#COMMUNITY: ‘This is for people like us’: KPU unveils mural celebrating queer South Asian community Located on the Surrey campus, the painting by Punjabi visual artist Jag Nagra was funded by KPU, KDocsFF, and Sher Pride ow.ly/nfqr50YmBHb #KPUCommunity

'Cash Cows' filmmaker explores residency at KPU Surrey in 2 ways surreynowleader.com/local-en… via @surreynowleader @KPUArts @KPUmedia @sundarprize @KDocsFF

KPU welcomes award winning filmmaker Shubham Chhabra as our first KDocsFF Filmmaker in Residence!Excited for the new learning opportunities and projects, including 'Cash Cows' documentary and a feature film on Maureen Coles #KPU #ShubhamChhabra #KDocsFF #FilmMaking #SocialJustice

A local award-winning director and producer, Shubham Chhabra, joined @KwantlenU this week for a four-month residency program as an inaugural @KDocsFF Filmmaker in Residence. Read more: kpu.ca/news/2024/07/03/kpu-w…

Submissions for the 2025 @SundarPrize Film Festival are now open with some brand new award categories added! 🗳️🏆 Submit your films at filmfreeway.com/sundarprize ❥ Earlybird Deadline: August 31, 2024 ❥ Regular Deadline: October 17, 2024 ❥ Late Deadline: November 8, 2024 ❥ Extended Deadline: December 1, 2024 Join us in our mission to recognize and showcase films that use compelling narratives to raise awareness and inspire action on critical social causes. We aim to celebrate filmmakers who are committed to creating positive social impact and promoting empathy, understanding, and social justice. Submit your film and be part of a transformative cinematic experience that celebrates impactful storytelling and social change. The selected films of the 2nd annual Sundar Prize will be screened on April 11th-13th, 2025, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. 🇨🇦📽️ ❥ Best Feature Film - $2500 ❥ Best Short Film - $500 ❥ Best Canadian Documentary sponsored by @Rogers Group of Funds - $2500 ❥ Best International Documentary - $1000 ❥ Best Animation - $1000 ❥ Best Environmental Film - $1000 ❥ Best 2SLGBTQ Film- $1000 ❥ Best Youth Film (19 and under) - $500 ❥ Best Student Film - $500 ❥ Best British Columbia Feature Film - $1000 ❥ Best British Columbia Short Film - $500 ❥ Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Award sponsored by @KDocsFF - $1000 For submission guidelines and more information, please visit sundarprize.com or contact us at programming@sundarprize.com 🌐 📸: Charlie Beerling and Alice Guevarra #sundarprize #sundarprizefilmfestival #spff2025 #filmfestival #britishcolumbia #cinemameetssocialchange #storytelling #socialjustice #filmmakers #filmmaking #salish #coastsalish #vancouver #surrey

Huge shoutout to our friends at @KwantlenU for their incredible support as a sponsor of the @SundarPrize Film Festival! 🎉📚 KPU stands as a beacon of transformation and opportunity, offering over 140 programs across five campuses providing hands-on learning experiences, industry connections, and international opportunities. From co-ops and practicums to paid internships, KPU equips students with the skills they need to thrive in their chosen careers, making the impossible possible. As Canada's only polytechnic university, they prioritize hands-on skills alongside traditional academics, ensuring graduates are well-prepared to enter the workforce. 🎓🧰 We are immensely grateful for KPU's consistent dedication to higher education and their support of our festival. Together, we're fostering a community where creativity, innovation, and inclusivity thrive. Thank you, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, for being an integral part of our journey and of course @KDocsFF for being festival partners with us! 🎥🌟 #sundarprize #sundarprizefilmfestival #spff2024 #filmfestival #kpu #kwantlenpolytechnicuniversity #kwantlen #kdocsff #sponsor #britishcolumbia #celebratinghumanresilience #resilience #humanity #cinemameetssocialchange #storytelling #socialjustice #filmmakers #filmmaking #salish #coastsalish #vancouver #surrey

