Next time you’re about to hang off a cliff at Cape Roger Curtis or kayak to Keats Island, consider documenting it.
The third annual, Bowen Island Adventure Film Festival is accepting submissions, through to April 30.
“The focus is amateur athletes. It really is about everyday adventurers,” says Kiley Redhead, one of the festival’s co-founders.
She says simply: “This is not about professional film making. This is about locals on Bowen, doing cool things on Bowen.”
That means anyone with a story and a camera (and some editing know-how) can submit a short film or slideshow to the festival for consideration.
“What are we looking for? We just want somebody who wants to share their story on what they get up to on the weekends,” she says.
“What do they do? How do they get outside and play? What does that look like for them?”
There are already nine films accepted for this year’s event — to be held Saturday, May 26, at the Bowen Island Lodge — but she says, there’s room for more.
“It really is just meant to be a platform for people to share their stories of adventures on Bowen,” says Redhead.
The past two festivals really showcased the island’s diversity, she says, with short films on everything from scuba diving to rock climbing to foraging.
“The thing that we learned, that is so cool about Bowen, is how much diversity there is here in terms of activity,” she says.
“People are up to really cool things.”
For more information on this year’s event, and details on how to submit a film, go to http://biaff.ca/submit.
