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XINEMA [zin-em-a] is an artist-run experimental film series founded and based on on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and the Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, BC). They began operation in VIFF Centre's 41 seat Studio Theatre, with a focus on BC-based and connected media artists, stringing emerging and established artists together into monthly thematic programs.

They now operate between spaces and regions, facilitating screenings, workshops and related events, with a focus on local wherever that may be.​ Their main priorities are to remain low-barrier, accepting free ongoing and unlimited submissions of any year or premiere status; prioritize underrepresented artists and media forms; and connect filmmakers and film-lovers of various backgrounds, disciplines and career levels.

I'm planting a garden in my screen
2025 Exhibition
Thread Tension
2025 Screening
How to Make a Film Quilt
2025 Workshop
Tan Lines
2025 Workshop
Solstice Garden Party
2025 Special Event
Unholy Inheritance
2025 Screening
Movement Imagined
2025 Workshop
Skin, inscribed
2025 Screening
Sally
2025 Partner Screening
Image after stone
2025 Screening
DOXA 2025: Eastern Anthems
2025 Partner Screening
Sunset Seduction
2025 Workshop
Experimental Contracts & Subversive Administration
2025 Workshop
Navigating Community & Labour in Vancouver Arts/Culture Spaces
2025 Discussion
ROGER BEEBE IN PERSON: FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS
2025 Expanded Screening
Night Visions
2025 Screening
XINEMA's 2nd Trip Around the Sun!
2024 Special Event
Light grows wild
2024 Screening
End of Summer Bash
2024 Special Event
Budding
2024 Screening
Fairy Clocks: 16mm Film Workshop
2024 Workshop
Elements of Dying
2024 Screening
Home is an Artifact
2024 Screening
N Dimensional Space
2024 Screening
notes on the colour blue
2024 Screening
Farther Than the Eye Can See
2024 Screening
One Year Cine-Celebration
2023 Special Event
Attack of the DIY!
2023 Screening
Duties in the Domestic Cinema
2023 Screening
Phosphenia!
2023 Screening
COSMIC QUEERITIES: An Analogue Film Crash Course + Queer Conversation Hub
2023 Workshop
COSMIC QUEERITIES
2023 Screening
Grass is red and blood is green
2023 Screening
Roleplay, Fantasy, PLEASURE!
2023 Screening
Earth as Womb
2023 Screening
The Framing of Perception
2023 Screening
The Pulse of the Screen
2022 Screening
Absurd + Subversive
2022 Screening
The Void of the Voice
2022 Screening
Times Long Past
2022 Screening

2025

I'm planting a garden in my screen

Exhibition

Thread Tension

Screening

How to Make a Film Quilt

Workshop

Tan Lines

Workshop

Solstice Garden Party

Special Event

Unholy Inheritance

Screening

Movement Imagined

Workshop

Skin, inscribed

Screening

Sally

Partner Screening

Image after stone

Screening

DOXA 2025: Eastern Anthems

Partner Screening

Sunset Seduction

Workshop

Experimental Contracts & Subversive Administration

Workshop

Navigating Community & Labour in Vancouver Arts/Culture Spaces

Discussion

ROGER BEEBE IN PERSON: FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS

Expanded Screening

Night Visions

Screening

2024

XINEMA's 2nd Trip Around the Sun!

Special Event

Light grows wild

Screening

End of Summer Bash

Special Event

Budding

Screening

Fairy Clocks: 16mm Film Workshop

Workshop

Elements of Dying

Screening

Home is an Artifact

Screening

N Dimensional Space

Screening

notes on the colour blue

Screening

Farther Than the Eye Can See

Screening

2023

One Year Cine-Celebration

Special Event

Attack of the DIY!

Screening

Duties in the Domestic Cinema

Screening

Phosphenia!

Screening

COSMIC QUEERITIES: An Analogue Film Crash Course + Queer Conversation Hub

Workshop

COSMIC QUEERITIES

Screening

Grass is red and blood is green

Screening

Roleplay, Fantasy, PLEASURE!

Screening

Earth as Womb

Screening

The Framing of Perception

Screening

2022

The Pulse of the Screen

Screening

Absurd + Subversive

Screening

The Void of the Voice

Screening

Times Long Past

Screening