October 29, 2005
Life
Alexis Mazurin - Tribute to a Great Canadian Talent
CBC Radio host Alexis Mazurin dies
Alexis Mazurin was one of the first people outside of my immediate creative circle that approached Schema to say, he got it. And that, in fact, our life’s work ran parallel to each other: his larger-than-life passion for Canadian independent music and Schema's obsession with Canada's cultural innovation. He immediately saw the potential synergy and shared interests. His belief in Schema’s ambition – as an accomplished colleague and someone we admired – touched us deeply. Without a doubt, Alexis was, case-in-point, the quintessential ethnic cool.
Alexis was so FULL of life. His aura was the kind that attracted creative minds – artists, musicians and designers – all wanting to glean from his endless creative energy. And despite having a world of admirers, his humility and collaborative nature were the things you would appreciate about him most. He was that rare kind of artist, the kind that made sure everyone around him said what they wanted, play what they wanted and show the world their full-potential.
Alexis will be missed by many on a very personal level, but also by the world of creative minds he touched through his inspiring life.
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October 28, 2005
Life
A Rare and Candid Portrait of Inuvialuit Life
Ever dreamt of going on a hunting or fishing bonding trip with your father? One where he not only passes on his learned techniques and best kept secrets, but also shares with you the wisdom of life and its struggles? My father, My Teacher encapsulates one such story, in context of a candidly captured portrait of Inuvialuit life.
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October 21, 2005
Life
24th Vancouver International Film Festival Breaks Records
The Vancouver International Film Festival has set another box-office record, with ticket sales up $22,000 from last year for a total of $978,000. With 572 public screenings for a total of 342 films, the festival also surpassed the 150,000 attendance mark once again, reached for the first time in 2002.
For Schema's coverage of VIFF 2005, click
here.
More about this year's award winners after the jump.
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Life
Centre A Presents...TRACT: Installation and Performance by Jenny Ham
For her solo exhibition TRACT, Jenny Ham, a New York-based Korean-Canadian artist, presents a site-specific installation that questions familiar utopian notions of landscape in relation to larger socio-political concerns about private interests and public space, identity and home, everyday life and theatricality. Green space is a rarity in inner-city districts; through her exploration of the relationship between individuals and their surroundings, Ham reveals the complexities of the social body and offers a space for reflection.
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October 10, 2005
Life
24th Vancouver International Film Festival - September 29 - October 14, 2005
To mark Vancouver's most ethnnic cool event of the year, the annual Vancouver International Film Festival, Schema launches its VIFF 2005 page, packed with reviews, commentaries and interviews, with special contributions from some of Vancouver's most passionate minds about film:
Christies Charles
Hugo Passarello Luna
Loretta Sarah Todd
Lawrence Shapiro
Jackie Wong
Alan Woo
And Schema's own, Gloria Wong (Film Editor), Yu Gu (Asst. Film Editor), and Ivy So (Editorial Assistant).
Special Thanks to Andrew Poon, Beverly Edgecombe, Helen Yagi and all the dedicated crew at the VIFF Media Office for their patience and assistance this year!
And a BIG THANK YOU to all the people that worked to make this year's coverage possible: Nurçin Bayol for her tireless effort coordinating the passes, tickets and content (who is now back in her home country of Turkey); to Michelle da Silva and Ivy So for their editing; and especially to our new webmaster, Loretta Hui, for her hard work getting the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival page set-up!
Click here to jump to our VIFF 2005 main page.
Films currently reviewed:
April Snow (South Korea)
Based on A True Story (Netherlands)
Blood Rain (South Korea)
The Bridesmaid (France)
Crying Fist (South Korea)
Estamira (Brazil)
Eve and the Firehorse (Canada)
Grain in Ear (China/South Korea)
Heart, Beating in the Dark (Japan)
I'm So Over You? (Canada)
Lie With Me (Canada)
Linda Linda Linda (Japan)
Live and Become (Va, vis et deviens) (France/Israel)
Manderlay (Denmark/France/Germany/Netherlands/Sweden/UK)
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (Canada)
North Country (USA)
Ox Hide (China)
Police Beat (USA)
Princess Raccoon (Japan)
Protocols Of Zion (USA)
Sisters in Law (UK)
So Much Rice (China)
Souvenir of Canada (Canada)
State of Fear (USA/Peru)
Takeshis'(Japan)
Texture of Skin (South Korea)
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (USA)
To The Other Side (Mexico/USA)
Why We Fight (USA)
Wild Side (France)
October 05, 2005
Life
Sketch Comedy, ‘Azn’ Style: Assaulted Fish @ Fringe Festival
From believing in fortune cookies to stylin’ in full-face visor shades, Assaulted Fish draws upon today’s Asian-Canadian stereotypes and livens WISE Hall with plenty of laughs at the 2005 Vancouver Fringe Festival.
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