LIS entertainment

Dare to Care: Transforming Schools Through an Ethics of Care recently screened for the Social and Emotional Education (SEE) working group at the Marcelino Botin Foundation in Santander, Spain. This is an international group representing Canada, Spain, Finland, Portugal, Singapore and Australia brought together by the Botin Foundation with the aim of sharing information about the center's approaches and initiatives around the world.

» Dare to Care receives the Making A Difference Award at the Global Community Festival held in Toronto. This award was given as the top prize in the Best Short Documentary category. » EA Sports Active releases new marketing videos for Sport Active 2 and NFL Training Camp. Videos directed by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Produced by Circle Productions.

» LISent wraps up production on a series of videos for the University of British Columbia (UBC).

» The Days of Blinding Fear launched as a micro-film promo for Toronto based band Tin Star Orphans. The film was also selected to screen during Winnipeg's Nuit Blanche Outdoor Cinema Series.

The 2010 Global Community Film Festival will be screening DARE TO CARE this month. The documentary was directed and produced by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Mike Hawley, and takes a critical look at education in North America.

Sunday Sept 26th, 12:30pm

Check the festival's website for more details and ticket info.

DARE TO CARE is also available on DVD, and can be ordered from the National Film Board of Canada.

The Leo Awards are a set of awards given annually, which honor the best in British Columbian television and film production.

LIS entertainment's co-production of Randall Okita's film, FISH IN BARREL, has led to 3 nominations this year:

Michael Hawley for Cinematography
Darcy Van Poelgeest for Picture Editing
Matthew Rogers for Musical Score

Join our Facebook group for details on upcoming screenings of the film.

The FISH IN BARREL team is overwhelmed and excited to have 8 International screenings coming up in the next few weeks. Upcoming shows include The Brooklyn International Film Festival, The Yorkton Film Festival (we are nominated for the Golden Sheaf Award) and cross Canada screenings.

If you are in Vancouver, please join FIB Director Randall Okita and Producer Darcy Van Poelgeest at the Explorasian screening at the Pacific Cinematheque.

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Fish in Barrel screens at the 13th Reel Asian Film Festival in Toronto and picks up the Most Innovative Production Award.

"Brilliantly shot, with a potent and evocative integration of music and sound with image..."

Fish in Barrel premiers at Toronto International Film Festival.

Producers Darcy Van Poelgeest and Randall Okita were on the scene to soak up some amazing films and promote their short film Fish in Barrel. Both screenings were packed full and FIB was accompanied by some amazing films.