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27/04/24
THANK YOU to everyone for a sold-out screening and well-attended afterparty at the Crazy8s 2024 Gala celebration of 25 crazy years!The evening began with a pre-show recept...
27/03/24
Crazy8s 2024 Gala Screening + Afterparty
Crazy8s is Presented by DGC-BC
Celebrating 25 Crazy Years
April 20, 2024
Screening: The Centre - Door: 6:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pm
Af...
19/03/24
Crazy8s is seeking general volunteers for the upcoming 2024 Gala Screening and Afterparty:Saturday April 20, 2024
Gala Screening at The Centre, downtown Vancouver
After...
18/03/24
Crazy8s Film Society is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the 2024 Telefilm Talent to Watch feature film funding program through Crazy8s, which is a designated...
24/01/24
Crazy8s is calling for film industry professionals and emerging talent to sign up to work on a Crazy8s film!Crazy8s 2024 Crew Sign-Up Form →The Top 6 films for produ...
17/01/24
THANK YOU to the Top 12 who developed and submitted their scripts for our judges' review. THANK YOU to our in-person pitch jury for selecting the TOP 6 projects who will now p...
15/12/23
What an amazing weekend! Crazy8's films and their filmmaking teams claimed noteworthy accolades and screenings at this year’s Whistler Film Festival Nov 29 - Dec 3.From...
29/11/23
THANK YOU to the Top 40 who pitched in person. THANK YOU to our in-person pitch jury for selecting the TOP 12 projects who will now proceed to script development! Top 6 announ...
15/11/23
THANK YOU to everyone who applied and submitted a video pitch for Crazy8s 2024! THANK YOU to our video pitch jury for selecting the TOP 40 projects out of 100+ pitches this ye...
02/05/23
THANK YOU to everyone that attended the Crazy8s 2023 Gala, all 1,720 of you!After a pre-reception for Crazy8s 2023 sponsors and special guests catered by Emelles with spec...
24/03/23
Crazy8s Film Society is proud to present this celebration of 6 new short films made in just 8 exhilarating days!Crazy8s 2023 Gala Screening + AfterpartyCrazy8s is pres...
21/03/23
Crazy8s Film Society is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the 2023 Telefilm Talent to Watch feature film funding program through Crazy8s which is a designated ...
18/01/23
THANK YOU to the Top 12 who developed and submitted their scripts for our judges' review. THANK YOU to our in-person pitch jury for selecting the TOP 6 projects who will now p...
29/11/22
THANK YOU to the Top 40 who pitched in person Nov 26-27, 2022. THANK YOU to our in-person pitch jury for selecting the TOP 12 projects who will now proceed to script developme...
15/11/22
THANK YOU to everyone who applied and submitted a video pitch. THANK YOU to our video pitch jury for selecting the TOP 40 projects out of 151 pitches this year who will now pr...
06/06/22
Crazy8s 2021 In-Person Screening June 23!
Crazy8s 2021 In-Person Screening June 23!
11/04/22
Crazy8s 2023 Gala Screening and AfterParty will take place April 15, 2023. RECAP OF CRAZY8S 2022 GALA SCREENING & AFTERPARTY May 7, 2022Thank you everyone th...
11/04/22
Crazy8s 2022 Gala Tix Now On Sale!
Join the Event! https://www.facebook.com/events/657529021985821
06/04/21
Crazy8s 2022 Gala Screening & AfterPartySaturday, May 7, 2022at The Centre and Science WorldMore details to follow!
06/04/21
Crazy8s Film Society is proud to present the unveiling of 6 brand new short films made in just 8 exhilarating days at our annual Crazy8s 2021 Online Gala Screening Showca...
19/01/21
Top 6 in #Crazy8sFilms21 Announced!https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/3477063849088213
15/01/21
#Crazy8sFilms21 Top 6 To Be Announced January 19at https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm
09/11/20
#Crazy8sFilms21 Top 40 Announced Nov 23 at https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm
16/10/20
Crazy8s 2021 Pitch Workshop & Information Session 2pm Oct 18!https://www.facebook.com/events/3280948675285909
14/10/20
Written by Erin Mussolum, Co-Executive Director, Crazy8s Film Society
President, Chickadee Creative www.chickadeecreative.orgThere are a lot of great blockbuster movies just...
