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Digital Stor ytelling Festival and Conference

E VE NT PR O G R A M 2018 DIS COVE R • E X PE RI E NC E • PARTICIPATE

Wow, what an unbelievable journey it’s been! Celebrating our 5th year in the beautiful Vancouver Convention Centre West Building, which only a few years ago, in 2013, seemed like a faraway vision that I thought I could only have imagined and now look…here we are… truly incredible! It’s with great pride that I can say that my core team and all those that have been with us for a short time over the years, have made this journey for me one that has been rewarding and humbling.

WE LC O ME T O VAN C OU V ER W EB F E S T

When I made the decision to bring a webseries, now digital storytelling, festival to Canada in 2013, my vision, with that of Paula Hoffmann, my good friend and VWF’s Director of Development, was a focus on how VWF would bring to you, the creators and your teams, a festival and conference that would honour your hard work and dedication and give back to you what all of you deserve. I am very proud to say that Vancouver Web Fest is growing at an extremely rapid pace and it just gets better every year thanks to all past and present attendees and those supporters who couldn’t make it in person but are here in spirit. I am certain that VWF18 is going to bring joy to those who are involved and I look forward to sharing it with all of you.

These past years have come and gone so fast and the astounding support and reviews we continue to receive from around the world after each event are heartwarming and have made me extremely proud. I, along with my amazing team, will continue to strive for excellence.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the extraordinary hard working and dedicated Vancouver Web Fest 2018 team. Thank you for being so supportive and so strong. Thank you to our volunteer Board of Directors, our generous sponsors, our local and international community partners, the digital series and pilot creators and their teams, our amazing volunteers, and each and every one of you for supporting and believing in Vancouver Web Fest, we couldn’t have done this without you. Thank you!

Enjoy the best of the best screenings, yummy popcorn, panels, workshops, keynotes, VR experiences, networking, awards ceremony and gala, hugs, BUT most of all, just have fun!

Yours Truly, Suzette Laqua Executive Director/Founder suzette@vancouverwebfest.com Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself!

Vancouver Web Fest is a Not-For-Profit Organization # S-0062167

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter from Suzette Laqua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Our Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vancouver Web Fest Speed Dating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Keynotes, Panels & Workshop Guests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VR Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Pilots (Under 30 minutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Pilots (Over 30 minutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Webseries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sponsors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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OUR TEAM

OUR T EAM

Suzette Laqua Executive Director/Founder

Paula Hoffmann Director of Development

Shiva Kashi Program Director

Linda Givetash Marketing Manager

Myles Liversidge Director of IT

Gordon Au Director of Operations

Mike Cavers Entertainment Director

Vancouver Web Fest 2018

Alessandro Di Stephanie M Scott Francesco Brand Director & VIP Liaison Director of International Relations

Alicia Bernbaum Director of Partnerships

Liam Callander Program Assistant

Kristin Jackson Graphic Designer

Aliya Boulanger Exec Assistant & Social Media Coordinator

Susie Lee VWF Correspondent

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O UR T EAM

Vancouver Web Fest 2018

Mitch Hulse Stage Manager

Sofia Auer Box Office Coordinator

Stephanie Halber Technical Coordinator

Steve Ferguson Volunteer Coordinator

Cleo Yeh Assistant Volunteer Coordinator

Julie Bruns Live Stream

Regina Leung PR and Media Relations

Michael Lolato

Eric Y. Lapointe

Christine Larsen

VANCOUVER WEB FEST 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HyBird Media Group

Our most heartfelt thanks and appreciation for all of you who entered your series and have come out to join us for VWF 2018! - The Vancouver Web Fest Team

Vancouver Web Fest is a proud sponsor of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

Proud Supporter We are contributing partial proceeds from the Silent Auction to this charitable organization!

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SPEED DATING

Kevin Barton

Steve Bates

Ryan Copple

Plato Fountidakis

Tyler Funk

Director of Programming SnackableTV

Business Affairs Telefilm Canada

Board of Directors Producer’s Guild of America

CEO, Executive Producer Fast Motion Studios

Founder North of Now

Allan Harmon

Cynde Harmon

Briean Kenward

Ajay Kishore

Tracey Mack

Principal Really Real Films, Inc.

Principal / Filmmaker Really Real Films, Inc.

Development Executive Lark Productions

Founder & CEO Stareable

Writer / Producer

Lisa Purdy

Elizabeth Schofield

Andra Sheffer

Eric Schultz

Jeff Stecyk

Prducer / Consultant Notio Media

Manager of Development for Scripted Omnifilm Entertainment

CEO Independent Production Fund

Lead Producer & Copywriter North of Now Films

Principal / Executive Producer Wavelength Entertainment Group

Subhadarshi Tripathy

Andrew Williamson

Business Head and Senior Vice President Zee Studios International Ltd

Producer / Director Off Island Media

Emily Alden Head of Production Distribution & Development PNP

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Keynotes, Panels & Workshop Guests Ryan Copple New Media Council Board Delegate Producers Guild of America INDUSTRY KEYNOTE

Experience Design Consultant VR KEYNOTE

Nathalie Clermont Director of Program Management CMF

Andra Sheffer CEO Independent Production Fund

Elizabeth Friesen Executive Director Telus Fund

John Dippong National Project Lead Telefilm

Christine Chiu Analyst Creative BC

Kim Guise Director of Local and Original Programming Telus STORYHIVE

Suzanne Lacey Program Manager Bell Fund

Joel McCarthy Producer / Director Writer This Is A Spoon Studios

Rob Lyons Producer / Director President, Super Creative

Lisa Purdy Producer / Consultant Notio Media

Troy Mundle Actor / Director Producer / Writer “Single & Dating in Vancouver”

Nick Uhas Producer / Entrepreneur

Michael Cappetta Documentary & Film Producer

Annelise Larson Veria Search Marketing

Christine Larsen VWF Board of Directors Moderator: Meet Canada’s Funders Panel & Case Study: Funny Tweets

