Gary's Vancouver Island Films

05/23/2026

Bees alone pollinate roughly one third of all the food humans eat, while trees absorb carbon dioxide, regulate rainfall and produce the oxygen that every living creature depends on. Clean water sustains every cell in the human body and underpins every ecosystem on Earth. Without these three natural systems functioning properly, no amount of economic wealth, technology or infrastructure could sustain human civilisation. Scientists and ecologists increasingly argue that protecting biodiversity and clean water is not an environmental issue but the most fundamental economic and survival issue humanity faces.

02/06/2023

Featuring one of the millions of caprellid that live on our shores. This one is a conductor!

This video is about the "dance" of small creatures called Caprellids that are abundant in the waters of BC.

02/06/2023

This story about Baynes Sound stewardship is nine years old. Maybe our viewers have updated info?

This video is about Baynes Sound shellfish farming and its impact on Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island.

04/16/2022

Betty Bibbs recently passed on at 103. She was my neighbour in Yellowpoint near Nanaimo. This interview was done 5 years ago. She shares her stories of growing up in West Vancouver, running a resort in Parksville, and leading churches with her husband Herb in Comox and Alert Bay. Social and physical activity and "going with change" was her modi operandi!

Betty Bibbs (98) shares her stories of growing up in West Vancouver, running a resort in Parksville and leading churches with her husband Herb in Comox and Alert…

03/21/2022

For those interested in smaller, Vancouver Island run-of-the-river power. Canoe Creek Hydro, a Tlaoquiaht owned company is a good example.

03/08/2022

Promotional video for Skydive Vancouver Island.

09/16/2021

Vancouver Island Music Fest

09/10/2021

Bill Rendall of Cortez Island was a well known character who claimed an old bunkhouse in Squirrel Cove as his family home and baking business. I filmed this for CBC in 1997 when Bill baked his last loaf for his sad but thankful fans.

In 1997 Bill Rendall of Cortez Island baked the last of his famous bread for the adoring boaters.

09/03/2021

Here is a short, angst-filled comedy/drama I wrote, and directed. It won best actor (Kevin Blatch) at Vancouver Island film festival. It was back when prosumer cameras were not great. Can you get the who-done-it at the end?

Here's a few ways to solve that disturbing noise problem.

08/29/2021

Before this summer is out here is a flashback to 2013 VI Music Fest with dozens of artfully edited together musicians.

This video highlights the performers of the Vancouver Island MusicFest 2013