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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Get out your social calendars, it’s time for us to plan our schedules together. So whether you’re a Vancouver foodie, a celebrity hound or a fine wine connoisseur, you’ll want to mark these great events down. Every year, there’s so many fabulous and worthy charity events that deserve our attention, but the important thing is to remember to give, in any way you can, so that 2011 can be a successful year for all.
The 29th Vancouver International Film Festival has been taking place all over the city for the last two weeks with over 370 films from over 75 different countries. Truly a place to watch the world, the emphasis here is on artistic merit over that of Hollywood hype. Local actors, directors and more are also given the spotlight including North Shore influenced films like “Mighty Jerome” (the story of local African-Canadian track-and-field star Harry Jerome) and Sara McIntyre’s “Two Indians Talking”. One of the best opening night galas was held last week at West Vancouver restaurateur Jack Evrensel’s fabulous Cin Cin restaurant with many famous faces in attendance.
