{"id":87,"date":"2026-10-09T22:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T22:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-10-09T22:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T22:54:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da2cf6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1da2cf6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ddda90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ddda90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vineyard-screening-9-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-41\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vineyard-screening-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vineyard-screening-9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vineyard-screening-9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vineyard-screening-9-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crestonvalleyfilmsociety.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vineyard-screening-9-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-122ae59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"122ae59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd17d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fd17d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"comp-km6djga4\" class=\"N8MGzv _v6ohL AWXfZq PO9MfV comp-km6djga4 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h6 class=\"font_6 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_42 wixui-rich-text__text\">OVERVIEW<\/span><\/span><\/h6><\/div><div id=\"comp-km6djuld\" class=\"N8MGzv _v6ohL AWXfZq PO9MfV comp-km6djuld wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Co-founded in 2018 by Creston-area filmmakers Mark Wolfe and Kerry McArthur, the KFS now CVFS, Creston Valley Film Society quickly earned success by joining forces with local artists Richard Reeves, Alison Masters and Gary Deatherage in launching the first 7th Siding Festival of Film \u2013 an event that attracted short and feature-length films from across western Canada.\u00a0 In 2020, 7th Siding attracted more than 1000 films nationally and internationally and in 2021 gave strong indication of becoming an established international film festival, attracting almost 2000 entries.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; 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