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.
By Greg Ursic

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.