28/09/20
Apply for #Crazy8sFilms21 until Oct 28!Join Pitch Workshop Oct 18: https://fb.me/e/1wroVPOEN
15/09/20
Crazy8s 2021 Launching September 28th! More info then at: https://crazy8s.film/apply
20/02/20
Advance tickets for the Crazy8s Gala are now Sold Out! Standby Line starts 6pm Sat Feb 22 at The Centre
31/01/20
Crazy8s Gala Tickets Now on Sale!https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/crazy8s-2020-gala-screening-afterparty-tickets-92401706993Join the Event! https://www.facebook.com/events...
10/01/20
Crazy8s 2020 TOP 6 Announced!https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/2518304848297456
13/12/19
Tickets now on sale for Crazy8s 2020 Top 6 Live Reveal and Fundraiser Jan 7, 2020. Click here!
03/12/19
Developing your own personal pitch
If you’re anything like me, there’s nothing you’d more rather talk about than movies, I adore watching movies, and I even got a standi...
19/11/19
TOP12 FOR #Crazy8sFilms20 ANNOUNCED! https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/2408464169281525
12/11/19
Top 40 for #Crazy8sFilms20 Announced! https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/2393505604110715
04/11/19
I've often heard it said that in the film, you should "never work for free". And there's a very good reason behind that: by agreeing to reduce your wage to zero, you're deva...
24/10/19
#Crazy8sFilms20 Top 40 Announced Nov 12 at https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm
23/10/19
#Crazy8sFilms20 Application Deadline11:59PM Wed Oct 23 at FilmFreewayFacebook
15/10/19
Crazy8s is an industry incubator and one of the things we invest heavily in is the writing side of Crazy8s. Writers sometimes don’t get the kudos they deserve but behind eve...
15/10/19
Being a part of a lifelong community of filmmakers and community partners. Having those doors opened is irreplaceable value for future creative projects.
Being a part of the...
26/09/19
#Crazy8sFilms20 Information & RegistrationSession Oct 13 at the Rio TheatreFacebook
18/09/19
Applications now open for #Crazy8sFilms20 until Oct 23!
Apply at
26/04/19
Crazy8s Film Society to receive the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Leo Award!
26/04/19
Congratulations to #Crazy8sFilms18 on their 13 Leo Award Nominations!
22/02/19
Advance Regular Priced Tickets are now Sold Out!
Rush Line starts at 6pm on Sat Feb 23 at the Centre.
06/02/19
#Crazy8sFilms19 Gala Tickets Now On Sale!
https://www.facebook.com/events/837655013265715
10/01/19
Support #Crazy8sFilms19! Donate to our Indiegogo campaign & get crazy perks! https://igg.me/at/Crazy8s2019
08/01/19
TOP 6 in #Crazy8sFilms19 announced at
https://www.facebook.com/423878097740152/posts/1877707865690494
07/01/19
20 Year Anniversary Fundraiser Screening at the RIO!
https://www.facebook.com/events/302234097086288
26/12/18
#Crazy8sFilms19 TOP 6 announced Jan 8
at https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm !
25/11/18
#Crazy8sFilms19 Top 12 Announced Nov 26
at https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm !
02/02/18
Presented by DGCBC
What another great Crazy8s Gala! On Saturday, February 22, 2020, the Crazy8s Film Society presented the 6 new #Crazy8sFilms20 to 1,750 people at The Centre ...
16/10/17
Registration Deadline for #Crazy8sFilms18 midnight Oct 24. Apply at www.crazy8s.film Video Pitches due 7pm Oct 30.
26/05/17
Congrats to #Crazy8sFilms16 for being Nominated for 13 Leo Awards!
The Leo Awards are May 27, June 3 & 4. Tix: www.leoawards.com
16/02/17
With two (and a half) out of the eight crazy days remaining, teams are in the middle of filmmaking madness! Over the past weekend, teams gathered together for perhaps the hard...
29/01/17
Once again, the teams reconvened today to work through each of their films’ most challenging scene with our director mentor this year, 1989 short film Oscar nominated direc...
28/01/17
Time to put some faces to the characters! Breakdowns went out on Actor’s Access and professional casting directors stepped in to find the best matches for each character. Kr...