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Katy Newton

Andrew Williamson Producer Off Island Media

Ryan Copple New Media Council Board Delegate Producer’s Guild of America

Kevin Barton SnackableTV

Valerie Connelly thebis.ca

Plato Fountidakis CEO / EP / Producer Fast Motion Studios

Catherine Warren President & Board Director Centre for Digital Media

Prem Gill CEO Creative BC

Catherine Winder CEO Skybound Entertainment

Ben Dobyns Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, LLC

Tim Carter Writer / Producer Contradiction Films

Eric LaPointe President And Now Global

Jeff Stecyk Principal / EP Wavelength Entertainment

Moderator: Women In Media Panel

Bernie Su Creator / EP The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved

George Reese VP Programming Seeka TV

Linda Dong Comedian Director / Editor

Moderator: International Distribution in the Digital Age

Ajay Kishore Stareable

Moderator: Future of Digital Distribution & Indie Episodic

Stephanie Halber Actress / Casting Director / Associate Producer Moderator: Cinematic VR Directors

Subhadarshi Tripathy Business Head SVP Zee Studios Intl.

Mischa Jakupcak Filmmaker & Producer Zoo Break Productions

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Christopher Graham Bad Cookie Pictures

Ariel Hansen Actor / Writer Director

Scott Banducci Multiball Studios

Ollie Rankin Pansensory Interactive Inc.

Adam Stern Writer / Director Artifex Studios

Tyler Funk North of Now Moderator: Incorporating Influencers into your Digital Storytelling

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Daniel St-Pierre Didjet Inc.

Moderator: VR Now

Michael Hazani Creative 3D Web Engineer

Olivier Leroux Founder / Creative Director Impact VR

Laura Williams Arguilla Adobe

Ryan Curtis VFX Supervisor Writer / Director

Chris Orchard Filmmaker

Rohan Sheth GrowRev Digital

MĂŠlanie LĂŞ Phan Production Executive, Digital Originals CBC Television

Rachel David Hashtag Communications

Ben Strang Blueprint Motion Pictures

Matt Clarke Cocomilk Productions

David Milchard Cocomilk Productions

Stewart Reynolds Brittlestar

Moderator: VFX for Indie Production

Moderator: How to Create and Pitch Branded Content

Nick Carreras VP, Brand & Talent Strategy Bent Pixels

Robert Randall 838K | Youtube Young Actors Project

Matt Vancil Author, Filmmaker, Narrative Designer Zombie Orpheus Entertainment

Stephanie Michelle Scott Director of Digital and Social Media WildfireEffect Consulting

David C Jones Filmmaker / Actor Director / Teacher SATURDAY NIGHT AWARDS CEREMONY HOST

Rhona Ress Actress / Voice Artist Content Creator MC

Laurie McGuinness Director / Producer

Holly Carinci Personal Publicist & CEO HollyWords Publicity Group

Kat Schulte Actress / Writer Comedian MC

Dan Duvall Comedian / Writer Twitter-er

Matt Longmire Freelance Filmmaker & Photographer

Kris McRonney Actor / Producer MC

Jeff Young Altman & Company

Diane Johnson President, Owner Descriptive Video Works

Yvette Lu Filmmaker / Writer Actor / Composer MC

Mike Cavers Actor / Writer Producer The Character Guys Entertainer & Premiere Host

Debra Sears Actor / Improviser Voice-Over Actor MC

Nic Harrison Actor / Writer Instructor The Character Guys Entertainer & Premiere Host

JUDGES Anita Adams Founder First Weekend Club Vancouver, Canada Jean-Claude Anto International Sales Agent, ComediHa! Montreal, Canada Brandi Bertrand Producer, JFL Northwest Vancouver, Canada Maike Buckmakowski Professional Project Manager, TLGG Berlin, Germany Marc Checkley Founder / Creative Director IO Creative Lausanne, Switzerland Sarah Coursey Head of Sales & Co-Productions, Americas Zee TV USA Inc New York CIty, USA Tom de Grunwald Director of Media, Blurrt Ltd London, UK Marie-Charlotte Derne FX TD - Weta Digital Wellington, New Zealand Delia Dobritoiu Production & Programming Specialist Discovery Communications London, UK Lisa Gray Executive Producer / Content Consultant Black Meteor London, UK Robert Guastini Dialogue Editor, Sony Pictures Los Angeles, USA Pola Hempowicz Channel Executive, Comedy Central Poland Warsaw, Poland

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Sylvia Kocman Director of Business Development, The Format People Inc. Montreal, Canada

Sean Patrick O’Reilly CEO and founder, Arcana Studio Vancouver, Canada

Sandra Lehner Head of Content, EMEA Frequency Zurich, Switzerland

Mathew Parry Location Consultant, Provincial Film Commission CreativeBC Vancouver, Canada

Pamela Liversidge Director of Policy & Partnerships Foundry Vancouver, Canada

Michele Partridge Owner/Head Instructor, The Drama Class White Rock, Canada

Lissa Lloyd Talent Agent, Lloyd Talent Vancouver, Canada

Doug Paterson Sound Designer and Founder Big World Sound Vancouver, Canada

Michael Lolato Senior Vice President, International Distribution, GRB Entertainment Los Angeles, USA José Machado CNO at International TV Professionals Lisbon, Portugal Omri Marcus Creative Director OMARCUS.TV Tel Aviv, Israel Tyler Massey Vice President, International Distribution and Co-Productions, IM Global TV Los Angeles, USA Fabrizio Mazzeo Actor / Writer/Producer Rome, Italy Marcos Mion Executive Producer Jaque Productora+Estudio Córdoba, Argentina Edith Sierra Montaño Consultant and Producer Interactive & Transmedia Content Bogotá, Colombia

