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The '''Gulf Islands Film and Television School''', or ('''GIFTS''',) is a [[film school]] located on [[Galiano Island]] off the west coast of, [[British Columbia, Canada]] near [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/competition-helps-young-filmmakers-get-careers-off-to-a-good-start-1.715470|title = Competition helps young filmmakers get careers off to a good start| date=30 November 2013|newspaper=[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=International Journal of Education & the Arts: Volume 12 Special Issue 1 |url=http://www.ijea.org/v12si1/v12si1 |access-8.pdf</ref><ref>http://date=2023-12-16 |website=www.shimajournalijea.org/issues/v6n1/j.%20Coyle%20Shima%20v6n1%2067-82.pdf}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ijea.org/v12si1/v12si1-8.pdf|last1= Lin |first1=C-C. |last2= Grauer |first2=K. |last3= Castro |first3=J. C. |date=2011 |title="There is nothing else to do but make films:" Urban youth participation at a film and television school |journal=International Journal of Education & the Arts |volume= 12 |issue=SI 1.8 |access-date=2023-12-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.shimajournal.org/issues/v6n1/j.%20Coyle%20Shima%20v6n1%2067-82.pdf |title=North Of Hollywood North: Bowen Island and screen production networks |first1=Rebecca |last1=Coyle |journal=Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures |volume=6 |number=1 |date=2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gulf Island Film and Television School (GIFTS) {{!}} Citizens of Tomorrow |url=https://citizensoftomorrow.research.educ.ubc.ca/community-sites/gulf-island/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website= Citizens of Tomorrow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Vancouver film school for YouTube generation offers summer program for aspiring filmmakers |url=https://biv.com/article/2013/07/vancouver-film-school-for-youtube-generation-offer |first1= Nelson |last1= Bennett | date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=2023-12-16 |newspaper=Business in Vancouver |language=en}}</ref> It was initially founded by George Harris in 1995, but was purchased by Evan Allen and Barbara Allen in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-14 |title=Gulf Islands Film & Television School |url=http://www.giftsfilms.com/gifts-news/mass-effect-games/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190419/http://www.giftsfilms.com/gifts-news/mass-effect-games/ |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref>

GIFTS describes itself as a "creative media epicenter where first time rookies, youth & adults, live with and are mentored by Canada's top media producers and industry professionals. GIFTS specializes in "learning by doing," offering short hands-on media intensive training programs and teen summer camps at its live in training facility situated on beautiful Galiano Island, BC. The high caliber training is widely recognized by filmmakers, industry and academics." <ref>http://www.giftsfilms.com</ref>

It was initially founded by George Harris in 1995, but was purchased by Evan Allen and Barbara Allen in 2014.<ref>http://www.giftsfilms.com/gifts-news/mass-effect-games/</ref>

==References==

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==SeeExternal alsolinks==

*[http://www.giftsfilms.com Official website]

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