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We're thrilled to announce new Digital Platform Outreach Coordinator: Sydnie Baynes

Author: VUCAVU Team

Sydnie Baynes is a Toronto-based multimedia artist and animator currently studying at OCAD University.

UPCOMING CHANGES TO VUCAVU's View-On-Demand (VOD) SYSTEM

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

Our payment processing company has informed us that the online form employed to add a site users' payment info to their VUCAVU Rental Account will stop functioning on February 28th, 2025. The estimated cost to fix this form is prohibitive pricey. While we weigh our options and look for funding to mitigate the change, for now, this form will be allowed to lapse.

Indigenous Protocols for Online Media Arts Distribution

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

Thanks to a SEED grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, VUCAVU's Executive Director, Jacquelyn Hébert is working with Jennifer Smith, NIMAC's ED, to support a series of consultations with the national Indigenous media arts community. We're thrilled to announce a new project in partnership with the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC).

VUCAVU Newsletter: Fall News!

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

VUCAVU is thrilled to announce that we received our1st operating grant from the OAC and the Ontario Government. We announce a collaboration with NIMAC to develop Indigenous protocols for online distribution.

Canadian Independent Media in Education Symposium Report: June 2023

Over the last five years, VUCAVU has sought funding and invested time and research into exploring how it can become an educational resource. Within this examination, it became clear that the inclusion of streamable film and video resources from the collections of independent Canadian distributors is greatly lacking at Canadian universities.

LIFT ANNOUNCES TRANSFORMATIONS: A CROSS GENERATIONAL COMMISSIONING PROJECT IN-PERSON AND ONLINE SCREENINGS

Author: LIFT

In 2021 the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto's (LIFT) celebrated its 40th anniversary as an artist-run organization. As a way to honour that desire for communication we launched "Transformations: A Cross Generational Commissioning Project,"in Fall of 2022, in which five veteran LIFT members were paired with five artists selected from an open call and who were newer to the LIFT community.

Attention ALL media-art curious individuals!

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Author: VUCAVU Board

VUCAVU’s Board of Directors is seeking new members who are excited about promoting and supporting Canadian independent film, video and media artists online; across the country and to the rest of the world.

Announcing our New Digital Collections Assistant: Shaneela Boodoo

Author: VUCAVU Team

Shaneela Boodoo is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a BFA (Honours) in Design and is also a recent graduate of the University of Winnipeg with an MA in Cultural Studies.

JOB OFFER: Digital Collections Assistant, Summer 2023

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Author: VUCAVU TEAM

VUCAVU is looking for a new Digital Collections Assistant for the summer as part of the Canada Summer Jobs program!

SAVE THE DATES!

Author: VUCAVU TEAM

VUCAVU is organizing a 2 part symposium on the topic of Canadian Independent Media in Education. SAVE THE DATES! ENGLISH SYMPOSIUM TORONTO, JUNE 22-23, 2023 FRENCH SYMPOSIUM MONTREAL, JUNE 26-27, 2023 More details to come soon.

VUCAVU.education: Learn about VUCAVU’S current educational resources

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Author: VUCAVU TEAM

Since the platform’s inception and in direct consultation with our content partners, VUCAVU has wanted to make the independently made Canadian film and video art in our shared catalogue more accessible in educational settings. Through innovative thinking and in keeping the fair payment of artists at the forefront, we are developing digital solutions to make this possible!

PRESS RELEASE: Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen presents a screening and artist talk as part of the "Paradise Lost and Found" exhibition.

Author: Nisk Imbeault, Director-Curator, Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen

As part of the "Paradise Lost and Found" exhibition, the curator Carolina Reis proposes three short films: Speaking to Their Mother (Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan) by Marjorie Beaucage (English and Cree), Root Up by Katia Café-Fébrissy (French with English sttl), and Extractions by TJ Cuthand (English with French sttl).

VUCAVU is looking for new board members!

Author: VUCAVU TEAM

We are looking for new members with experiences in grant writing, digital technology, financial management, arts administration, curating, and education to help us as we continue to expand our services for the media arts sector. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Oct 31, 2022

VUCAVU Expanded COMMUNITY REPORT

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Author: VUCAVU TEAM

A digital strategy initiative supported by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2019, matching funds from the Toronto Arts Council and MITACS Accelerate funding programs as well as many independent programming and content partnerships from 2020–2021. The primary goal was to broaden access to using the VUCAVU platform by art organizations beyond our 8 founding partners and to diversify the ways we can serve the Canadian arts community and their audiences.

Improving the Accessibility of VUCAVU.com with Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler on March 22

VUCAVU's Digital Programming Intern, Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler, will be leading a free, virtual presentation on March 22, 2022 at 12:00 Eastern. She will discuss methods for incorporating accessibility materials in the distribution, marketing and online exhibition of your work, as well as update the community on exciting updates and changes that have been integrated into the VUCAVU platform. Tickets are free and open to the public.

VUCAVU Call for Board Members

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VUCAVU.com is a unique and multifaceted bilingual streaming platform that works with independent film and video distributors and content partners from across Canada to improve access to media artwork and to provide greater national and international awareness of filmmakers, video artists and culture. We currently host a shared collection of 6,200+ film and video titles spanning 50+ years of moving image art.

Announcing Two New Team Members!

VUCAVU is thrilled to announce two new team members, Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler and Marko Djurdjić, with support from the Government of Canada, MITACS, and York University.

Job Call: Digital Programming Intern

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VUCAVU’s Digital Programming Intern will be engaged in researching our platform, as well as other film and video programming initiatives and streaming platforms to investigate creative ways to activate our growing collection of media artworks by using dynamic formats.