Matthias Puschmann Co-Founder & Managing Director VAST MEDIA Berlin, Germany Thomas Rogel Writer, N2O Comedy Recklinghausen, Germany Kent Speakman CEO, Producer - KNEKT.TV Los Angeles, USA J. Martin Taylor Co-Owner, The Mix Room Vancouver, Canada Brian Topp Composer, Sound Design Vancouver, Canada Nathalie Wogue Entertainment Format Expert & Associate Director Ascendo TV Paris, France

VR SERIES The Great Cabo San Lucas, Mexico This Immersive VR experience that takes you over 200 miles into the open ocean of Baja California in Mexico, to a remote island called “Guadalupe”, one of the world famous locations to encounter the mysterious yet vulnerable Great White Shark. We all have been influenced by the movie “Jaws”, and we hope that this film will show the grace and beauty of this misunderstood predator, and by that, encourage people to care and protect it.

Reading Room Venice, USA Drawing from Borges’ The Library of Babel, Nazi book burning parties of WWII and Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, this 360VR story takes the viewer from an infinite library of free thought to the infernal scenes of it’s destruction. Amongst the ashes of the written word, our bookkeeper questions what is required of us to protect and nurture our cultural identity.

Sanity Vancouver, Canada Sanity - A fully-immersive, 360° music video experience. “Sanity” is about interacting with emotion. In this video the subconscious mind is represented by four extreme moods (states of mind), anger, calm, erratic & vacant - to fight or befriend them becomes a choice. Initially the character is very affected by each “state of mind”, and is thrust between them. She begins to realize that she can shift in and out of these moods. In a self-explorative dance through her constant flux of emotions, each state of mind is like character who longs for a moment in the spotlight. Each monologue of emotion plays a role in co-existing and creating a sense of unison within her “Sanity”.

The idea is that we decide how we interact with our emotions. We can choose to fight them, hate them, love or accept them. To conclude, our search for Sanity stems from our ability to understand that each “state of mind” is equally important and simply desires to be validated in order to feel more at ease as a whole.

“I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire.”

Hayao Miyazaki

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PILOTS (Under 30 minutes) Albtrauf (The Hum) Ludwigsburg, Germany As Sarah, a young pharmacologist of veterinary medicine, tries to find the underlying cause of a mysterious death in the swabian Albtrauf, she gets into the tension between mother nature and its exploitation.

Brewstars Vancouver, Canada Teetering on the verge of bankruptcy a craft brewery’s fortune is changed after a tweet from the world’s foremost beer aficionado “accidentally” names their beer the best in the world. Business booms and the team struggles to perpetuate the lie just long enough to get the attention of the judges at the regional beer competition, where they plan on beating out their evil competitor and finally proving that they DO have the best beer.

Li’l Peanut Montreal, Canada Li’l Peanut is a voyage into the intimacy of a young family coming to terms with the fact that they’ve adopted the world’s ugliest baby.

Naturally Ours: Rediscovering Canada’s Parks Richmond, Canada Returning to her storytelling roots as the quirky science loving gal Naturalist, Biologist and Storyteller Erica Hargreave helps reconnect us with nature, as we explore the natural and cultural history of this awe-inspiring planet of ours. As it is never long before Erica makes friends, she is joined by the scientists, naturalists, historians and artists whose work is inspired by magnificent natural spaces.

Pair of Normals: What’s your damage?

Brooklyn, USA Iris is a divorced, anxious Youtube psychic fresh out of a mental hospital. Betty is a broke college dropout with rap dreams who makes ASMR videos. Both just got dragged to a vlogger meet-up. The two of them connect and escape, but can they help each other fix their disastrous lives?

Perverts Anonymous Toronto, Canada Prudence is a sexually uptight but intellectually open woman who confronts her sexual inhibitions by running a therapy group for people with unusual sexual issues. In doing so this mutually suspicious group discover they have more in common than they might have thought.

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Spessart Tales Germany One day before he will leave home for good, Benny wants to know: Why did his best friend Ellie vanish? And what role in all of that did the Lindig play, the forest that no one here wants to talk about. Tomorrow Benny is heading for the big world, as his little world at home lies in shambles. One year ago, his best friend Ellie vanished. And when she came back, she wasn’t the same. No one knows where she had been, no one knows what had happened to her, and no one knows why she now lives in a desolate wasteland. But if there’s one last moment to find out: now. Benny heads for the old hut on the outskirts of the eerie Lindig, the forest that no one talks about. There, Ellie is waiting for him. Along with the truth.

The Last 7 Ara Damansara, Malaysia Michael is a Grim Reaper haunted by dreams he cannot understand. In this universe, Grim Reapers are average office workers holding down jobs at various soul-collecting organisations to earn their keep in the afterlife. As Michael adjusts to his new existence, will he be able to decipher the truth behind his dreams before it’s too late?

The Pepper Project New York, USA Ex-CIA super-sniper Pepper and her boys Friday must solve a series of increasingly dangerous puzzles in order to find her missing sister. We tell a story of personal challenge with intriguing and complex characters, plot lines that intersect and unravel, sans gratuitous violence.

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PILOTS (30 - 60 minutes) Diwal’oween New York, USA The Festival of Light vs. Fright Night. Diwal’oween is a whimsical, family comedy combining the holidays Diwali and Halloween. Neenu and Bobby want to introduce their parents on the night when Diwali falls on Halloween. Neenu’s nephew Jai wants a spooktacular Halloween. Everything goes wrong in this comedy of errors. How will they ever have the perfect holiday?

Strowlers Seattle, USA In a world where magic is real and regulated by the government, everyone with talent must either register or run. Two women are caught on opposite sides of the conflict.

Strowlers introduces a new shared universe where fans and creators are invited to tell their own stories.

The Gamers: The Shadow Menace Seattle, USA The latest entry in the long-running independent franchise The Gamers brings back the characters from the original 2002 film that started it all. This time new players take control for lots of classic tabletop gaming action, with a real-world heist twist.

