Vanimation Film Festival

We would like to thank everyone who came to our inaugural Vanimation Film Festival. We are honestly blown away by everything, from the films to the crowd. We love you.

J’aime le Paris!

BREAKING: UFO reported over Vancouver skies

It was very cool to see #CyanEyed on the big screen at the @vanimationfilm tonight, thank you to the festival organisers for putting on such a great night to a jam packed theatre! The after party was fun too! #Nezui #CorlissVail #animation #steampunk

We were doing leaf screams the whole way home hahaha

Waiting for the @vanimationfilm to start which is screening my film #CyanEyed! #Nezui

One ominous dawn at an old shipyard, three fishermen: an engineer, a spearman, and their stalwart captain prepare to sail as a televisions report of an unknown monster calls them to action. Fisherman is a masterpiece project by students at @vfs, join us tomorrow at @RioTheatre!

After years of searching, Grunt the automaton has finally caught up with the bounty hunter, Corliss Vail to rescue the young, supernaturally gifted, Nessa Baelin from imprisonment and return her to her father. Catch @RyanGrobins Cyan Eyed at the Rio Theatre this week!

After running aground in the middle of the ocean, a couple -owners of a small family tuna company- has survived by eating only canned tuna. Una Porción por Envase is @mf_otalora's tale of love and freedom. Come sail with us this Wednesday at the @RioTheatre

Monique Motut-Firth's A Simple Machine For Living explores the idea of merging different types of movement found in game play and physics with the concept of animating a Rube Goldberg Machine. Come see this machine in action this Wednesday at the @RioTheatre

A kindly narrator is tasked with minding his disturbed cousin who has just returned home from The Institution. From the vaults of the 5 Second Day legend, Sean Covernton's Cousin Arthur is a Lovecraftian tale you must consume at the @RioTheatre next week! Ticket link in bio!

Smooth Talker is @brent_bouchard's short animated film about dating... or talking. or maybe both. I don't know. Be sure to catch it live on the silver screen this May 31st at @RioTheatre

Vancouver does #AnnecyFestival2023 this summer! We'll be there too! Are you going to Annecy?

A Tahitian dancer trying to reclaim her body and identity by confronting a tourist audience with a dance of her own. The best stories are rooted in real life, dance with Wei Li's Tehura May 31st at @RioTheatre for the inaugural Vanimation Film Festival

When a timid young boy named Kip loses his dog Molly on the beaches of Lake Erie, he must face terrifying supernatural forces to be reunited with her. Vancouvers major studios taking major risks with their own stories, we love it. Great work @WildBrainStudio and @JpVassallo

Deep into the small hours of the night, drenched in black coffee and paperwork, a lonely man's sanity starts to slip away. Too Late will be screening for one night only at the inaugural Vanimation Film Festival at the end of the month. Ticket link in bio!!

Joshua Ralph's Prey is a visual and poetic exploration of the effects of power lines on the birds of prey within their surrounding ecosystems. Beautiful film, we can't wait to see it with you all at the end of the month. ⛓️Tickets link in bio!⛓️

A girl goes fishing and winds up with a bigger catch than she ever expected. A little fishy told us that @irezoomie is screening the EXTENDED version of her film Part Of Your World. I promise you, this is one you do NOT want to miss.

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