BIPOC Credits With Andy Wong

08/08/2024

🎉 FESTIVAL EPISODE 🎉
Learn about our experience at Banff World Media Festival this year.

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With the demand for competent crew members, and BIPOC recruitment, in the booming BC film industry, this podcast aims to educate new and hopeful BIPOC filmmakers and crew members on the various roles involved on a professional film set. Helmed by BC native Andy Wong, who himself is a working Assista...

11/07/2024

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19/06/2024

Thank you so much 🫀.andamajororgan 🫀for sending the over and including our interview with director Kim Albright and actor Donna Benedicto while we were all at Whistler Film Festival

🎥Check the film out if you haven’t yet!🎥

13/11/2023

Only a few days left before our campaign is over! Help us bring season 3 to your favourite podcast platform!

BIPOC Credits interviews BIPOC crew members in the BC film industry. More diversity means these stories are more important now than ever before. Our information about crew roles, industry news, etc is your one stop BC film database. Support this information hub by allowing it to help you too.

06/11/2023

Celebrate 15 years of inspiration, innovation, entertainment, collaboration, and fun at the 🎉 SPARK CG Animation Festival!🎉

BIPOC Credits With Andy Wong will be attending and documenting various panels. As an advocate for the film community, we encourage everyone to check out BC’s only Academy Awards®-Accredited Film Festival.

Over the past decade and a half, SPARK ANIMATION has grown to become a global hub for showcasing groundbreaking animated works, fostering industry connections, and inspiring the next generation of animators.

As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, join us for what promises to be a dazzling showcase of talent and innovation, offering a glimpse into the vibrant and ever-evolving world of animation.

🗓Thursday, November 9th - Sunday, November 12th
🎫https://sparkcg.org/festivals/information.php?SA23-W

02/11/2023

See you at the festival!

Vancouver Asian Film Festival celebrates its 27th edition this year from November 2 to 12, 2023 including a full spectrum of in-person events and online programs. The 11-day celebration will highlight an array of unique and outstanding talent, with both emerging and established Asian Canadian and Asian American writers, producers, and directors showcasing their latest work

17/10/2023

Hi there,

Ever want more information about the various crew roles? Or a fast way to keep track of events or grant applications all at your fingertips?

Help us fund season 3 of the podcast because we're ready to share these resources with you! There's so still to support our campaign.
Also, it would mean a lot if you can please share it.

See you on set!

Crowdfunding, events and community that celebrate diverse voices and foster vibrant conversation. Find your next spark of curiosity, inspiration and community!

12/10/2023

We at BIPOC Credits With Andy Wong are proud to support the Crazy8s Film Society short filmmaking program as their application deadline approaches ✨October 13✨

Six finalists will receive an in-kind production package and services worth tens of thousands of dollars, workshops and mentorship, and $2,000 cash to make a short film in just 8 days, then showcase it at a 🎊Gala Screening & Afterparty to the BC film and television industry🎊!

Apply for on FilmFreeway filmfreeway.com/Crazy8s or at http://crazy8s.film Crazy8s is presented by the DGCBC.

See a recording of our recent online info session: https://bit.ly/C824_InfoRec

27/09/2023

I’m delighted to share that BIPOC Credits With Andy Wong is supporting Signals 2023!🎉
Co-presented by DigiBC and Vancouver International Film Festival, this groundbreaking exhibition will feature interactive and immersive projects from local and international artists that question our connections to each other, the world, and the role technology plays.

As a podcast exploring new media, Signals 2023 aligns with our exploration in expanding different ways of storytelling.

From inspiring uses of AI and bio wearables to a visionary program that celebrates Indigenous resilience and wisdom, Signals will present the possibilities of creative technology and take you on a journey of discovery and empowerment. Join me in exploring the storytelling technology of tomorrow and come celebrate the wealth of talent that BC’s creative sector has to offer.

📅 October 1-7, 2023
📍 Bentall Centre, 120-555 Burrard Street, Vancouver
➡️ Tickets: $15
➡️ Learn more: https://signals.digibc.org/

23/09/2023

SURPRISE!
WE'RE STILL NOT LAUNCHING ANY NEW EPISODES BECAUSE....

We're launching our first ever campaign for Season 3! This has been an out of pocket passion project and now we're asking for all YOUR support. We've created something special to help fund the podcast so check out what we have in store for you. Trust me, it's a gamechanger. Just click on the link below to find out more!