Trouble Creek Ontario, USA There’s something in the water in the small town of “Trouble Creek” – bones... human bones. As the localsheriff delves into the mystery of who the bones belong to – one of the town’s many missing, an enemy from his past as a police officer in Detroit, or a stranger – fear, dark desires, friendship, lies, and love collide. As the investigation continues the townspeople mustface themselves, their friends, family, neighbors andthe sinister and mysterious past of Trouble Creek.

Undergrads Los Angeles, USA After a summer under the thumb of their parents two best friends are ready to catch up on all the TV that they missed; however, after moving in with their least favorite people in the world they find out their goal is further away than they thought. They decide to go on a journey to beg, borrow or steal to get the free television they feel they deserve. Will Lily and Rae be able to life hack their way to their BA? 17

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WEBSERIES 1 Minute Meal - A Documentary Portrait of NYC Brooklyn, USA / Documentary 1 Minute Meal is a collection of one-minute documentaries that use food to reveal the communities, legacies, dreams, realities, and unseen forces that shape life in New York City.

20 Seconds to Live Sherman Oaks, USA / Horror “20 Seconds to Live” is the horror/comedy anthology series for people who hate happy endings.

A Jamais Marseille, France / Drama Since the death of his son who was accidentally murdered by mobsters, Daniel Munoz, a former thug, decided to bring himself to justice. He refuses the help of his brother Thomas, an arms dealer. Gaetan Veron, a careerist and unscrupulous judicial police officer, convinced Thomas to tell him where Daniel’s next move would take him.

Thomas, unaware of his younger brother’s turnaround, will find himself face-to-face with him.

Adulthood Montreal, Canada / Dramedy Alex has everything from the young man: he is athletic, in addition to having a career, a fiancée and friends. He has always been the pillar of his family, the “perfect” child.

Following a brief coma, he becomes attracted to men. This change creates a shockwave with his family.

Anachronisme Ustica, Italy / Drama Anachronisme tells the story of Walter, a man that doesn’t leave his apartment since 7 years, lonely and tormented by a past he can not leave behind, sheltering in reading and poetry.

“One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered.

Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.”

Ron Howard

Actor

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Art From the Hands of Ngā Tahu Christchurch, New Zealand / Documentary A series of mini art documentaries capturing a moment in time in the careers of some of New Zealand’s most celebrated contemporary art practitioners. We journey with our artists through the creation of a current work, capturing the concept and its development, concluding with the completed work in a gallery, public space or private collection.

Body. Art. Movement.

New Westminster, Canada / Documentary Body. Art. Movement. Series is a collaboration between artist Lisa Hunting and filmmaker Bren MacDonald.The series is a celebration of performance and the art of body painting. Each episode features a different subject.

BRUCE Mitcham, Australia / Dramedy A gritty black comedy, set in an ordinary Aussie share-house that just happens to be a prison tent in Sydney Cove, 1788. Bruce Williamson is a modern man out of time, whose simple plan of following his soulmate Daisy to the new land of Australia on the First Fleet by getting arrested backfires severely, trapping him in a violent prison camp at the edge of the world.

Burkland Brussels, Belgium / Horror While on honeymoon, Julia and Jack stop at an American diner along the road, in Burkland. They are never to be seen again. Seven months later, they are still missing and the small town is now abandoned. Lou, a resolute young journalist, finds Julia’s smartphone. When she watches the videos it contains, she decides to investigate what really happened in Burkland.

Claire et Michel Montreal, Canada / Dramedy With the goal of immortalizing their previous life, Claire and Michel will call upon a documentarian to lift the veil on their somewhat absurd day-to-day life. And what started out as a simple video memento will rapidly turn into a situational comedy.

Daisy & The Gumboot Kids Vancouver, Canada / Animation, Family Daisy the mouse loves nature! In each episode she guides children through the creation of a new and exciting nature craft. From the creators of Scout & The Gumboot Kids, Daisy brings wonder and imagination to the craft table and encourages children to explore the world outside!

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Dirty Cops Los Angeles, USA / Comedy Meet Frank and Jack: Two Philly detectives navigating the city who go together like chalk and cheese. Frank, a man of traditional values and a strong work ethic is paired up with Jack who proudly possesses neither.

DonJon Legacy Reims, France / Fantasy Jon, a decent man, mysteriously binds with an evil dungeon which becomes his new home and cursed prison at the same time. How will he and his team of misfits survive the oncoming assaults of the glory-thirsty heroes dwelling in the realm above?

DUAM Auvers-sur-Oise, France / Science Fiction Global warming has led to an international crisis. Nationalistic uproars shook the European Union and caused its collapse. However... France launches a space program based in Montélimar. The goal of the “Last Chance” mission is to find a clean source of energy and to bring it back to Earth. Shortly after a successful launch, the astronauts suddenly lost consciousness. When they woke up, all communication with the control center was gone. Left by themselves, they had to stop their mission and use the rescue pod to return to Earth. But are they in the same land as they left a few hours ago?

Easy V Toronto, Canada / Dramedy Meet Vienna, an impulsive Toronto “artist” dragged into adulthood kicking and screaming. In an attempt to navigate her messy and often reckless existence, V becomes lost in the shuffle amongst everyone else who seemingly has it all figured out, especially her childhood best friend and roommate.

Eating with Soula Annandale, Australia / Reality Eating with Soula is a Comedy Cooking Show with a difference. Easy, quick, tasty recipes. Getting to know Soula, will make every meal Soula-licious.

Ephemera Ventura, CA, USA / Documentary News can be a fleeting moment, time can be unforgiving as certain events are lost to history. People have always had a fascination with history, especially strange history.

This series will uncover the strangest stories ever told.

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“Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life, in light and in dark, and reflect what they find in their work. Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other’s, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.”

