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 […]

The OPEN CINEMA Team is Growing!

This post published on September 18, 2014

As we head into Season Twelve, OPEN CINEMA is excited to welcome a couple of new players to our evolving community cinema team. Jill Moran […]

OPEN CINEMA Season 12 Launches November 19: JUST EAT IT!

This post published on September 4, 2014

We’re very excited to announce our Season 12 launch in collaboration with Victoria’s Capital Regional District (CRD) and ReFUSE Resource Recovery! We are grateful for […]

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 […]

What is Connecting the Docs? Building Bridges and Empowering Communities.

This post published on April 16, 2014

Each event is a whole new ball game for the OPEN CINEMA social engagement team. Every month we immerse ourselves in a different documentary’s world […]

What is Connecting the Docs? Uniting Diverse and Distant Communities Behind a Cause.

This post published on April 15, 2014

OPEN CINEMA’s ‘Connecting the Docs’ project involves reaching out beyond Victoria to develop a sister event with social media engagement in a second Canadian city. […]

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 […]

Carol-Lynne goes plastic-free: a story about documentary’s social impact

This post published on April 7, 2014

“OPEN CINEMA changed my life!” Carol-Lynne Michaels’ OPEN CINEMA story. Earlier this year, TEDx Victoria co-founder Carol-Lynne Michaels took a bold and inspirational stand to live  […]