At the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival, UBC Film Production alumni Nimisha Mukerji and Philip Lyall became the recipients of three distinguished awards for their “heart wrenching and rewarding” (says Maryam Siddiqi of the National Post) documentary, 65_Red Roses. The film, which follows twenty-three year old Eva Markvoort and her struggle with cystic fibrosis, received the Most Popular Canadian Film Award and the NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award. Additionally, Mukerji, along with her executive producer Gillian Lowry, were honored with the Women in Film and Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award.

To learn more about the film and its accomplishments, visit www.65redroses.com.

The UBC Film Production Alumni Association is pleased to invite you to a reception at Lux Lounge & Bar on Tuesday October 13th from 5-7:30PM to celebrate films by UBC alumni and students in the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Please RSVP to pr@ubcfilmalumni.org.

We hope to see you all there!

Best regards,

UBC Film Production Alumni Association

The UBC Film Production Alumni Association is always looking for new volunteers!

UBC Film Production Alumni Association is back for 2009!

UBCFPAA 40th Anniversary Kick Off Screening: May 2009
The UBC Film Production Program has 40 years to its name. To kick things off the UBC Film Production Alumni Association will be hosting a screening of ‘The Stone of Destiny’ and ‘Tomorrow Doesn’t Look Good Either’ in celebration of this great accomplishment. Both films have fellow UBC alum as key creatives. Director Charles Martin Smith and Jordan Christianson will be in attendance.

Centenary Screening Series…

To celebrate the momentous occasion of UBC’s Centenary in 2008, the UBC Film Production Alumni Association will be hosting four centenary screenings of UBC film production alumni films — both shorts and features. The screening series will also be presented at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan

Screening #1:
Sturla Gunnarsson’s Beowulf & Grendel with Anne Koizumi’s short film Patrica Grey
Tuesday, February 5th 2008 Doors at 6PM, Screening at 7PM
Cinema 319, 319 Main Street Vancouver BC

Screening #2:
Mina Shum’s Double Happiness with Nimisha Mukerji’s short film Scattering Eden
Tuesday, March 11th 2008 Doors at 6PM, Screening at 8PM
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. Vancouver BC

Screening #3:
Dylan Akio Smith’s Cabin Movie with A.J. Bond’s Hirsute and Richard Martin’s Mixed Signals
Tuesday, May 8th 2008 Doors at 6PM, Screening at 8PM
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. Vancouver BC

Screening #4:
Lynne Stopkewich’s Kissed with Michelle Porter’s short film Regarding Sarah
Monday, Nov. 24th 2008 Doors at 6PM, Screening at 8PM
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. Vancouver BC

Alumni Weekend at UBC: Saturday May 24th, 2008
To bring alumni back to UBC, Alumni Affairs will be holding the UBC Alumni Weekend May 23-25, 2008. To showcase the importance of the UBC Film Production Alumni, the weekend will include a panel featuring former production students Cal Schumiatcher, Calum MacLeod, and Mark McGuckin. Join us for this fun, informative session where our guests will answer questions, provide insights, and give us a taste of “the biz” of running your own TV program.

UBC VIFF Event: October, 2008
The Vancouver International Film Festival is a prominent event every year for local filmmakers. The UBC Film Production Alumni Association hosted its first ever event at the festival in 2007, and will again promote, support and celebrate all the films made by UBC alumni, students and professors by hosting the annual UBC VIFF reception again in early October of 2008. A great opportunity to mix and mingle with the filmmakers!