OPEN CINEMA Season 13: the sabbatical year

This post published on September 29, 2015

The Number 13 Likes to be Different.  Wikipedia can’t decide if 13 is lucky or unlucky, but one thing’s for sure: people prefer to avoid it. In […]

What is Connect the Docs?

This post published on March 1, 2015

Connect the Docs is an innovative multi-city hybrid cinema distribution format, combining the best of both live and online engagement to create a dynamic form […]

Connect the Docs: The Secret Trial 5 across Canada: Vancouver & Victoria March 25, 2015

This post published on February 27, 2015

POST-SCRIPT: Read the 2-part Storify archive of this event! Part 1: the Cross Canada Tour March 12-25 Part 2: the grand finale March 25 hybrid […]

Special Event on Election Fraud: January 28, 2015

This post published on November 24, 2014

POST SCRIPT: This successful event tripled our previous live and online reach! We sold out tickets at the Victoria Event Centre venue 3 weeks ahead […]

Making Waves! OPEN CINEMA Season 11 Review

This post published on June 19, 2014

It’s been a big year for OPEN CINEMA! This month, it’s been exactly a year since OPEN CINEMA founder and director Mandy Leith set off […]

Connecting the Docs: Community Engagement in the Digital Age

This post published on April 12, 2014

Marylou Wakefield’s OPEN CINEMA story. Community engagement is the holy grail of communications in the digital age. For those of us who work in the […]

THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE: Connecting the Docs in Toronto & Victoria, April 23, 2014

This post published on March 15, 2014

We are thrilled to announce the third episode of our Connecting the Docs  hybrid cinema series, generously supported by the Canada Media Fund.  1 documentary, […]

MY PRAIRIE HOME explores Gender Identity, Wednesday March 26, 2014

This post published on February 12, 2014

 POST-EVENT update This was a fabulous event! We had 2 full houses in Calgary and Victoria, a Twitter reach of 75,000 and a very rich […]