Wide Angle Media (WAM) Festival supporter Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) interviews our own S. Siobhan McCarthy regarding this cutting edge event. Visit BACI’s blog to read the interview.
Switch United comes on board to support WAM
We are very excited to announce that Switch United has now joined us and will be a part of the Wide Angle Media Festival!!! We are so excited have Switch present a workshop for our film makers as a part of the Master Class Series during our festival. Switch United The Story Through Design™ Switch…
BC Film + Media is our newest sponsor/ supporter of WAM
Kickstart is very excited to announce that BC Film + Media is our newest sponsor of WAM. We are so very thrilled to have their support and look forward to presenting a fantastic festival. Please stay tuned for more details regarding our program, master classes, industry networking sessions, gala and ticket info
Announcing the Five Selected Commissions for WAM!
The very first Wide Angle Media (WAM) Festival is scheduled for March 22-25, 2012 and will feature short and feature-length films by filmmakers who are Deaf or disabled, as well as workshops for filmmakers and the general public. Click here for background info. Co-producers Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture and…
Music Saves 3
The Vancouver Adapted Music Society and Shore 104.3 FM have released the third Music Saves video, a rework of Canadian rock band Crowbar’s , Oh What A Feeling. The video features many Vancouver musicians, including artists with disabilities Jim Byrnes, sylvi macCormac, Dave Symington, Rolf Kempf and Chin Injeti. This latest video highlights music’s power…
Remarkable Women 2012
Congratulations to Jan Derbyshire and sylvi macCormac, recently chosen as 2 of 12 women artists in the Remarkable Women: Honouring Women From Our Vancouver Communities poster series for 2012. Twelve posters of Remarkable Women from Vancouver will be produced as a unique way to remember, acknowledge, and honour women in our communities whose accomplishments highlight…
New VocalEye Season About To Begin!
Following on a very successful first season – the first full season of live audio description for theatre offered in Canada – Kickstart is proud to announce VocalEye’s upcoming second season! Along with our collaborating host venues, the Vancouver Playhouse, the Arts Club’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage and the Surrey Arts Centre, we invite you…
Staff Benda Bilili Concert Cancelled
We are very disappointed to announce that the September 19th Vogue Theatre concert of Congolese group Staff Benda Bilili has been cancelled. The group was forced to cancel their entire North American tour, which had been scheduled to begin Sept 14 in Folsom, CA, due to issues with securing their U.S. Visas. Check out this…
Call to Filmmakers for BC’s First Disability Media Festival
Kickstart is excited to announce the Wide Angle Media (WAM) Festival, the inaugural disability media festival featuring commissioned shorts, feature length films and workshops. Mark your calendar for March 22-25 2012, and check out the WAM page for more information! We are presently putting a call out to all Canadian and international filmmakers with a…
Hiring Announcement and Introduction
As the senior guy around Kickstart, it’s my privilege to post the first entry on our new blog. It’s both an important announcement and official introduction. We have hired S. Siobhan McCarthy, who many will know has been working on a limited basis since last Fall, on strategies to breathe life into the BC Regional…
