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📣📣 Calling Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) in BC with lived experience of disability interested in learning about media art. Cinevolution's Media Art Micro Grant is now open for applications! We are offering five grants of $1500 to support racialized folks 18+ who are: + d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing + Blind and low vision + neurodivergent + live with mental illness, or + have physical, cognitive, or other non-visible disabilities (including chronic pain) …to explore media art through learning that you lead and plan, exploratory research, or creative experimentation. You can be an emerging artist, art worker, or someone looking to explore media art, such as sound, video, photography, digital illustration and more! No formal arts training or previous experience necessary. 📆Apply by Monday, June 22, 2026 🔗Application information available link in bio → cinevolutionmedia.com/micro-grant If you want to talk to someone about the program, or discuss support for your application (e.g. ASL interpretation, other submission options, etc.), please reach out by email at [email protected] or by phone at 778-803-7150 extension 5. 📸 Photos and Images Image 1. 2016 Youth Media Fest Banner, design by Lynn Chen Image 2. Margaret Dragu at grunt gallery, Art Talking Women. Videography by Ying Wang and Sebnem Ozpeta. Image 3. Installation by Wynne Palmer at Digital Carnival 2015. Photographer unknown. Image 4. Alanna Ho at Digital Carnival 2017. Photo by Ash Tanasiychuk @formatnoauto Image 5. Scratch Animation Workshop led by Sepideh Saii Young at Youth Media Fest 2016. Photo by Ying Wang. Image 6. Youth Film Screening at Youth Media Fest 2016. Photo by Ying Wang. #CallforSubmissions #MediaArts #EmergingArtists #BIPOC #DisabilityArts

For Cinevolution's third edition of CanFilmDay, we are thrilled to present a special Richmond screening of “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam,” followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming ( @askstickgirl )! 📽️ CanFilmDay Cinevolution Edition: ✨The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam✨ 🗓️Wednesday, April 15 ⏰6:30-8:30PM PDT | Doors: 6:00PM PDT 📍Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs Who was Long Tack Sam? He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville. In this whimsical and thought-provoking documentary, his great-granddaughter the artist and director Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world, and offers incredible insights into a fascinating era of theatrical history. If you like magic, history, animation, or just a plain good story, you won't want to miss this film! The screening is FREE -- go to @cinevolution to register at link in bio! --- CanFilmDay is presented by Reel Canada. This program is presented by Cinevolution in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Media Lab.