Tom Hiddleston Actor

Fast Health North Vancouver, Canada / Documentary Fast Health is a unique blend of a luxury car show combined with informative, engaging discussions on topics in modern health. In each episode Brittlestar (Stewart Reynolds) interviews a guest expert, learning and laughing while taking a top-of-the-line automobile out for a spin.

Filth City Toronto, Canada / Comedy Welcome to York, a city plagued by crime, corruption and a brutal garbage strike. With an election looming, Mayor Tom Hogg is caught on video smoking crack. Now he’s desperate to get his hands on that video. But so are Hogg’s many enemies, including his eco-friendly opponent, a vigilante cop out for revenge, a grieving girl on the run and a timid but tenacious journalist.

Fluffy Marky Montreal, Canada / Family One year after mysterious events transformed Marc into a puppet, he seeks to regain his human appearance by any means. Faced with a stalemate following many unsuccessful attempts, he has no choice but to take the path of redemption that inevitably passes by the acceptance of who he truly is.

Free Advice with Adam Chernick USA / Family 11 year-old stand-up comedian Adam Chernick helps conflicted and confused adults solve their real world problems using just his humor, honesty and heart.

Galactic Galaxy Los Angeles, USA / Science Fiction Galactic Galaxy is an irreverent space saga filled with action, suspense, and a healthy dose of the absurd. It is the story of one Space Werewolf who steps up to fulfill his destiny and discovers his true self in the process.

When one man’s darkness threatens to engulf the universe, a group of interstellar misfits must come together to find their light & defend the Galactic Galaxy.

Girls vs. The City North Vancouver, Canada / Comedy Girls vs. The City is a hilarious and satirical look at life in one of the most beautiful (and expensive) cities in the world. Comedians Brynn and Brianna play exaggerated versions of themselves in a series of both self and character-based scenarios. Sky rocketing rent prices, a rapidly draining dating pool, and forever trying to keep up with the painfully cool ‘youth’ of today are just a few of the speed bumps these two encounter, but their unwavering (and mostly unwarranted) confidence and unbreakable bond keep them going when the rest of the city has turned its back on them.

Growing Up Guide Pup Hayward, USA / Reality Eight years ago, Amie and Matt, the founders of Growing Up Guide Pup, set out to create a special form of communication that would encourage others to raise service dogs to help people who have life challenges. Does every puppy have what it takes to be a service dog? If so, how on earth can Amie and Matt just let them go?

Hermits Buenos Aires, Argentina / Documentary Three friends start a more than 3.700 miles journey within Argentina, to find five different strangers that live totally disconnected from the world as we know it.

High Life Camden, Australia / Drama A sensible, creative and overachieving 17-year-old girl in a respectable, middle-class family seems to be having the perfect ride… until her sanity spectacularly unravels.

High Life is a comic drama about an unexpected teenage crisis; a bomb-blast in a safe, middle-class and discreetly dysfunctional family who are completely unprepared for their daughter’s emotional collapse.

House Call with Dr. Yvette Lu Burnaby, Canada / Reality Dr. Yvette Lu, a family physician, visits caregivers across Canada to learn about their lives and the challenges that they face. Then, she works with each caregiver to find practical solutions and implement changes to improve their lives. From a journey up a mountain to a field of goats, join Dr. Lu as she meets these inspiring caregivers and journeys with them to new frontiers.

“Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It’s about the big picture.”

Ed Wood

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Inconceivable Vancouver, Canada / Dramedy After 6 months of a loveless, open-relationship Rita (spiritually minded 24 year old lesbian artist working as a mental health worker) and Adam (25 year old flamboyant, straight career obsessed filmmaker) decide that they are better off as friends than romantic partners. This realization changes drastically when a week later they find out they are pregnant due to a failed condom and a failed Plan B pill. After debating whether this anomaly is bad luck or destiny, Rita and Adam decide to keep the baby and enter the wild and crazy world of unplanned parenthood.

Jade of Death Lewisham, Australia / Fantasy Jade has a powerful ability. She can hear when and how people are going to die. She ran away from her hometown and gets by working at a seedy freak show carnival as the “Fortune-Teller of Death”, but now people are after her. There’s more to her past than she lets on, and more to her abilities than she knows.

Jezabel France / Drama Jezabel is a webseries with ten episodes of five minute telling the story of a mute musician in search of new inspiration after getting famous on the Internet. She travels on the France and Belgium roads in search for both herself and her mother. An initiatory musical road trip.

JourneyQuest Seattle, USA / Fantasy Stuck in the wilderness for five years on a quest that he never asked for, comically inept wizard Perf finally has a chance to sleep in a real bed. In a real town. In something approximating civilization. But first, he’ll have to evade his keen-eared companion, the elf Nara, who is driven to achieve her destiny at any costs. Meanwhile, the Pale Lady weaves a web of doom around our heroes in pursuit of her plans for the undead priest Carrow, Rilk and his orcs pursue the psychotic orcslayer Glorion, and two competing bards battle for ownership of the world’s most important epic journey... that is, the quest... the JOURNEYQUEST.

Kanaga Istanbul, Turkey / Fantasy KANAGA follows the journey of Mardin Tamay, 38 year old Physicist who is searching for his father, an archeologist presumed dead for 30 years. On this journey, not only will he explore his true self but he’ll also discover that he is one of the mystical figures known as Kanaga, 13 good souls who reincarnate whenever the earth is in grave danger. Now they’re about to re-emerge to heal the world.

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KYNNSTLAH USA, Germany / Documentary KYNNSTLAH is a mini documentary series that discovers and portrays emerging artists and explores art as a means of expression, communication and emotional connection.

LadyTips: Trend Testers Brooklyn, USA / Comedy LadyTips is a satirical feminist web series parodying all of the ridiculous sh*t that ladies will do to achieve their dream of being airbrush-gorgeous and photoshop-thin.

