From shadowplay by Andy Liu, Iris Gao, and Edro Gonzales
Closing Screening:
Commissioned Artists’ World Premieres
Saturday November 16 at 7:00PM - 8:30PM PST
With Live Talkback facilitated by danielle Mackenzie Long
Closing Reception on the 4th floor with food from Nuba
Location: SFU - Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre, 3rd floor
Doors: 6:30PM
A central heartbeat of F-O-R-M, the annual Commissioning Fund Program celebrates the ambitious creativity of Youth and Emerging artists as they make new films exploring the range of intersections between movement and film. Additionally, it is a catalyst for these artists to distinctively share powerful stories, and an opportunity for their voices as creative leaders to be nourished.
Unique to this year, the cohort of our 2024 Commissioned Artists are all based in so-called Vancouver. With a smaller group of 4 artistic teams, the program focused its energy to cultivate meaningful in-person connections, through a Creative Workshop Intensive, various Artistic Consultant meetings, and work-in-progress screenings. Their care, curiosity, and commitment to expand and challenge the development of their creative voices clearly shines through on screen, leaving a resonating invitation to continue connecting with others once the credits roll.
We are thrilled to support these artists' vulnerable approaches as they reimagine and redefine what a filmmaking process can be from start to finish. With great excitement we look forward to premiering their distinct personal explorations on the big screen for all to witness and experience for the first time.
Accessibility Measures for this Event
Mask Mandate
Throughout the festival wearing masks is highly encouraged for all events when possible as a practice of collective community care. With the festival taking place during the peak of flu season, we strive to be able to gather in groups while being mindful of our own and others’ health needs. We will have masks available on site throughout the festival. For events with smaller gathering spaces air purifiers will be on site to assist with providing clean air and circulation. We are encouraging Masks by:
All staff will be wearing masks throughout the entirety of the festival events, only when we are speaking on a stage at a distance from folks during speeches/talkbacks will we remove our masks to help support our ASL interpreters and lip readers
Printed signage will be posted throughout our event spaces, as well as included in our screening slides that play on loop prior to the start of each screening stating "Masks Highly Encouraged"
We will have volunteers stationed before our box office and will be handing out masks to each individual who enters the space
Currently we have surgical masks available for audiences, and are in the process of trying to secure more masks that are either N95 or KN95 (we currently do not have these confirmed)
NEW ASL Interpretation Updates:
ASL interpreters will be interpreting throughout the screening including:
the opening speeches
the sound scores and spoken word of the films live in real time
the talkback with artists following the screening
The first 3 rows closest to the screen will be reserved for audience members requiring unobstructed sight lines to the captions on screen and ASL interpreters
** English closed captioning is included in films with on-screen dialogue spoken
** There will not be air purifiers at this event — we highly encourage attendees to wear masks to help maintain a comfortable and safe environment.
** Stim Toys will be available to borrow
Closing Reception following the screening:
** 2 air purifiers will be in the space at this event
** No interpretation will be present during this portion
** Stim Toys will be available to borrow
⚠️ This event will have food; unmasking will be taking place to eat food
List of films:
before transforming we exist
Shapeshifter Media Collective (Vancouver, BC) YOUTH
World Premiere
Taha, Ua (One, Two)
Ngaire Lyden-Elleray (Vancouver, BC) YOUTH
World Premiere
Shadowplay
Andy Liu, Iris Gao, Edro Gonzales (Vancouver, BC) EMERGING
World Premiere
a drift in space
Kaya Tsrumi (Vancouver, BC) YOUTH
World Premiere
Click the arrows on the right to swipe through the films:
Venue Accesibility:
149 W Hastings St
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H7
Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre: 3rd floor
Wheelchair accessible at street level on Hastings side or via ramp on Cordova Street Courtyard side, all venues within building accessible by elevator
The building is accessible at street level on the Hastings side or via a ramp on the Cordova Street Courtyard side (across from JJ Bean Coffee).
There are 2 ramp entry points:
One is located against the building, near the entrance to the Woodward’s Westbank Atrium (which houses London Drugs and Nesters)
Another is located against the building, beside the alley.
Both the Hastings doors and the Cordova Courtyard doors can be operated by accessibility buttons located beside the doorways.
The building is a ten-minute walk from Waterfront Station, where the Skytrain, Seabus and Westcoast Express meet; city buses run directly from this hub to the Hastings Street entrance. If approaching via the Stadium-Chinatown Station on Skytrain's Expo-Millenium line, the walk to SFU's Goldcorp Centre for Arts is five minutes.
For more information about our accessibility measures, visit our FAQ page.