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DOXA Film Festival dodges grizzlies, funding cuts to reach opening night

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Securing funding for festivals is always challenging, but few people outside DOXA’s inner circle were aware that the festival almost didn’t happen this year.

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Mercy Years takes a break from the daily grind, kicks off Western Canada tour

Mercy Years, a band founded on Craigslist and JJ Bean, held a CD release show and kicked off their tour of Western Canada on May 3.

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Summer date ideas that won’t break the bank

Summer months can entice you to many days and nights of expensive patio drinking and outdoor activities. Not to worry; we’ve compiled a list of cheap summer date ideas.

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UBC Farm screening raises awareness of a buzz-worthy cause

Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? is a documentary film exploring the recent mass disappearance of bee populations, a phenomena termed colony collapse disorder.

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DOXA Film Festival 2012 reviews: Basketball in Iraq, going up against the man and a 100-year-old lightbulb

Part one of our reviews from the 2012 DOXA Documentary Film Festival, running in Vancouver from May 4–13.

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Exploring the “contemporary resonance” of World War I

John Boyne, author of World War I novel The Absolutist, is always looking for parallels between the past and the present.

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Film students offer fresh perspectives at POV Festival

The festival, currently in its 22nd year, features the work of students in their third and fourth year at UBC’s film production program. It promises a great range of short films, from comedy to murder mystery.


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Remembering a genocide 97 years later

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Block Party 2012

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UBC Undie Run 2012

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UBC Undie Run 2012 [Raw footage]

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Stories of the year

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Undie Run 2012

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Projecting at the Norm

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