Welcome Lim-Kong x Cinevolution presents Welcome Lim-Kong Sharing session: Futuristic Impulses 建構未來式/世 - 《UNION》創作分享會 「歡迎光臨麟光社」很高興邀請李南屏（Nancy Lee）與 Kiran Bhumber 來分享他們的跨域作品《UNION》，這是一個發生在西元3000年，網路戰摧毀了每個硬碟和電子設備的記憶體之後發生的故事... 在地緣政治動盪與深層科技焦慮充斥的當下，我們可否透過對未來性（futurity）的思考構築富有生命力與可能性的自我/社會探索空間？在這場講座中，溫哥華跨領域藝術家 Nancy Lee 與 Kiran Bhumber 將分享作品 《UNION》 的創作過程，並討論建構未來世（world-building）與多模態場域設計的密切關係。作品講述兩個生命體透過觸碰與一場後末日婚禮儀式，發掘基因記憶的過程；藝術家也藉由離散者的身份，重新審視文化記憶如何透過身體被具象化並成為抗拒（resistance）的一種形式。《UNION》曾以實體展覽，延展實境，現場表演等多種形式呈現，並巧妙的運用科幻與推設敘事（science fiction and speculative fiction）的框架，透過沉浸式媒體與科技探討監控、資源汲取、儀式、文化記憶等主題。 ｜時間｜2026.04/02 (四) 20:00-21:00 ｜地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」（近捷運麟光捷運站） ｜參與方式｜本活動為報名預約制，以15人為限，確認報名成功後，我們將email確切地址給您。 * 入場 entry fee: NTD$150 + 自由樂捐。 * 現場將備茶水小食，也歡迎參與者自備。 * 活動主要以英文進行，中文為輔，現場將有攝影紀錄。 * RSVP only，Link in BIO🔗 ｜藝術家介紹｜ 李南屏 Nancy Lee (@whichnancy ) 台裔加拿大多媒體藝術家、策展人、導演、DJ 和文化製作人。他的跨界創作涵蓋電影、現場活動、XR、新媒體表演和裝置藝術，著重於透過沉浸式體驗重塑並活化空間，引導參與者思考個人與周遭環境密不可分的多重關係。 他的作品頻繁展出於坎城影展、SXSW、MUTEK（日本，蒙特婁）、柏林國際影展、溫哥華國際爵士音樂節等平臺。 Kiran Bhumber (@kiranbhumber ) 印度裔加拿大多媒體藝術家、作曲家、表演者與教育者。她的藝術實踐關注新興科技如何介入記憶，身體又如何將記憶重新銘刻於當下。她的作品多以互動裝置與表演的形式呈現，探討律動、觸覺與表演性。她的創作受邀發表於 MUTEK（日本，蒙特婁）、國際電子藝術研討會（南非、韓國）、SXSW、坎城影展、溫哥華國際爵士音樂節、新音樂介面表演國際會議（澳洲、丹麥）、多倫多國際電子聲響藝術節等國際平台。 ｜團隊介紹｜ Cinevolution (@cinevolution ) 位於加拿大西岸的獨立多媒體藝術組織。由三位亞洲移民女性所創立，長期透過展演活動以及與藝術家的密切合作將實驗性數位藝術呈現於非傳統的公眾空間，與多元的社區群體連結、碰撞。 - Special Thanks: Yun-Jou Chang（@itinerant.cloud ） @welcomelimkong

Sharing clips from the Global News (@globalnews ) interview. Many thanks to Jay Durant (@jaydurant ) for putting so much care into covering the story! Making and releasing this project has been a grassroots, collective effort with fellow artists, and sending this film into the world at this moment takes courage. But that’s what we're supposed to do, isn’t it? Thank you for all the support along the way. This is a long film, and it’s a beautiful, bold one. The world première is in a week on Saturday, Jan. 24th from 12pm – 4pm at The Cinematheque. • Tickets & event page: /theborder/ Thank you @interplay_arts for presenting this work and @cinevolution as the community partner. #interplay_2026 #TheBorder #theborderfilm #uscanadaborder #peacearchpark #documentary #cinevolution #globalnews

New year is here! Sharing a few photos from the Cinevolution party — a farewell and a reunion. After 18 years, I’ve decided to retire from the organization I co-established, in order to focus on new film projects. It was such a memorable night - artists from past festivals, collaborators, community partners, board members, volunteers, colleagues, and friends ... all came together, some of whom I hadn’t seen in over a decade. It all began in 2007, on a daydreaming afternoon in September, when I made up the name “cinevolution”, hoping to create a niche space for myself and others who were newcomers to this land to do something imaginative, in a liberating way. Ever since then, the organization became my art school, where I learned from everyone encountered -- whether an artist, an activist, or a walk-in audience at our events. From "New Asia" to "Your Kontinent", we cultivated a unique playground in Richmond, for experimenting and challenging. Over the years, the organization has developed its distinct vision. With the leadership of Yun-Jou Chang (@yunjou.c ) , Cinevolution will continue to carry its strong, independent voice. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate, to those who sent meaningful notes, and to those who've shared this journey! Wishing 2026 a year of wonder and courage! See you down the road. #cinevolution

