Blogs

Colin Van Loon (Operations Manager, IM4 Media Lab) was recently interviewed by TechvangArt about his captivating VR experience, This is Not a Ceremony, which just had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The project mixes documentary type of testimony with symbols, humor, poetry and metaphoric visual-imaginary elements.

Immersed in the virtual environment, your guides are two Indigenous trickster poets that accompany you – sometimes with caustic humor – on a journey to bear witness to indigenous injustice. They are accompanied by Matriarchs and Inii (buffalo) that rule this virtual realm and lead with kindness, bringing us face-to-face with some of the grim realities Indigenous Peoples have experienced.

Click here to read the full interview

Applications for the Women in Animation (WIA) Mentorship Program Spring 2022 will open on February 16. Want to learn more about the application process? Then make sure to sign up for their upcoming Q&A session taking place on January 25. The WIA Mentorship Program connects women, transgender and non-binary artists at all levels to great mentors who can help them achieve their career goals and next steps in their careers. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Are you a BC-based video game studio with titles on Steam?

DigiBC and Creative BC will be launching a 'Games From British Columbia' Steam sale page in 2022. We invite all BC-based game studios with titles on Steam to participate in this feature page. It will be a great promotional tool that can showcase the province's video game industry talent and highlight the range of our development capabilities.

Want to be part of this initiative?

If you haven't already, please contact us to confirm your interest in participating, and which game(s) you have on Steam that you would like to have included. We plan to launch the page in Q1, 2022.

Email us at team@digibc.org

Questions?

Does a game that is currently in production and will be released on Steam in the middle of 2022 qualify to be on the page?
Yes, we will be doing another call out in the middle of the year to see who else wants to get on board.

Can a game that's currently in Early Access be on the page?
Yes, if it's on Steam then it can be included. The page will have different categories and Early Access will be one of them.