Crazy8s is a filmmaking competition and festival held annually in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It provides funding and support to local filmmakers to shoot and edit a short film in eight days.[1] It has been called one of the best platforms for emerging filmmakers in Vancouver and has produced over 100 short films.[2][3]
Crazy8s was founded in 1999 by Andrew Williamson.[4] Teams of filmmakers pitch their concepts to industry professionals. Around 200 teams annually submit a video pitch, 40 are then chosen to pitch in-person to a jury, after that 12 teams advance to the script stage before six finalists are announced in early January.[5]
After fine-tuning their concepts and delivering revised scripts, 6 winners are chosen to receive $1,000 and a production package and have three days to shoot followed by five days of post-production.[6] Most of the approximately 2,000 people involved are industry professionals.[7]
The finished films are screened at a Gala Screening followed by an afterparty.[14] The 2010 gala was held March 27 at the Vogue Theatre.[15] The 2014 competition attracted 154 applicants.[16] The 2015 gala screening was held February 28 at The Centre For Performing Arts and had 196 applicants.[17] It was hosted by Diana Bang, attracted 1,700 people and featured the band No Sinner at the afterparty.[1] The 2016 gala screening was held February 27 at The Centre For Performing Arts and was hosted by Ellie Harvie.[18] The 2017 competition attracted 216 teams and will screen the final six films February 25 at The Centre For Performing Arts with an official afterparty at Science World.[19]