In Season 2, our star tests out the hottest trends so you don’t have to!

Magnify Melbourne Macleod, Australia / Documentary Magnify Melbourne is an award-winning documentary web series about the fabric of the city: the people who live in (or otherwise connect with) it. Through a number of biographical short docs, the series aims to document the lives of Melbournians, and to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Mom And Me Vancouver, Canada / Dramedy When your best friend’s your Mom, and you’re living under her roof... how do you come out? And move out?

After a massive breakup, Rachel moves home to collect herself and do some serious wound-licking. Mother and daughter board the same rudderless boat as Rachel’s launch failure times out perfectly with Mom’s post retirement existential angst.

Mona Lisa Cowboy Los Angeles, USA / Comedy Dramatic comedy about two estranged Chinese twins brought together by a Japanese-American cowboy in Paris.

MONA LISA COWBOY playfully reflects on misunderstandings, surprise encounters and the vagaries of an expat life. How living abroad can be a curse or a blessing.

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Mortus Corporatus Saint-Affrique, France / Comedy REAPERS ARE BACK! Gaspard and Cyprien have sharpened their scythes and will have to surpass themselves because the uberization is in progress since the private ones have decided to seize the business of death. Miss Poitou, recently promoted to the head of a new office “Accident”, is approaching Cyprien, whose talent is revealed in the open. The friendship between Gaspard and Cyprien is challenged.

My Roommate’s An Escort Toronto, Canada / Comedy As small-town girl Heather gets to know her new street-wise roommate Kesha, she starts to suspect Kesha may be an escort because of her dubious and sketchy behaviour.

However, Heather is non-confrontational in the extreme, and her inability to address a series of Kesha’s red-flag moments leads to the hilarious unraveling of Heather’s life.

Nasty Habits Los Angeles, USA / Drama Nasty Habits is an anthology series of slice-of-life vignettes featuring characters partaking in addictive habits. The episodes are rarely about addiction itself, but more spotlight the bonds that form between people when sharing a cigarette, cup of coffee, or line of coke.

Natural Selection Bogotá, Colombia / Drama “Natural Selection” narrates the story that occurs after the murder of a transgender woman, this investigation triggers plots that reveal how love, betrayal, and double standards might be deeper than they seem. Guillermo, prosecutor of the case, will find out that the murder takes place in an impenetrable power grid. The murder of the Femme fatale, a transexual woman, will be the shipping point to drag each character into a personal encounter with their own prejudice, betrayal and lack of love.

Naturally Salt Spring Richmond, Canada / Documentary Join storyteller and naturalist Erica Hargreave as she explores and makes new friends on Salt Spring Island around their mutual love of parks. Walk back in history to meet Salt Spring’s First Peoples pre-contact, visit BC’s oldest working farm that exemplifies the culture of sustainability that is Salt Spring Island, help Erica to hoot alongside one of the wise old creatures that has inspired so many local artisans, and join Erica in hugging and kissing a tree as she discovers the Islanders’ elixir to their youth and creativity.

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Or So the Story Goes Weehawken, USA / Horror The latest season of Or So the Story Goes (“Golden Rule”), is an homage to 90s teen slashers, based on Rumplestiltskin. The people of Kingstown fight for their lives, as a masked killer begins targeting people close to a previous victim.

Other People’s Children Naperville, USA / Comedy OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN is the story of Margot Antler (Atra Asdou), a twentysomething with an MFA in Creative Writing and a teaching certificate. She dreams of becoming a renowned novelist with a three-book deal and a summer house in Ghent.

Reality check: she’s a rookie second-grade teacher about to experience the insanity of parent/teacher conferences for the first time! In each episode, Ms. Antler finds herself across the table from adults behaving like children, and slowly comes to realize it’s not her students who have problems, it’s their parents.

Other People’s Problems Fitzroy, Australia / Dramedy Florence ghost-writes letters for people in exchange for clothes. Her bestie and housemate Ann is a life-saving paramedic. Florence is convinced that a well penned letter can also rescue situations, but solving other people’s problems is hard when her own keep getting in the way.

Personal Dublin, Ireland / Science Fiction In 2027, CEO Alan O’Callaghan is blackmailed with an incriminating video after an old friend pays a visit. Alan’s company Personal has flourished up until now before Alan’s shady past begins to catch up on him.

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Personal Space Los Angeles, USA / Science Fiction Personal Space opens as the Second Shift of Overture wakes up from cryonic slumber.

They’re to become caretakers on a long voyage, replacing the First Shift, who are veterans who have kept the ship safe for 25 years. But when Robert King, the Commander of the First Shift, refuses to cede command to his replacement, Gail Gartner (Nicki Clyne), the stage is set for a season-long power struggle.

Playdates Anonymous Calabasas, USA / Comedy Leah joins a playgroup to make up for missed playdates with her other kids. She enters a group of crazies. Queen bee and her ditzy sidekick, are at battle with the tiger mom and her court mandated life coach/yogi (what? exactly!) the hippie mom that’s still breastfeeding her son (he’s 15!) and the gay work from home dad (only normal one.) They are lead by Ms. Barbara, Ph.T, Playgroup Helper and Therapist (nope, not a real thing.)

She’s their therapist, and Leah, is her newest study. They keep returning, maybe for unity, maybe for their kids, maybe for the playgroup babysitter (score!)ok it’s really for the shirtless, foreign male model,that serves wine at the end of every session.

Pot Luck Waikanae Beach, New Zealand / Dramedy Three friends make a pact that turns their weekly pot luck dinners into a search for love.

Or Not. Pot luck serves up contemporary lesbian life in three great flavours - Debs, Beth and Mel as they negotiate friendship, family, finding love at heir weekly pot luck dinners.

Set in Wellington, this original web series comedy is fun, sexy and occasionally ridiculous.