BIPOC Credits interviews BIPOC crew members in the BC film industry. More diversity means these stories are more important now than ever before. Our information about crew roles, industry news, etc is your one stop BC film database. Support this information hub by allowing it to help you too.

03/09/2023

We will be attending Sunday Shorts Film Festival from The Christopher Logan Film Society ! Let me know if you’re coming in the comments below

What started as a celebration of short film grew into a community of film lovers and filmmakers. Sunday Shorts began in 2019. A short film celebration that hopes to shine a light on a lot of new up and comers and help them garner the attention they deserve.

🎊🎊Sunday Shorts Film Festival Details🎊🎊
🗓Sunday, September 10th
📍 The Park Theatre
⌚️Doors Open at 1:30PM
🎫Available online

Save 30% with code: BIPOCSunday

Buy tickets and passes for Sunday Shorts.

30/03/2023

📢📢📢 Check out our full interview with writer and actor 🌟𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗴🌟 and director 🌟𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗺🌟 from 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 at Cinema Spectacular⚡⚡⚡

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28/03/2023

What are your favourite memories at Cinema Spectacular ? Let me know in the comments below👇👇

What started out as a passion project allowing local films to get screened transformed into an 8 year highly reputable and insanely fun festival.🎉
💫Cinema Spectacular💫 treats its filmmakers like family. Constantly inviting them back to resubmit year after year. This culture set by creator Laurel K Brown continues to inspire after its final afterparty.
Congratulations Cinema Spectacular!
Thank you for an amazing 8 years! ❤️❤️

📸 Emma Young

21/03/2023

Hey there!👋👋

I will be attending Cinema Spectacular's final festival! Hope to see you there.
Cinema Spectacular is an all-Canadian motion picture variety show! Join us for an afternoon of effervescent programming, filmmaker Q+As, and more!

🎊🎊 Cinema Spectacular 2023 🎊🎊
🗓Sunday, August 26th
📍 Viff Vancity Theatre
⌚️Doors Open at 10AM
🎫https://cinemaspectacular.sparqfest.live/en/ticketing.html

21/02/2023

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Get to know our guest Assistant Director and Podcast Host, 🌟ANDY WONG🌟
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07/02/2023

SURPRISE!! We’ve got one last episode of Season 2!
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Get to know our guest Assistant Director and Podcast Host, 🌟ANDY WONG🌟
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04/01/2023

We’ve partnered with the ArtsClub Theatre Company to let you know about their important new play, Forgiveness. Experience the power of Forgiveness. Adapted for the stage by Hiro Kanagawa from the acclaimed memoir by Mark Sakamoto, Forgiveness is the powerful story of one family’s harrowing experiences during World War II. Get tickets now from $35 at artsclub.com.
Don’t miss this innovative World Premiere, January 12 to February 12 at the Arts Club’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

Photo credit: Griffin Cork and Yoshie Bancroft; projection design by Cindy Mochizuki; photo by David Cooper

Link: https://artsclub.com/shows/2022-2023/forgiveness

29/12/2022

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Get to know our guest Sound Recordist, 🌟ALEX SHAMKU🌟
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24/12/2022

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24/12/2022

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22/12/2022

📸A pic from the MiTribe Media 2022 Holiday Party!🎄🎄
What are your plans this holiday season?

25/11/2022

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Get to know our guest Cinematographer, 🌟ALFONO CHIN🌟
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23/11/2022

Get to know our guest Cinematographer, 🌟ALFONO CHIN🌟
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Alfonso Chin is a cinematographer based in Vancouver, Canada. His multicultural background sparked a desire to experience stories from various cultures, which he found through world cinema, painting, and photography. His work captivates using harmonious visual language to stimulate profound emotion that is unique to each story. From commercials to engaging narratives and documentaries, the story and characters always come first and are always the primary motivation for his approach to lighting and camera movements. He also has a passion and understanding for non-traditional storytelling.
Alfonso has garnered nominations and awards at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, Canadian Screen Awards, Ariel Awards (Mexican Academy Awards), and other prestigious international festivals.
Alfonso's work is best known for filming episodes for the Netflix series, VOIR, which is Executive Produced by David Fincher.

22/11/2022

COMMENT: How do you understand emotion?

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