... Jas Calcitas Julia Niendorf Eva Madden Oscar Vargas Moderated by Amos Scott This panel brings together emerging and experienced editors, colourists, sound designers, sound mixers, and post production supervisors to share about their craft and offer insight into their post-production workflows, including how they have adapted to working virtually. Emerging and established filmmakers will have a chance to learn about these workflows, and how to virtually collaborate through post-production. This event is funded by @canada.council **Closed Captioning will be available for accessibility** WHEN? March 31, 2021 5pm - 6.30pm PST | 6pm -7.30pm MST WHERE? Via Zoom. Link in bio! WHAT? Moderated panel discussion + Q&A/Mixer https://bit.ly/3qOHBH2

Knowledge is proud to announce five films we supported have been selected for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Congratulations to the f...ilmmakers The Train Station The Face of Anonymous Writing with Fire High Maintenance Blue Box Tickets to stream these films at the 2021 HotDocs Festival begin March 30: www.hotdocs.ca/p/hot-docs-festival

Taking time to reflect on the realities of discrimination and the ugliness of politics. While I have always known that being a public person in political life ...requires a healthy dose of ego and a thick skin, the past day has highlighted the additional prejudices and barriers that IBPOC candidates are forced to confront. When I was elected to council, as the youngest, only person of colour, and only queer person on council, I did find that my experience differed significantly from the rest of my council colleagues. Even though I was one of three rookie councillors, there were times when advocating for progressive ideas that I was told ‘that’s not how we do things here’. This, despite the fact that I had been working in public government service for several years prior. The double-standard became evident as fellow (white) rookie councillors’ voices and ideas were often given more consideration. Tone-policing was often used to shut me down. I am eternally grateful to my fellow colleague Susan Chapelle, who was the only person who consistently encouraged and supported me through these challenges. In fact, she was the first person to suggest that I should run for city council! As I look back, I better understand that this was likely because she, as a Jewish-Canadian woman who had previously worked in a male-dominated industry had also felt this same double-standard. I am proud of my achievements of having successfully implemented Squamish’s first developer Community Amenity Charges to fund affordable housing and big improvements to our public spaces. I am also proud that I chaired the Housing Task Force, which convened all stakeholders in the community to build support for inclusionary zoning and a more active role for the District in the construction and provision of affordable housing. My heart was filled when I visited Squamish after my time there and saw the construction of these new affordable homes. I am left wondering what more I could have achieved had it not been for the intersectional barriers I faced as a queer person of colour.

A few screen grabs from filming Oliv for The Empress of Vancouver Oliv Howe Dave Shortt

Well, what a way to start the year! The Train Station, Directed by Lyana Patrick, is one of seven short films to be selected by Telefilm Canada to participate in the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. It's really wonderful to see this beautifully animated documentary, made with such care and love, go out into the world. Produced by Lantern Films (Jessica Hallenbeck and Dave Shortt) in association with Knowledge Network, Illustrated by Chloe Mustooch, Animated and Scored by Dan Brittain, original song by Barbara Patrick, Mixed by Humberto Corte. https://rdvcanada.ca/en/festivals/clermont-ferrand-2021/

Announcement!!! Nuxalk Radio is screening at the fantastic Available Light Film Festival !!! In person cinema screening will take place February 7, 2021 at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse. For those in Canada you can watch the film online, from February 5th - 22nd! https://yukonfilmsociety.com/sch/indigenous-short-films2020

Happytime Social Club is an Official Selection at Love Story Film Festival, London UK! If you're in Europe you can watch the film online from February 11-14th. And check our website for more exciting announcements coming soon!