Cineworks seeks Metro Vancouver filmmakers to make videos about non-profit organizations

If you're interested in making a film about organizations that are helping making Metro Vancouver a better place to live, Cineworks is searching for eight regional non-profit organizations and eight Metro Vancouver filmmakers to pair up to create eight public-awareness videos.

The Play It Forward initiative, now in its third year, was created to shine a spotlight on the non-profit community to raise awareness about their efforts.

Interested filmmakers and organizations can attend a meet-and-greet event on December 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews).

Organizations (registered as non-profits or charities) should email Cineworks to indicate their interest prior to 6 p.m. on December 7 (with "PIF 2017" in the subject line).

Interested filmmakers can attend the event without any RSVP.

Cineworks will commission eight pairings of filmmakers with organizations to create campaign videos from one to three minutes long that depict what each organization is all about.

The films will be made between January and mid-March.

The completed videos will be screened at a free public event in March 2017 at the Cinematheque. (After that time, the filmmakers and organizations will be able to use the videos freely.)

The chosen filmmakers will also receive a one-year Cineworks membership (worth $120), a $700 production honorarium, $1,000 equipment credit at Cineworks for the video, and a free EVO car share membership (with 100 minutes of free driving time).

The videos will also be up for an audience choice award, which includes a $1,000 equipment credit at Cineworks, $250 Gearbase Camera Rentals gift voucher, one year access to DOC BC workshops, three days of free driving time with EVO car share, and an iPad Mini.

For further information, you can visit the Cineworks website or email Cineworks director of programs Jem Noble.