The Sunshine Coast Film Society was incorporated as a non-profit in 2001. The board of directors is elected annually by the membership, at an Annual General Meeting usually held in early March.
Mission
The Sunshine Coast Film Society seeks to cultivate film appreciation and provide an alternative to mainstream entertainment on the Sunshine Coast.
Our principal objectives are to:
- bring people together to learn through, and about, film;
- deepen our understanding of diverse cultures, perspectives, and experiences through film; and
- create a forum for ongoing dialogue inspired by cinema.
The Sunshine Coast Film Society undertakes to find and exhibit a diversity of films, including those of local and regional filmmakers, that give voice to compelling content, images, and ideas.
The Constitution
The Society came into being on Sunday, October 28, 2001. The purposes as stated in the Constitution are:
- To bring and exhibit moving images in any format to the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
- To promote the Canadian and international culture of moving images on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
- To educate the public about Canadian and international moving images and related cultural and aesthetic issues through screenings, lectures, discussions, publications, conferences, special events and other means.
- To encourage and facilitate screenings, lectures, discussions, publications, conferences, special events and the like, relevant to the Canadian and international art, culture and practice of moving images and related fields, on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
- To do everything reasonably and lawfully necessary and proper for the attainment of the above purposes.