interplay_2026 proudly presents the World Premiere of THE BORDER, the latest feature documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ying Wang. Following the international success of her previous film The World Is Bright (2020) – a critically acclaimed portrait of immigration, mental health and the Kafkaesque bureaucracy at the heart of global migration which continues to be shown around the world – THE BORDER asks us to confront the borders we inherit, the ones we internalize, and the fragile freedoms that shape and restrict how we connect, belong, and move through the world. 📍 1131 Howe St, Vancouver 🗓️ Saturday, January 24 🕚 Doors 11:30 🎬 Screening + Artist Talk 12:00–16:00 On Jan 24, join us at The Cinematheque as the film traces the emotional landscape of Peace Arch State Park, the last shared space between Canada and the US during the 2020 border closure, and an often absurd theatre where contradictions of sovereignty, identity, and belonging played out in full view. Painstakingly filmed and assembled between 2020-2024, the film is a study in deep listening: quietly witnessing the surreal choreography of families, lovers, and displaced souls amid rising border anxieties, and letting the border speak through those who crossed it, waited beside it, mourned beneath its shadow. What will you hear? We’re honoured to close this year’s festival with a work that resonates deeply with the ethos of interplay_: questioning boundaries, embracing complexity, and creating space for collective reflection. Community Partner: Cinevolution Media Arts Society @cinevolution 🎟️ Tickets linked in bio! #interplay_ #interplay_2026 #theborder #vancouverfilm #filmmaking #canadianfilm #interdisciplinaryart #artperformance #vancityfilm #vancouver #artfestival #onlinefestival #onlineliveperformance

Wryly and Minah are coming to Richmond for a small talk with artists Romi Kim and Jaewoo Kang. This will be both individual and group reflection on creating a contemporary ritual including drag, puppet, and Korean traditional shamanism. Hope to see you there! Weaving Mago, Artist talk + in process video share hosted by Cinevolution Media Arts Wednesday, November 19 6:30-8:00pm Theatre Under the Stairs, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond BC Free. Registration Link in Bio. In folklore, Mago is a giant woman and creator of the world, Mother Earth for the Korean peninsula. Though lesser known than the creation myth centering Hwanung, a son from heaven, Mago stories have a much longer history – suggesting that matrilineal cultures and worldviews were strongly present on the land, despite the relatively recent history of rigid patriarchy. During this work in progress presentation, the artists will share their documentation and reflections on working transpacifically to explore themes of gender, queerness, transness, ecology, and transformation. #art #richmondevent #drag #puppet #Korean #shamanism #ritual #video #queer #trans #ecology #transpacific #Mago

MUST-SEE festival recs ❤️‍🔥 from Co-Artistic Director @erinlum3 1️⃣For the first time ever:  𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨: 𝘼 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙐𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 🌀 ⭐𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 + 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 facilitated by @hantopiaaa 🗓️Thursday November 13  ⏰6:00-8:00PM PST | Doors: 5:30PM PST 🤝Presented in Collaboration with @gallerygachet 📍Location: Gallery Gachet 🌱Free Registration link in bio  Thank you to @cinevolution for supporting this program! 
2️⃣A Screening + Stepping Workshop with the @montrealsteppers 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🎞️
⭐𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 facilitated by @brandonwintpoet 🗓️Thursday, November 20 ⏰6:00-9:00 PM PST | Doors: 5:30PM PST 🤝Presented in Collaboration with @polygongallery 📍Location: The Polygon Gallery 🎟️Grab a ticket or screening pass to attend! Brand design by @jingy1_liu Edit by @jasmineliaw_ #10YearsofFORM #FORMvancouver #FORMvancouver2025 #FilmFestival #DigitalFestival #HybridFestival #YVRFilm #VancouverArtists #VancouverFilmFestival #MovementOnScreen #EmergingArtists #YouthArtists #YoungArtists #DanceFilm #MovementOnScreen #2025festival #YouthFestival #DanceFilmFestival #ShortFilms #VancouverEvents #VancouverArtEvent #Art #VideoInstallation #Screening #ShortFilms #Experimental #Celebration #Anniversary

