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The East Van Vodville exists to delight! 

If helping to direct the Vodville would delight you, read on.

Send us feedback
  • What do you feel is working, what isn’t? Is something broken? Let us know.
  • Email vodvilleev@gmail.com subject “feedback”
Make a request
  • Topics, artists, films, whatever… We love suggestions. 
  • The more specific you make your request, the sooner we’ll be able to find clips to make it happen. 
  • Email vodvilleev@gmail.com subject “Mae Requests”
Show your own work

If you’re a local filmmaker or artist and you’d like to show some short shorts we would love to host your work

Options
  • Host a week (3-6 of your films and a short blurb about each.)
  • Add to a group pool (submit one clip+blurb, and we’ll group it with works by other artists once enough come in.)
  • Host a week of after dark (is your work not suitable for children but still legal to show to minors, per BC’s Motion Picture Act then this is for you)
  • Add your work into After Dark stock rotation.
  • Pitch us something else
  • Feel free to email us to discuss best fit. 
Guidance
  • You do not have to be a pro
  • Must be legal to show to minors, here’s what isn’t: (TW) Motion Picture Act 
  • Daytime programming should be safe for kids, but does not have to be meant for them
  • Shorter plays better, 5 minute hard limit per clip.
  • Clips from longer works are OK, but it’s good to show a complete narrative arc.
  • We do not tolerate bigotry.
Format Requirements
  • 800×600 Resolution
  • .MP4 Container
  • H264 encoding
  • AAC audio
  • Audio normalized to -10 db
Not Sure where to start with video editing?
Get in touch

Send inquiries to: vodvilleev@gmail.com with subject “Own work” and tell ‘em Mae sent ya.

Send in a clip for Vodville After Dark

Found something amazing and want to share it with the community randomly between 10pm and 4 am?

Guidance
  • Shorter is better, max 4 minutes
  • less than 10% of the original work, or written permission from copyright holder
  • Legal to show to minors, here’s what isn’t: (TW) Motion Picture Act 
  • We don’t have the budget to bribe the vice squad; exhibition subject to management’s discretion 
  • We do not tolerate bigotry.
  • Abuse material will be reported to the authorities with metadata and extreme prejudice, do not test me.
Format Requirements
  • 800×600 Resolution
  • .MP4 Container
  • H264 encoding
  • AAC audio
  • Audio normalized to -10 db
Not Sure where to start with video editing?
Get in touch

Send inquiries to: vodvilleev@gmail.com with subject “After Dark”

Curate a Week

Find 3-6 clips that you love, and write a short blurb about what’s great about them.

Guidance
  • Daytime content should be fine for a small child to view, even if they don’t “get it.” 
  • Should not compromise more than 10% of the original work, unless you have the copyright holder’s written permission to display the work. 
  • A 5 minute clip from a 1 hour+ film is fine, a 3 minute music video containing all or most of a song is not.
  • We don’t show ads. Film trailers are ads.
  • Short films that get into the action quickly tend to do the best job of delivering on the Vodville’s mandate to delight.
Format Requirements
  • 800×600 Resolution
  • .MP4 Container
  • H264 encoding
  • AAC audio
  • Audio normalized to -10 db
Not Sure where to start with video editing?
Get in touch

Send inquiries to: vodvilleev@gmail.com with subject “Curate a week”

Host a Film festival

Are you with a film festival that’s seeking a novel satellite venue?

Guidance
  • Daytime content should be fine for a small child to view, even if they don’t “get it.” 
  • Our format works best with short complete narrative arcs
  • Short films under 5 minutes in length are a good fit, as are scenes from larger works that don’t end in cliffhangers. 
  • We don’t do ads, and that includes trailers.
Format Requirements
  • 800×600 Resolution
  • .MP4 Container
  • H264 encoding
  • AAC audio
  • Audio normalized to -10 db
Get in touch

Send inquiries to: vodvilleev@gmail.com with subject “Film Festival”

Make a tiny audience member

Have you seen the tiny characters in the seats?
Is your favorite film/television character not present?
Do you want to fix that?

Guidance
  • Should be a recognizable movie character. 
  • No violence in the theatre
  • Horror characters need a bag of popcorn (no one is murdering anyone with a bag of popcorn you know)
  • 1:55 scale’ish
  • Find resources here
Get in touch

Send inquiries to: vodvilleev@gmail.com with subject “Audience”

Other

The Little Free Cinema is essentially a new concept, and we’re still discovering what it could be. Surprise us. vodvilleev@gmail.com

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