The Strathcona Standard

2026-03-03

Tonight is the night for local filmmakers, who will have their work showcased at the Tidemark Theatre for all to see.

The Campbell River Film Festival is holding the Locals Showcase night tonight, featuring a lineup of short films created by filmmakers from the region. The lineup is diverse, with a mix of genres and local stories.

Afterwards, the audience is welcome to stay after the screening to meet and chat with the filmmakers in attendance, and ask questions.

The annual film festival supports local artists and emerging filmmakers through scholarships and the opportunity to showcase their work and expand their skills.

A list of the short films to be presented tonight is below.

Tickets can still be purchased today through the Tidemark’s website.

Locals Showcase March 3, 2026

• Galloping Goose Adventures (1 min)
  Filmmaker: Ana Isabel Fuentes Zavala
  Juan the goose found out about the bike counter on the galloping goose trail. He didn’t like it. The goose band is his plan to divert the bikers.

• Davis Isn’t Dead Yet (11:55 min)
  Filmmaker: Chad Douglas Neufeld
  After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a man tries to find closure while trapped in a coffin.

• Wild Vancouver Island (4:45 min)
  Filmmaker: Anthony Bucci
  While tracking elusive animals across land and sea, a wildlife photographer confronts his own limits, finding healing, purpose, and connection in the wild.

• Exempt From The Alien Purge of Earth (4.41 min)
  Filmmaker: Tremayne Brazil Tindall
  A stressful man named Billy must convince an alien that he deserves to be exempt from the alien purge of Earth.

• Hamilton Marsh: A Living Legacy (13:55 min)
  Filmmaker: Taryn Pickard
  Hamilton Marsh is the largest remaining wetland in the central Vancouver Island region. Finally, after many years of trying, we are at the point where we might be able to preserve it for generations to come, but we need your help.

• Safe Zone: A Zombie Film (9:30 min)
  Filmmaker: Carihi Secondary Program with Sayward
  “Safe Zone: a Zombie Film” is a co-production between the students of the Carihi Secondary Media program and the students and staff of Sayward Elementary school. The film was shot on location at Sayward Elementary in October 2025.

• I am Cow (5:09 min)
  Filmmaker: Logan Alexander
  When a North Island arts council gets a grant for locals to construct “installations” on the side of the road… chaos ensues… leaving one artist with more questions than answers about art, public space and freedom of expression. This is a film that follows that story, all the way from the side of the road on the top of Vancouver Island, to the Vancouver Art Gallery…

• Radical (9:17 min)
  Filmmaker: Sean Mulhall
  A young, naive man is radicalized by an online influencer; his friend tries to help. It doesn’t go well.
  
• Raining Glory: Campbell River by Night (3.5 min)
  Filmmaker: Neall Calvert
  “Raining Glory” is a 3.5-minute video featuring 40 images of Campbell River taken after midnight, during rainstorms, through the front windshield of a vehicle. It is set to a music score titled “The Light Between Us.”

• Christie Residential School Gathering (10.48 min)
  Filmmaker: Gord Kurbis
  Survivors of the former Christie Residential School returned to Meares Island in October of 2025 to attend a ‘Healing Gathering’. The event was held so they could witness the emotional demolition of the final buildings used by the troubled educational institution.

• This Is Where I live (4+ min)
  Filmmaker: Daniel Hillert
  Summer mornings often begin beneath a soft veil of fog that drifts in from the ocean…

• We Were Here (25.16 min)
  Filmmaker: Damian Stevenson
  Tap into the elder knowledge of North Island queer seniors on a rainbow-woven journey through their life stories and their hopes for the uncertain future ahead.