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Special events for 2008 include Sips ’n’ Cinema - a wine tasting and film night;  movies for families and special presentation events. This 10-day fête includes nightly film screenings, parties, a gala opening, filmmaker discussions – all in the heart of the temperate west coast, while the rest of the country is still under snow. In 1995, the CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers, along with Origins Theatre, began what was then called the Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival.