Celebrate the synergy of poetry and film with a screening of a selection of imaginative and evocative poetry videos from the Vancouver Poet Laureate’s City Poems Contest!
In an innovative collaboration between local poets and student media artists, poems were adapted to film by student teams from Simon Fraser University’s IAT 344 (Moving Images), Emily Carr University of Art & Design’s 2DN 211 (2D Animation) & Foundation 160 (Core Media Studio), and UBC’s FNIS 454 (Indigenous New Media, Critical Indigenous Studies), plus an independent UBC student team and two youth finalists from local high schools. They created a compelling array of videos based on a list of selected poems about Vancouver’s historical, cultural, and ecological sites.
Films in Order of Appearance:
1. Revival, Katie Evans (Point Grey Secondary)
2. Lost in Chinatown, Patricia Chen, Bianca Pham (Windermere Secondary School)
3. Know Who You Are and Know Where You Come From, Madison Harvey, Cass Minkus, Olivia Carriere McKenna, Sofia Bergman (UBC FNIS 454)
4. What do I remember of the evacuation, Rohan Nathanael Samuel, Erin Au, Cindy Wang (SFU IAT 344)
5. Postcard Home from English Bay, Alexis Lee, Van Mai, Erin Teply (SFU 344)
6. Alma, Valerie Ni Shun Chen, Sao Khue Ton Nu Nguyen (ECUAD 160)
7. Contrasts, Aranza Bergés Navarrete, Alycia Chan, Ryah King, Ky Milliken, Yije Park, Yuna Shin, Chloe Worrall-Yu (ECUAD 2DN 211)
8. Near Commercial, Sask Downard, Emily Martinez, Anika Kuban (ECUAD 160 Core Foundation)
9. The Garden, Echoes, Vivian Li, Emma Leck, Ngaire Lyden-Elleray, Anjali Mandapaka (UBC)
10. Postcard Home from English Bay, Zak Zastera, Jonathon Newman, Alyssa Umbal, Russel Yuen (SFU IAT 344)
11. Welcome, Kais Neffati, Bhalinder Oberoi, Ishmael Togi, Minh Truong (SFU 344)
12. Contrasts, Brian Baldueza, Nanop Yansomboon, Wilson Pham (SFU 344)
13. This was meant to be for Nora, Emilio Terrazas Rocha, Deanne Angelina Emery, Carola Campa Garcia, Rachel Christina Kearney, Luna Davies, Lingjun Mi, Mingyang Pan (ECUAD 211 Animation)
Hybrid events are held in person, you will also be able to watch it live streamed from our Youtube channel.
Location: Theatre, UBC Robson Square
Type: Film Screening
Sponsored by Web exPress
Moderator: Fiona Tinwei Lam
About The Moderator
Fiona Tinwei Lam is Vancouver's sixth poet laureate. Her work appears in over 45 anthologies, including Best Canadian Poetry 2010 and 2020, and the forthcoming Best Canadian Essays 2024. She has authored 3 poetry books and a children's book, and has coedited two nonfiction anthologies as well as edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems on Facing Cancer. Her award-winning poetry videos made in collaboration with local filmmakers and animators have been selected for screening internationally. fionalam.net