Look out world… New Zealand’s first lesbian web series has arrived!

Reckless Juliets Los Angeles, USA / Dramedy RECKLESS JULIETS is an original web series with a darkly comedic---and sometimes devastating---take on the secret lives of four, headstrong teenage girls, that follows Carmody, Wynn, Chloe and Shasta as they navigate their way through high school, womanhood, and hectic home lives.

Restoration Syndey, Australia / Science Fiction In the near future, a company offers individuals the service of having their memories downloaded “for backup”. So, in the event of death, those memories can be uploaded into a new body. After a routine backup, Oliver Klein wakes to find his memories restored into a body that is not his own. Trapped in a foreign body with its own ‘muscle memory’, Oliver discovers that he is capable of doing things the original Oliver never could and never would. Oliver must find a way to reconnect with his family and his life, while coming faceto-face with the truth that he is no longer the only Oliver Klein.

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Root For The Villain Summit, USA / Fantasy Root for the Villain is about everyday life in a world populated by individuals with superpowers. Lana, a parole officer, is in the midst of an identity crisis. On the one hand, she is particularly well suited for her job, seeing as she has the ability to literally smell lies and bullshit. As the daughter of one of the most notorious super-villains in city history, however, she is torn between her desire to seek redemption for her father’s sins and her guilt over joining the police force that was responsible for his death a decade ago

Save Me Toronto, Canada / Dramedy SAVE ME drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking time bomb – that one of them at some point will be blindsided by a medical emergency. And all of it is rooted in the on-going stories of our regular cast of paramedics who come to the rescue.

Scout & The Gumboot Kids Vancouver, Canada / Animation, Family Join Scout the mouse as he leads the Gumboot Kids outside to mindfully explore the wonders of nature. This award-winning pre-school series inspires families to head outside to engage their senses and discover the natural world.

Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard South Yarra, Australia / Drama “Shakespeare Republic” is a multiple award‐winning webseries, currently in its second season, that celebrates Shakespeare, his works and his enduring legacy, via settings and circumstances that are familiar to a 21st Century audience.

Small Cop Vancouver, Canada / Comedy Small Cop is a buddy comedy following the narcissistic, impulsive Chris Ronson who is partnered with the hard-nosed, straight-laced Big B. Following her heart, using her strange logic and odd policing skills she manages to get the job done to the chagrin of her rule abiding partner.

Space Suite 3 Vancouver, Canada / Documentary A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos.

“People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.”

Steven Spielberg

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Spectrums Petah-Tiqwa, Israel / Documentary Each episode of “Spectrums” tells the story of a different transgender person. Each character’s story is told directly as a monologue that is unfiltered and raw through an open platform concept without the mediation of an interviewer. The series presents a current view of Israeli society in its many hues.

Spiral Vancouver, Canada / Drama Emma, Grace, Clark, Davis, Josh, Sophie and Alex are first year students assigned to the same residence, Berwick House, at King’s College University, a small, prestigious Ivy League campus. They’re about to discover that friendship, like karma, is forever and everything that goes around comes around too. Hailing from different backgrounds and with varying expectations of the next four years, the mismatched freshmen quickly form allegiances and rivalries. But it’s the shocking discovery that they may all have known each other in a past life that bonds them together.

Stage Fright Cologne, Germany / Dramedy Stage Fright is a queer web series behind the scenes of a theater. Philipp is 21, just dropped out of uni and fell in love with ex soap star Gunnar. Philipp starts an internship at the theatre, where Gunnar prepares for his comeback as a respectable actor. Of course, no one is waiting for Philipp there – except maybe Isabell, a young actress who herself doesn’t quite fit in. Soon they work together on their mission: conquering the weird world of theatre.

Strange Happenings Springfield, USA / Horror Strange Happenings follows paranormal journalist, Nicole Tesla. After being fired for one of her other worldly stories she is approached by anonymous backer to fund everything strange and unusual but he is not what he seems.

Stupid Man Smart Phone Mumbai, India / Reality Scaling a treacherous mountain pass, battling wildlife and beating the grueling desert sun - Can you survive and stay alive in these harsh, uninhabited terrains with the help of just a Smartphone and a data strong network? It’s the only show where fans/followers of Sumeet Vyas & celebrity guests get to interact and aid the celebs in their survival choices.

This unique concept with its social engagement potential, grandeur and edgy humour provided an immersive entertainment experience to the viewers.

Teenagers Mississauga, Canada / Drama A web series that depicts the intersecting lives of several off-beat 21st century teenagers.

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Terreur 404 Outremont, Canada / Horror Terror 404is the code for pages that don’t exist, the point at which our boring everyday reality shifts toward something strange, worrisome, horrible. Terror 404 is a series of short films wherein our worst nightmares come to life through the very technology we use to communicate with one another. Don’t bother adjusting your set. It’s already too late.

The Dangers of Online Dating Vancouver, Canada / Comedy A sexual health nurse with a fear of casual sex consequences leaps back in the game by dating online.

The Dreamcatcher Epinal, France / Fantasy The action takes place in current time mainly in urban areas within a context where the destinies of Hugo Dolhem, Jodie (our protagonist), the Mentor and Sophie Rethelin particular will cross. The story unwinds at the heart of the Institute created by Hugo to host individuals with extraordinary capacities and revolves around his megalomania and the treachery he perpetrates against a background of major political upheaval.

The Drive Vancouver, Canada / Drama Chris’ commitment to his sobriety presents unexpected complicatons, while the death of Gina and Max’s father sends Gina reeling for a sea change. Convinced she must sell the beloved home that has housed her closest friends for years, Gina threatens to unglue a community built over decades. Six friends’ morals and values are tested as they wrestle with real life issues that shine a light on anxiety, love, loyalty and loss, and bring new questions to what it means to be a family.

The Feels Brooklyn / Dramedy The Feels follows the awkward and endearing Charlie, a bi illustrator and high school teacher, in his absurd, tender, funny, heartbreaking searches for connection.

