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CELLULOID SOCIAL CLUB Wednesday, October 22, 2025
ANZA Club, Doors 7pm Show 8pm
Tickets now on sale!: https://www.tixtree.com/e/celluloid-social-club-oct-22-2025-c0017007ee5b
An evening celebrating BC legendary filmmakers, up and coming filmmakers and new filmmakers.
Highlights include:
Just Announced!: SPECIAL GUEST ZACH LIPOVSKY
whose critically acclaimed feature film earlier this year
FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES was the number one box office film in the world for one week. He will take us behind the scenes of the film plus screen the short film where his career all started, the Crazy8s film CRAZY LATE.
SPECIAL GUEST – ANN MARIE FLEMING
LEGENDARY BC DIRECTOR whose film CAN I GET A WITNESS
starring Sandra Oh recently won 7 LEO Awards for
Best Feature Film, Director, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Musical Score, Casting and Lead Performance for Keira Jang
SCREENING SEVERAL SHORTS by ANN MARIE FLEMING
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL GUEST LEGENDARY BC DIRECTOR
BRUCE SWEENEY (LIVE BAIT, DIRTY, LAST WEDDING)
screening a clip from his latest film
SHE TALKS TO STRANGERS soon to be released online
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL GUESTS fresh off their VIFF feature premieres MAYUMI YOSHIDA (AKASHI) and AVA MARIA SAFAI (FOREIGNER)
Best Student Film 2025 LEO Awards WAR TIMES by Christian Zakharchuk
2 Episodes from BENEATH CRIMSON SAILS vertical series by Julie Bruns and Steve Kammerer
VAFF 2024 MAMM Ultra Short Winner one minute film THE BOUNCER directed by Justin Soliven Villarosa
And a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT by
Silver Sponsor PELIPLAT
https://www.peliplat.com
Other Films and Guests TBA!
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 22
7:00pm – 8:00pm - Doors/Mingling/Networking
8:00pm – 10:00pm - Show
10:00pm – 11:30pm - Party/Mingling/Networking
WHERE:
The ANZA Club, #3 West 8th Ave. at Ontario St., Vancouver, BC Street Parking/close to Broadway/Main St bus routes/Skytrain
HOW:
Admission/Membership: $10 inclu. fees on sale now at https://www.tixtree.com/e/celluloid-social-club-oct-22-2025-c0017007ee5b or at door or $10 cash at door, subject to capacity.
19+/No Minors.
Call for Volunteers: for Front of House. Arrive 5:30pm.
Free Entry & Drink & Pizza. Message us if interested.
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Hosted by David C. Jones
Produced by Paul Armstrong
Co-Producer Sierra Wilson-Furr
Associate Producer Samantha Teasdale
Assistant Producer Malka Martz-Oberlander
Front of House Manager Louis Parchemain
Technical Directors by Tristan Pina
Guest Relations Sasha Azure
Box Office Vincent Gan
Webmaster Matangi Priya
Founded by
PAUL ARMSTRONG, JEANNE HARCO & the late CATHI BLACK
Vancouver, B.C…The CELLULOID SOCIAL CLUB, live screening event featuring the best in independent provocative short films since November 13, 1997 followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker with networking & socializing. No Minors. Prizes galore. Silver Sponsor: Peliplat
Silver Sponsor Peliplat is an online platform where movie lovers and writers connect, discover, and create content. Since opening its global headquarters in Vancouver last year, Peliplat has grown rapidly and now has a community of over 4.2 million registered users worldwide who share fresh and engaging takes on movies, blending film criticism with creative writing and original storytelling.
FILMS SCREENING:
VANCOUVER, APRIL 2020, directed by Ann Marie Fleming, produced by Ann Marie Fleming as part of Stacey Donen’s Covid Artists’ series, camera: Erik Whittaker, starring: Ann Marie Fleming, on paella pan, Graham Vincent Jones on jingle bells. 2 min, short doc, 2020 - In April 2020, near the beginning of our global COVID19 pandemic, people who could were asked to self-isolate. Some of them came out applaud those who had to keep it all going- especially health care workers. And to share some precious and rare collective human interaction. Can Horton Hear a Who?
EAST VANCOUVER, APRIL 2021, directed by Ann Marie Fleming, produced by Ann Marie Fleming as part of Stacey Donen’s Covid Artists’ series, camera: Erik Whittaker, starring: Ann Marie Fleming, nervous jabee, Golnoosh Yagoothi, pharmacist. 2.5 min, short doc, 2021 - 2nd spring of our COVID19 pandemic and the vaccine roll out is in full swing. Hope and fear make some of us nervous.
WAR TIMES directed by Christian Zakharchuk, written produced by Christian Zakharchuk. DOP: Logan Ferino, Starring: Soleil Kovacs (Grandmother/Lindsay/Soul A/Nicky), Liv MacDonald (Survivor/Becca/Tommy), Avery Rose Taylor (Angel), Alice Simicich (Jackie Starlight). 10 min, Drama/Romance 2024 - An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.
Winner of the 2025 LEO Award for Best Student Production; Chicago Underground Film Festival Official Selection 2025
BENEATH CRIMSON SAILS directed by Steven Kammerer and David Titus, written by Julie Bruns, DOP Grace Loeppky, with 2nd unit DOP Rob Hunt, starring Julie Bruns (Catherine), Nic Westaway (Rob), Lyra Hindrichs (Belle), Steven Kammerer (Silas), Vertical drama (2025) - Revenge. A cursed treasure map. A romance filled adventure on the high seas. A vertical like you’ve never seen before. Coming to your phone soon.
THE BOUNCER directed by Justin Soliven Villarosa, written by Soliven and Paolo Valdes, produced by Paolo Valdes, Marc Yungco, Carlo Fortin, Lesha Vescio, Cinematographer Marc Yungco, starring Michael Delleva. 1 min, MAMM 2024 - The Bouncer follows a stoic nightclub bouncer tasked with maintaining order outside a club. During a heated confrontation, he escapes into a dreamlike world, where he expresses his passion for dance. Exploring themes of repression and identity, it reminds us: “Don’t forget your ID” – never forget who you truly are. VAFF MAMM 2024 Best Ultra Short.
More films TBA!
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SPONSORS (if interested: [email protected]):
SPONSORED BY
Silver Sponsor – Peliplat - https://www.peliplat.com/en/home
Bronze Sponsor - Langara Film Arts - https://students.langara.ca/departments/film-arts/
Bronze Sponsor – Ameland Films Inc.
IN-KIND SPONSORS:
The ANZA Club - https://www.anzaclub.org/
Caveman Cafe - www.cavemancafe.ca
RunNGun - https://www.rngfest.com/
RAFFLE PRIZE SPONSORS
Crazy8s - https://crazy8s.film/
Vancouver Chinese Film Festival - https://vcff.org/
Vancouver Asian Film Festival - https://vaff.org/
Chilliwack Independent Film Festival - https://www.ciff.ca/
Sparky’s Rentals - www.sparkysrentals.ca
GearBase Camera Rentals - https://camerarentalsvancouver.com/
Red Eye Motion Pictures - https://www.redeyemotionpictures.com/
Videomatica Sales - https://videomatica.com/
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AnzaClub Vancouver, 3 W 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1M8, Canada
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