Greg Chan - KDocsFF Emerging Filmmaker Prize Juror and KPU Professor @GregChan_Ink 陈 家 格 (he/him) is an educator, producer, and documentary activist at @kwantlenu, where he has taught BIPOC literature and film studies in the English department since 1995. Specializing in intersectional social justice, he is the founder and editor-in-chief of KPU's official film studies publication, Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration and the co-director of @KDocsFF (through which he runs its Community Outreach Program, Social Justice Lab, and KDocs Talks lecture series. Themed iterations of his third- and fourth-year film courses have focused on “Amplifying BIPOC Voices,” “The Hitchcockian Cinematic Universe,” “Cinematic Canadiana,” and “Not Your Sidekick Anymore: Asian Representation Matters.” The recipient of KPU’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and JEDI awards, Chan is the curator of the “Symbolizing Obasan” literary-ceramics student exhibit installed at Historic Joy @KogawaHouse and the coordinator of the 25’ KDocsFF Alice Street Legacy Mural depicting Elder Kat Zu’comulwat Norris installed in the @KPULibrary. Whether it is a Queer Radical Knitting Circle, an introduction to Chinese Mahjong, or an Indigenous Beading Workshop, Chan loves to create solidarity amongst the KPU campus community through KDocsFF Social Justice Lab programming. He is proud to be the son of a refugee who survived internment in India, a history which continues to inform his research, teaching, and community activism. #sundarprize #sundarprizefilmfestival #spff2024 #filmfestival #gregchan #kpu #kwantlen #kwantlenpolytechnicuniversity #kdocsff #kdocs #cinemameetssocialchange #storytelling #socialjustice #filmmaking #salish #coastsalish #vancouver #surrey

Enjoy our recap of KDocsFF 2024. Thanks to Eyes Multimedia! youtu.be/CpDrnY3hRJk?feature… via @YouTube

Shakil Jessa - @KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Finalist (Imran and Alykhan) Shakil Jessa (he/they) is a writer and producer specializing in character-driven stories that authentically portray South Asians, Muslims, queer individuals, and young adults. #sundarprize #shakiljessa

ZIP (Canada, 2023) dir. Ava Maria Safai prod. @GrahamNicco, Christopher Alexander Cook, Mandana Mehrghorbani, Ava Maria Safai, Brook James, and @CayleeWatrin @KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Finalist at Sundar Prize Film Festival 2024 #sundarprize #zip #avamariasafai #kdocsff

Cash Cows (Canada, 2023) dir. Shubham Chhabra prod. @mynameiskails @KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Finalist at Sundar Prize Film Festival 2024 #sundarprize #sundarprizefilmfestival #spff2024 #filmfestival #cashcows #shubhamchhabra #canada #kdocsff #kpu #bestemergingfilmmaker

❥ ZIP (@KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker) dir. Ava Maria Safai ❥ A Good Day Will Come (Best Short Film Finalist) dir. @AmirZargara Nowruz Mubarak to all! 🌷 #farnooshabedi #kiarashdadgarmohebi #avamariasfai #amirzargara #finalist #salish #coastsalish #vancouver #surrey

Imran and Alykhan (Canada, 2022) dir. Shakil Jessa prod. Kora Vanderlip and Sinéad Grewcock KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Finalist at Sundar Prize Film Festival 2024 #sundarprize #sundarprizefilmfestival #spff2024 #filmfestival #imranandalykhan #shakiljessa #kdocsff

2024 Finalists for KDocsFF Best Emerging Filmmaker Residency Prize Cash Cows (Canada, 2023) dir. Shubham Chhabra Imran and Alykhan (Canada, 2022) dir. Shakil Jessa ZIP (Canada, 2023) dir. Ava Maria Safai

Watch “SusanSandler_Keynote_KDocs2024” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/914084112?ref=tw-s… Listen to my friend, talented director @susansandler talk about the making of this gem of a movie about my other friend, hilarious comic @JuliaScottiFilm. Enjoy Susan's Keynote at @KDocsFF. Watch it now!!!❤️

It was fun boothing at the @KDocsFF this weekend for the Big Fight in Little Chinatown film screening! Met so many new and familiar faces who recognize the Chinatown Together parade banner. @chinatownfilm #vanpoli #Chinatownyvr

JULIA SCOTTI KILLS @KDocsFF !!! Thank you Vancouver for this Opening Night Celebration of her story JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY dir Susan Sandler's moving keynote and the full embrace we received! #RepresentationMatters

Also tomorrow! Watch the acclaimed "Big Fight in Little Chinatown" @chinatownfilm at @KDocsFF tomorrow, Sat Feb 24 at 6pm with a post-screening panel. Chinatown Together will be exhibiting! RSVP: viff.org/whats-on/kdocs-big-… #vanpoli #ChinatownYVR

Come down to the Climate Convergence table @KDocsFF Social Justice Film Festival! Come find out about updates in #StopTMX & getting involved in the struggle for climate justice! Tickets for the film festival are still available! #systemchangenotclimatechange #vanpoli #cdnpoli

TO KILL A TIGER is happening now in Vancouver at @KDocsFF. #StandWithHer