Our friends at @formvancouver are celebrating a decade of Movement-on-Screen, and the festival launches today! Join us November 7th-22nd, Online and In-Person for this exciting lineup of Local, National and International films made by Youth and Emerging artists 🎉 Their Hybrid Festival offers both online and in-person experiences across so-called Vancouver, featuring: Film Screenings, Cyphers, Workshops, Installations, FORMations, Artist Talkbacks, and Special Events! 😮 ✨🎟️You’ll need a Ticket, Screening Pass or Digital Experience Pass to attend and watch Screenings! (unless otherwise stated) ✨🆓Workshops, Installations, and Parties are FREE! 👉 Get your passes and tickets today → https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/box-office-2025 We’re thrilled to support FORM’s 10th annual festival 🌟 To celebrate, we’re giving away FREE screening tickets so you can experience inspiring films by Youth and Emerging artists. 🎬✨ Comment below or send us a message for your chance to grab tickets! Workshops and events are free—head to @formvancouver for the link in bio to register.

In folklore, Mago is a giant woman and creator of the world, Mother Earth for the Korean peninsula. Over several years, artists Minah Lee, Wryly Andherson, Romi Kim and Jaewoo Kang visited and worked closely with the community of Haenam, Korea (including local shaman-artist Pilsu Park, other artists, and residents) to learn, explore, participate, and document contemporary Shamanism unique to the region. During their most recent visit, they worked with the community to create a giant Mago puppet on the land using locally gathered materials and imagined new clothing for Mago's journey. We have invited the artists to share their video excerpts and reflections on working transpacifically to explore themes of gender, queerness, transness, ecology, and transformation. Join us for the conversation on this fascinating project! 📆 Wednesday, November 19 🕛 6:30-8:00pm 📍Theatre Under the Stairs, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond BC 🎟️ Free. Drop in.

電影放映與討論：《笑傲江湖》（1990） 7月31日（星期四），6:00 – 9:00 pm 列治文文化中心，一樓表演廳 與 UBC 香港研究教授胡婉慧博士和客座策展人王晨釔一起通過這部以明朝為背景的經典武俠片了解香港武俠電影的文化背景。觀影結束後，歡迎加入我們的對話，探討江湖這一概念的文化涵意，以及武俠小說這一文學形式在本次展覽中的體現。影片以粵語放映，附有英文字幕。 更多資訊/註冊：/hkscreening Film Screening and Conversation: The Swordsman 笑傲江湖 (1990) Thursday, July 31, 2025 6:00 - 9:00 PM Location: Theatre Under the Stairs, Richmond Cultural Centre Learn more about Hong Kong cinema with UBC Asian Studies professor Dr. Helena Wu and guest curator Rebecca Wang. After watching this martial arts thriller set in Ming dynasty China, join us for a conversation on the cultural context of jianghu, and how the martial arts fiction genre is referenced in the current exhibition. Film will be screened in Cantonese with Mandarin and English subtitles. Presented in partnership with Cinevolution Media Arts Society See our link in bio to learn more or register. Images: Film stills from The Swordsman 笑傲江湖 (1990), Directors: Raymond Lee, Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui, King Hu

Mad Pride Film Screening + Directors Talkback: "I'm Still Growing" 🗓️ Thursday @ 5:30-7:30 📍The Gathering Place Community Centre @gatheringplace_associationvan 🌟Free Event by @connection_salon 🔗 Link in bio! Featuring some of our fantastic films and directors. PROGRAM OVERVIEW Short Film Program | Curated by @cinevolution | Total Runtime: 76 min Common Law (2024) by Kagan Goh XO Rad Magical (2019) by Christopher Gilbert Grant The Head Vanishes (2016) by Franck Dion Me and My Teeth (2023) by Anna Quon I See Stars (2018) by Caid Dow The Yellow Wallpaper (2015) by Anne Koizumi Loca (2024) by Veronique Paquette Followed by a Directors' Talkback with Caid Dow @madebycaid and Kagan Goh @kagangoh