21/01/17
Here we go! Now things really start to get rolling as all of the teams met together for the first official production meeting. From reviewing what teams need, to going over sp...
17/01/17
At long last, on January 10th, the Top 6 films were announced for this year of Crazy8s! From a record 216 submissions, the first round of judges (Bill Hurst, Meghan Elie, Joel...
10/01/17
The #Crazy8sFilms17 Top 6 finalists have been selected! To see who
they are go to our Facebook Page and see: https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/1085198054941483:0...
10/01/17
Help get the 6 #Crazy8sFilms17 made! Donate to our Crazy8s Annual
Indiegogo Campaign and receive crazy good perks like tix to our Jan 26
Anniversary Screening at the Rio, ti...
10/01/17
Join us Thursday, January 26th at the Rio Theatre for our Crazy8s DGC-BC
Annual Fundraiser Screening. Meet and mingle with Crazy8s alumni,
friends and sponsors and meet this...
07/12/16
Join us Fri Dec 9 for the Holiday Film Mixer Party at InFocus Film School presented with #Crazy8sFilms17 https://www.facebook.com/events/337018976672694
03/12/16
On Dec 4 catch the Whistler Film Festival Big Rock Short Showcase hosted by #Crazy8sFilms17!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1815953715347605
01/12/16
Welcome to the new Crazy8s Blog! Here, you’ll get to go behind-the-scenes a little on the process and production of the #Crazy8sFilms17 films, so hold on tight and get ready...
29/11/16
After a crazy two days of live pitches, we've announced the top 13! Check out who made it on our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/104247737588021...
22/11/16
The Crazy8sFilms17 Top 40 pitches have been selected! Head over to our Facebook Page now to find out who made it in! https://www.facebook.com/crazy8sfilm/posts/1033741790087...
21/10/16
#Crazy8sFilms17 Registration Deadline Nov 2. Video Pitch Deadline Nov 7.
08/09/16
#Crazy8sFilms17 Launch Information & Registration Session Oct 16 at Rio Theatre.Registration Closes Nov 2.Video Pitches due Nov 7.In Person Pitches Nov 26 &...
04/02/16
The #Crazy8sFilms18 Gala Screening and AfterParty will be held Saturday, February 24, 2018. Tickets will go on sale in late January 2018.The Crazy8s Gala 2017 on February ...
18/01/16
Join us Thursday, January 28th at the Rio Theatre for our Crazy8s DGC-BC Annual Fundraiser Screening.Meet and mingle with Crazy8s alumni, our extended community of friend...
12/01/16
Help get the 6 #Crazy8sFilms16 made! Donate to our Annual Indiegogo Campaign and receive crazy good perks like tickets to our Jan 28Anniversary Screening at the Rio, tickets t...
12/01/16
After months of anticipation, the jury has selected the #Crazy8sFilms16 Top 6 projects out of 179 applications that will advance to production. Thank you to everyone that appl...
11/12/15
Crazy8s Film Society is thrilled to announce that it has teamed up with dotstudioPRO to create a streaming platform, Crazy8s Film Stream, to share some of the 91 ...
01/12/15
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Crazy8s christmas party Dec 11, 2015
You are invited to o...
30/11/15
Thanks everyone that pitched in the Top 40. We are pleased to announce the #Crazy8sFilms16 Top 12:ArrangedDirector: Rohit ChokhaniWriters: Rohit Chokhani and Ashle...
24/11/15
Thank you to everyone that applied and submitted a video pitch and thank you to
our video pitch jury for selecting the 40 out of 179 who advance to the next round
of in-...
20/11/15
[vc_row row_type='box' text_align='left' background_color='#f7f7f7' border_color='#e0dede'][vc_column width='1/1']Join at the Whistler Film Festival for the Crazy8's spons...
12/11/15
The Video Pitch Judges are now viewing the Video Pitches.Top 40 announced Nov 23. In-Person Pitches Nov 27-28.
14/10/15
GOT A GREAT IDEA FOR A SHORT FILM? WE WANT TO HELP YOU MAKE IT!
Registration closes Nov 4. Video Pitches due Nov 9.More info: http://crazy8s.cc/submissionsJoin th...
14/03/15
We would like to thank all 1,700 of you who came out to the 2015 Crazy8s Gala in February to witness the premiere of the 6 Winning Films.A big shout out to our all our ama...