Announcing Our New Digital Collections Assistant: Leon Alatif

Author: VUCAVU TEAM

Welcome Leon!

VUCAVU Digital Collections Assistant: Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Opportunity!

VUCAVU Digital Collections Assistant

Author: VUCAVU TEAM

We are looking for a Digital Collections Assistant this summer!

Saskatchewan Home Movies: Watch Party

Saskatchewan Home Movies Watch Party

Saskatchewan Home Movies Presented by PAVED Arts and VUCAVU Online Watch Party: Friday, June 12, 7pm PAVED Arts and VUCAVU are thrilled to present “Saskatchewan Home Movies”, a program of short video works made in Saskatchewan. Eleven artists from Canada's most rectangular province have made video and film work to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home.

Cineworks Project-C

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Author: Cineworks

Cineworks is seeking submissions of 5 minute films that explore a big idea through a small ecological footprint. They invite filmmakers to use recycled materials, found footage, or repurposed moving images. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2020!

“PAVED Arts at Home” Open Call for Submissions

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Author: Emily Collins

Saskatchewan Home Movies: Call for Submissions! Deadline: Friday, May 22nd at 6pm. Submissions to the “Saskatchewan Home Movies” online screening will be considered for distribution by PAVED Arts on VUCAVU.

ANNOUNCING: VUCAVU EXPANDED / VUCAVU ÉLARGIT

ANNOUNCING: VUCAVU EXPANDED / VUCAVU ÉLARGIT

Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

We are excited to announce VUCAVU EXPANDED, an initiative to open up our platform for use by groups in other disciplines within the wider arts and culture sector.

#VUCAVU100 : Invitation to participate

Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

Staff are introducing a new campaign called #VUCAVU100 where we invite people to suggest works to rent. We'll post it to social media, we'll tag yourself/your organization if you wish and create an ongoing list of #VUCAVU100 suggestions on our platform.

VUCAVU 100

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

#VUCAVU100 EXTENDED TO MAY 31, 2020 ! VUCAVU will contribute 100% of online rental-streaming proceeds to be redistributed back to artists.

December 19, 2019 - VUCAVU welcomes our new Project Manager and Administrative Coordinator

Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

December 19, 2019 - VUCAVU is please to welcome our new Project Manager and Administrative Coordinator who will be working on VUCAVU Expanded, a new project funded in part by the Canada Council's Digital Strategies fund.

VUCAVU OUTREACH 2019-2020

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

We are pleased to announce VUCAVU OUTREACH, a digital literacy initiative that will take us to places across the country in 2019-2020 to meet and discuss with artists and media art communities of all kinds.

CURATOR TALK: CURATING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

Please join us for a curator talk with Ariane Plante, Erandy Vergara and Nicole Gingras to be held at Groupe Intervention Vidéo (#105 - 4001 rue Berri St., Montreal) on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 from 6:30PM-7:30PM.

VUCAVU Outreach : 2019 Halifax + North

Author: VUCAVU

We are pleased to announce VUCAVU's new outreach initiative that will be taking us to arts communities across the country in 2019-2020 to meet and discuss with artists and media art enthusiasts of all kinds. With a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, VUCAVU's Community and Program Manager, Jacquelyn Hébert will be presenting workshops for people who want to learn more about VUCAVU, digital distribution opportunities and ways to utilize digital tools.

JOB OFFER: Project Manager

Author: VUCAVU Board

The Project Manager is responsible for the development, coordination and management of a VUCAVU expansion project over an eighteen month term.

RADIO-CANADA ICI Manitoba interviews VUCAVU

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

Click here to listen to an interview with Jacquelyn Hébert  about VUCAVU and FOUND IN TRANSLATION TRANSLATION on Le 6 à 9 with Louis-Philippe Leblanc on Radio-Canada ICI Manitoba. Find it here (in french only): audio: https://bit.ly/2VPVGoB article: https://bit.ly/2IIReV5

VUCAVU participates in the 37th Edition of the Festival international des films sur l'art

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Author: Jacquelyn Hébert

VUCAVU is excited and honoured to participate in FIFA CONNEXIONS, as part of the International Festival of Films on Art's (FIFA) professional conference series in Montreal from March 20-22, 2019. VUCAVU's Jacquelyn Hébert will be part of a panel called A Discussion With Web Platforms for Films About Art ( Rencontre avec les plateformes web pour le film sur l'art) on MARCH 20th that includes the participation of ART21, NOWNESS, STINGRAY and VUCAVU.

October 12, 2018 - VUCAVU THANKS CECILIA ARANEDA

Author: VUCAVU Board

In 2017, Cecilia Araneda served as VUCAVU’s Executive Director. Cecilia was always very forward thinking and, right from the start, began visioning and working towards the future of the platform.

April 3, 2017 - NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: CECILIA ARANEDA

VUCAVU is very pleased to announce that Cecilia Araneda will be joining us as our new Executive Director. Cecilia is the former Executive Director of the Winnipeg Film Group. During her ten years there she brought in a new era of diversity, expanded revenue, fully modernized the organization's technical holdings and initiated the recently launched myCinematheque.ca digital platform.

March 20, 2017 - VUCAVU SAYS GOODBYE TO JULIE GENDRON + KATHY SPERBERG

We are saying goodbye to two members of the VUCAVU team who have been instrumental in getting the site up and running.

February 22, 2017 - NEW COMMUNITY MANAGER: JACQUELYN HÉBERT

VUCAVU welcomes our new Community Manager, Jacquelyn Hébert! It is with immense pleasure that VUCAVU announces that Jacquelyn Hébert has been hired as our Community Manager.

May 22, 2014 - Canada Council for the Arts

"$1.5 million to support national digital platform for the distribution and dissemination of media artworks."