The 31st Annual Vancouver International Film Festival wraps up this week after 16 days of memorable films, fun and faces. Known for being a festival of substance, the event featured over 380 films from all over the world organized into series like Canadian Images, Dragons & Tigers, International Shorts and Cinema of our Time. Still, no festival is complete without a few red carpet parties and premiere galas. Check out a few of the familiar faces below as Vancouver’s more famous locals came out to celebrate.
01 – Walking the red carpet at the Lighthouse Pictures & JetSet Crew film party are actors Michael Eklund, who can be seen in “The Hive” with Abigail Breslin and Halle Berry, and Katharine Isabelle, star of the horror/thriller “American Mary”.
02 – Vancouver’s sweetheart, actress Gabrielle Miller, of Corner Gas fame, joins visiting actor Alexander Cendese, left, and producer Alfonso Quijada.
03 – West Vancouver’s Cathy Negus-Kruse and actor Duke Stevenson enjoy all the red carpet action at the Sutton Place Hotel event.
04 – Young and handsome, look for newcomer Dylan Playfair, seen here with agent Carrie Wheeler, in a new endeavour called “Mr Hockey” featuring Gordie Howe.
05 – “Travel Guys” host Darren Parkman, left, jokes around with friend and actor Paul Duchart who filmed “Charlie St Cloud” with Zac Efron here on the North Shore.
06 – You know him best as Constable John Constable from “The Beachcombers”, but actor Jackson Davies is truly a local legend with more than 46 television series/shows to his name.
07 – Sponsors of the big Red Carpet film party at the Sutton, Bridge Studios’ GM Ron Hrynuik, left, and Lighthouse Pictures’ Jamie Goehring pose for pics with all the big names.
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By Catherine Barr – Sep 29, 2012
Also as seen in print in the North Shore Outlook Newspaper on Oct 11, 2012
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It was lights, camera, action last week at North Vancouver’s Capilano University as TV and film celebrities, dignitaries and VIPs celebrated the opening of the new Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation. Open for business, and classes, this past January, the new 69,000 sq. ft. building cost over $34 million dollars and was designed by Vancouver architectural firm Cannon Design. Students here have access to the best of the best including cameras, monitors, two S3D camera rigs and other professional equipment. There is also a 200-seat high definition/3D theatre, sound mixing and recording studios, an 8,000 square foot sound stage, editing labs, costuming studios and more. It’s a legacy contribution that helps to, once again, solidify Vancouver’s place on the international stage of professional movie making for many years to come. Bravo!