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📚 May is Short Story Month - the perfect time to discover a new collection.

From sharp satire and speculative fiction to emotionally rich character studies, these six collections from B.C. authors showcase the power of storytelling in a short form.

Featuring works by Clea Young, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Shashi Bhat, Téa Mutonji, Maria Reva, and Joshua Whitehead.

🔗 Read more on BC Creates: link in bio!

Sunk City Festival (@sunkcitynanaimo) returns to Nanaimo this May long weekend!

Taking place from May 15-17 in downtown Nanaimo, Sunk City Festival showcases underground music while celebrating local talent and shared community spaces.

Hosted across multiple venues on the unceded lands of the Snuneymuxw Nation, the festival highlights the depth of the region’s creative scene, with food, beverages and artist merchandise available on site.

🔗 For more information, visit our upcoming events calendar (link in bio!)

📸 Photo Credit: Sunk City Festival 2025 / @moonbean_music

Reel Green™ is partnering with @BCEFFestival to celebrate #OceanWeekCanada 🌊

Join us in Sidney, B.C., for a screening of three Canadian short films exploring our connection to water, wildlife, and the future of our planet.

📅Sunday, May 31, 2026
⏰4:00 – 6:00pm PDT
📍Star Cinema, 9840 Third St, Sidney, BC V8L 3A7
🎟️$13 – Link in bio

#ReelGreen #BCFilmCommission #CreativeBC #BCFilm #CanadianFilm

Image: Still from PENGUINS OF THE POINT (2025).

🎬 British Columbia has received three nominations at the 2026 Global Production Awards, recognizing excellence across the international screen production industry.

• Reel Green™ - Sustainability Initiative
• Vancouver Film Studios — Studio of the Year
• Vancouver Island South — Emerging Location

These nominations highlight the province’s growing global reputation in sustainability, infrastructure, and production excellence. Winners will be announced May 18 in Cannes, France.

🔗 Learn more: https://buff.ly/CRkv9Ir

🎬 Vancouver-born producer Lucy McNulty (@lucymcnultyy) is building momentum as one of the most exciting emerging voices in Canada’s independent screen industry.

From award-winning shorts to international festival premieres, McNulty’s work is rooted in bold, character-driven storytelling that embraces complexity, discomfort and dark humour.

In our latest interview, she reflects on producing, risk-taking, building Strange Company Productions (@strangecompanyproductions) and bringing B.C.-grown stories to the global stage.

🔗 Read more on BC Creates - link in bio!

📸 Photo Credit: Still from HOW BRIEF (2026), and behind the scenes on the set of HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS (2024)

🎬 Vancouver-born producer Lucy McNulty (@lucymcnultyy) is building momentum as one of the most exciting emerging voices in Canada’s independent screen industry.

From award-winning shorts to international festival premieres, McNulty’s work is rooted in bold, character-driven storytelling that embraces complexity, discomfort and dark humour.

In our latest interview, she reflects on producing, risk-taking, building Strange Company Productions (@strangecompanyproductions) and bringing B.C.-grown stories to the global stage.

🔗 Read more on BC Creates - link in bio!

📸 Photo Credit: Still from HOW BRIEF (2026), and behind the scenes on the set of HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS (2024)

B.C. talent is Cannes-bound! From May 12-20, 2026, British Columbia delegates will attend the Marché du Film at The 79th Cannes Film Festival @marchedufilm.

Nine delegates received support to attend through Creative BC’s Passports to Markets program, championing cinematic excellence, expanding B.C.’s global talent, and celebrating this year’s most compelling films.

📅 On May 15, at the Canada Pavilion, there will be a panel titled “Create With Canada,” featuring Creative BC’s CEO, Prem Gill, as a panelist for the first Info Session. Moderated by @telefilm_canada, the sessions will provide professionals with the opportunity to meet and ask questions to key players from the Canadian audiovisual industry.

Learn more about the B.C. presence on BC Creates through the link in our bio!

Reel Green™is offering free Carbon Calculator training for all film industry professionals in British Columbia & Canada.

Derived from one of the motion picture industry’s leading carbon calculators, albert, Reel Green™ has adapted a carbon calculator for productions in B.C. to use.

Calculating the carbon footprint of your production is an important step in understanding the impact of film production. Having consistent data and metrics from the industry can help organizations like Reel Green understand priority areas for sustainable practices as well as help productions understand and measure their carbon impact.

📅 Date: Thursday, May 28
⏰ Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm (PT)
🔗 Register: visit @reelgreenca for more information!

Open to all members of the motion picture industry!

@websummit Vancouver kicks off today, running from May 11–14!

Web Summit is one of the world’s most influential global technology gatherings, bringing together startups, investors, industry leaders and policymakers from around the world to explore emerging technologies, market trends and future-shaping innovation.

Once again this year, @follow_digibc is partnering with Creative BC, the Province of British Columbia, and Innovate BC to showcase creative technology companies at the Web Summit Vancouver B.C. Pavilion.

- Public Funding's Critical Role in IP with Robert Wong, Vice-President, Creative BC: https://buff.ly/BTcMZyR
- Building a world-class creative tech hub with Michelle Grady, President,
Sony Imageworks and Creative BC Board Member https://buff.ly/cYnAicG
- ILM: How visual effects builds new worlds: https://buff.ly/tOpCljY

🔗 Learn more: https://creativebc.com/calendar/web-summit-vancouver-2026/

Cue the watchlist - your #WatchBC binge is ready! 🎬 Check out this roundup of B.C.-made favourites to add to your queue.

