{"id":24131,"date":"2024-03-27T01:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T01:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/?page_id=24131"},"modified":"2024-04-13T19:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T19:19:06","slug":"in-memoriam-donald-shebib","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/in-memoriam-donald-shebib\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Donald Shebib"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-container\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-row\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-col col-md col-lg-10 col-12 col-md col-lg-10 col-xl-8\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"col__inner align-items-stretch justify-content-stretch\"><div class=\"col__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized is-style-circle-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24139\" style=\"width:359px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This National Canadian Film Day, we sadly have to commemorate the passing of a true pioneer of the Canadian Film industry, <strong>Don Shebib<\/strong>. His groundbreaking work and dedication to telling Canadian Stories in Canada shaped the industry throughout its formative decades, and paved the way for the careers of many filmmakers across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His films, including his seminal classic <em>Goin\u2019 Down the Road<\/em>, have inspired generations of filmmakers, and his legacy will continue to live on both in his films and in all the Canadians who saw a path for themselves in this industry because of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will be deeply missed, but he will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-row\"><div class=\"row justify-content-xl-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-col col-12 col-xl-6\"><div class=\"col__inner align-items-stretch justify-content-stretch\"><div class=\"col__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Tribute to Don Shebib\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sd-vvgjbppk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-row\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><div class=\"row justify-content-xl-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutestrap-col col-12 col-xl-8\"><div class=\"col__inner align-items-stretch justify-content-stretch\"><div class=\"col__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>There are special events on National Canadian Film Day paying tribute to Don Shebib:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In Vancouver: <a href=\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/event\/vancouver-international-film-festival-viff-presents-a-tribute-to-don-shebib\/\">The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) presents a special screening of <em>Goin\u2019 Down the Road<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ottawa: <a href=\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/event\/canadian-film-institute-presents-goin-down-the-road\/\">The Canadian Film Institute is proud to present <em>Goin\u2019 Down the Road<\/em>.<\/a> The screening will feature a discussion with special guests.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_custom_css":"","_custom_scss":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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