UBC Master of Fine Arts alumna Bahar Noorizadeh’s film Lingo made Canada’s Top Ten list of Canadian short films for 2012. Noorizadeh wrote and directed Lingo as part of a UBC Film Production class project. The 12th annual Canada’s Top Ten list was unveiled at a gala organized by the Toronto International Film Festival Group. For more information, click here.
UBC Bachelor of Fine Arts alumna Lauren Grant has won Best Canadian Feature and $15,000 for her first feature Picture Day at the Whistler International Film Festival. This film, along with her short film Frost also screened at Toronto International Film Festival this past summer. Grant and her co-producers are featured in the “meet the artist” video here. View a trailer of Picture Day here.