➡️ Reality
• This Is a Gardening Show
• Age of Attraction
• Canada Shore

➡️ Series
• Tracker - Season 3
• Watson - Season 2
• Wild Cards - Season 3
• Elle
• Fire Country

➡️ Reboots!
• Scrubs - Season 10
• Malcom in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair

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📸 Photo credits:
Zach Galifianakis on This Is a Gardening Show / Photograph: AP
Lexi Minetree / Photograph: Amazon MGM Studios
Morris Chestnut in 'Watson' / Photograph: CBS/Colin Bentley
Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as John "J.D." Dorian, and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk / Photograph: Disney/Brian Bowen Smith

Cue the watchlist - your #WatchBC binge is ready! 🎬 Check out this roundup of B.C.-made favourites to add to your queue.

➡️ Reality
• This Is a Gardening Show
• Age of Attraction
• Canada Shore

➡️ Series
• Tracker - Season 3
• Watson - Season 2
• Wild Cards - Season 3
• Elle
• Fire Country

➡️ Reboots!
• Scrubs - Season 10
• Malcom in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair

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📸 Photo credits:
Zach Galifianakis on This Is a Gardening Show / Photograph: AP
Lexi Minetree / Photograph: Amazon MGM Studios
Morris Chestnut in 'Watson' / Photograph: CBS/Colin Bentley
Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as John "J.D." Dorian, and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk / Photograph: Disney/Brian Bowen Smith

Cue the watchlist - your #WatchBC binge is ready! 🎬 Check out this roundup of B.C.-made favourites to add to your queue.

➡️ Reality
• This Is a Gardening Show
• Age of Attraction
• Canada Shore

➡️ Series
• Tracker - Season 3
• Watson - Season 2
• Wild Cards - Season 3
• Elle
• Fire Country

➡️ Reboots!
• Scrubs - Season 10
• Malcom in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair

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📸 Photo credits:
Zach Galifianakis on This Is a Gardening Show / Photograph: AP
Lexi Minetree / Photograph: Amazon MGM Studios
Morris Chestnut in 'Watson' / Photograph: CBS/Colin Bentley
Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as John "J.D." Dorian, and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk / Photograph: Disney/Brian Bowen Smith

Cue the watchlist - your #WatchBC binge is ready! 🎬 Check out this roundup of B.C.-made favourites to add to your queue.

➡️ Reality
• This Is a Gardening Show
• Age of Attraction
• Canada Shore

➡️ Series
• Tracker - Season 3
• Watson - Season 2
• Wild Cards - Season 3
• Elle
• Fire Country

➡️ Reboots!
• Scrubs - Season 10
• Malcom in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair

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📸 Photo credits:
Zach Galifianakis on This Is a Gardening Show / Photograph: AP
Lexi Minetree / Photograph: Amazon MGM Studios
Morris Chestnut in 'Watson' / Photograph: CBS/Colin Bentley
Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Zach Braff as John "J.D." Dorian, and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk / Photograph: Disney/Brian Bowen Smith

Great storytelling starts with accessible sets.

When productions prioritize access, from clean pathways and inclusive communication to supportive workplace culture, everyone can do their best work. Beyond compliance, inclusive practices support collaboration, morale and creative storytelling.

🔗 Explore practical ways to make productions more accessible and inclusive, on set and behind the scenes: https://creativepathwayscanada.com/how-to-create-accessible-and-inclusive-film-sets/

Our Ocean Table launches nationally this May! 🌊🎬

The three-part docuseries follows filmmaker Sonya Lee and journalist Hannah Sung as they explore the intersection of culture, food and ocean conservation through the lens of Korean-Canadian identity. Filmed in British Columbia and beyond, the series highlights how storytelling can connect environmental awareness with cultural heritage.

Our Ocean Table launches on TELUS Optik TV, TELUS Stream+ and CBC Gem, with special screening events across Canada in Celebration of Asian Heritage Month.

This project is proudly supported by Creative BC.

📸 Photo stills from Our Ocean Table / Kate Smith.

Our Ocean Table launches nationally this May! 🌊🎬

The three-part docuseries follows filmmaker Sonya Lee and journalist Hannah Sung as they explore the intersection of culture, food and ocean conservation through the lens of Korean-Canadian identity. Filmed in British Columbia and beyond, the series highlights how storytelling can connect environmental awareness with cultural heritage.

Our Ocean Table launches on TELUS Optik TV, TELUS Stream+ and CBC Gem, with special screening events across Canada in Celebration of Asian Heritage Month.

This project is proudly supported by Creative BC.

📸 Photo stills from Our Ocean Table / Kate Smith.

Our Ocean Table launches nationally this May! 🌊🎬

The three-part docuseries follows filmmaker Sonya Lee and journalist Hannah Sung as they explore the intersection of culture, food and ocean conservation through the lens of Korean-Canadian identity. Filmed in British Columbia and beyond, the series highlights how storytelling can connect environmental awareness with cultural heritage.

Our Ocean Table launches on TELUS Optik TV, TELUS Stream+ and CBC Gem, with special screening events across Canada in Celebration of Asian Heritage Month.

This project is proudly supported by Creative BC.

📸 Photo stills from Our Ocean Table / Kate Smith.

The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) has announced the nominees for the 49th annual National Magazine Awards, recognizing excellence in Canadian print and digital publishing.

This year, eight magazines from British Columbia have received a total of ten nominations across categories including investigative reporting, fiction, poetry, service journalism and art direction - highlighting the strength and diversity of B.C.'s publishing sector.

Winners will be announced on June 5 in Toronto. Congratulations to all nominees!

🔗 Read more on BC Creates - link in bio!