The Scoop New York, USA / Reality The Scoop is a fun, addictive new media talk show where people in the entertainment industry answer tough questions –while eating ice cream! THE SCOOP is an interview show where host Jeanette Bonner asks members of the entertainment industry (including Directors, Casting Directors, Producers, Crew Supervisors and Playwrights/ Screenwriters) to join her for ice cream at one of NYC’s leading local & independent ice cream shops.

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The Spell Tutor Toronto, Canada / Family The Spell Tutor is an award-winning web series inspired by Harry Potter, which explores themes of belonging and the responsible use of power.

Thesha Boksburg, South Africa / Drama Thesha is visual trip into modern day South African Culture, experienced through the life of two teenaged friends who are battling with the hard choice of either staying at school or leaving to follow their music ambition. However this choice won’t be easy with their everyday reality tempting them with quick money solutions, violence, sex and drugs.

THIS IS DESMONDO RAY! Brisbane, Australia / Animation A peculiar man searches for love in a dark and troubling world.

Transylvania Television Minneapolis, USA / Comedy In a spooky castle in the Carpathians, lives a motley band of misfit monsters doing their best not to kill each other as they try to run their own television station. Problem is, this station is powered by the infamous Frankenstein Device. Invented by the notorious Doctor decades before, it’s capable of “Bringing New Life” to the station’s catalog of horrible syndicated content. By all means, put in that video tape of Charlie’s Angels -but you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get out the other side!

Trouble Creek Ontario, USA / Drama There’s something in the water in the small town of “Trouble Creek” – bones... human bones. As the local sheriff delves into the mystery of who the bones belong to – one of the town’s many missing, an enemy from his past as a police officer in Detroit, or a stranger – fear, dark desires, friendship, lies, and love collide. As the investigation continues the townspeople must face themselves, their friends, family, neighbors and the sinister and mysterious past of Trouble Creek.

TubeHeads Cologne, Germany / Animation The animals of the forest hire a contract killer to get rid of the hunter, Sigmund Freud treats the face hugger’s attachment issues and the incredible Hulk moonlights as a kindergarten teacher. So nothing out of the ordinary with the TubeHeads...TubeHeads is a multiple awards-winning puppet sketch comedy for the generation YouTube.

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Twentyfiveish West Hollywood, USA / Dramedy Rosie and Tucker arrive at the cabin in the mountains for a weekend reunion with a small group of their friends from high school. Now twenty-five, it has been almost seven years since the group has been together.

We All Wanted To Kill the President Valencia, Spain / Dramedy A group of catering workers receive an unexpected visit: the arrival of the president of the government. A corrupt guy, known for his excesses and hated by much of the population. They will start joking with poisoning the food, of course, all in jest.

Until, the next morning, Martinez de Ochoa is found dead in a hotel room in a mysterious way.

Welcome to Surrey Surrey, Canada / Dramedy When Suneet graduates medical school, she’s sent to work in the one place she’s trying to avoid: back home to the suburban town of Surrey, Canada.

Woke Paris, France / Drama Hicham runs away from his home and comes to Lyon, looking for Thibaut, a young man who tried to kiss him a few years before. Thibaut is an activist at the local LGBT Center. Hicham discovers his world, apprehensive but enthusiast. However, as Hicham begins a journey to find his own identity, he comes to understand that Thibaut himself isn’t exactly who he appears...

Young & Reckless Vancouver, Canada / Comedy Fast-talking law school drop out Devon Young has found the woman of his dreams, but first he’ll have to baby sit her 13-year-old daughter from hell.

Zombies Ztories France / Documentary Today, the Zombie is everywhere. Across its history in pop-culture, Zombies Ztories tries to understand the part these monsters play in our society ; Why the Zombie lights up our deepest fears better than any other monster.

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Vancouver Web Fest is providing a space to introduce VR experiences to a growing new-technology driven populous. We explore, through panels and workshops, how to incorporate your digital story telling into this exciting technology.

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Meet Canada’s Funders: Who’s VR Bootcamp: Funding, What Are They Cinematic VR Crashcourse Funding and Who Is Eligible 10:00 to 11:30am

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Screening Block 1 9:30 To 11:30am

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Funders Roundtable Sit down with the Funders from Block One to talk 1 on 1

11:45am to 12:45pm

Social Media: Building Your Personal Brand 11:45am to 12:45pm

Working With Professional Performers, How and Why

Closed Captioning & Subtitling

1:15 to 2:15pm

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Screening Block 3 1:40 to 3:40pm Descriptive Video 3:00 to 3:30pm

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4:30 to 6:00pm PLEASE NOTE: After an amazing response to our Speed Dating, this event is now full. For placement on the waiting list, please show up at 4:00pm to see if space has opened up.

Cocktails & Connections 6:00 to 8:00pm Mingle and party with your fellow digital story tellers, panelist, influencers, and industry powerhouses.

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ONLY $20 if you don’t have a 1 or 3 day pass.

Cash bar and free Hor d-oeuvres.

Screening Block 5 8:00 to 10:10pm

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Telus Storyhive Networking Breakfast

Case Study: The Blue Fire Trail 10:00 to 11:00am

Legal Issues for Online Filmmakers 11:15am to 12:15pm

Keynote with Ryan Copple

Women in Media: Fireside Chats With Prem Gill 10:00 to 11:00am From Page to Pitch: How to Turn Your Web Properties Into Successful TV Pitches 11:15am to 12:15pm

2:15 to 3:15pm

Screening Block 7 11:20am To 1:05pm

How To Run A Successful Crowdfunding Campaign 12:30 to 1:30pm

1:00 to 2:00pm

Case Study: Spiral

Screening Block 6 9:30 To 11:15am

Screening Block 8 1:10 To 2:55pm International Distribution in the Digital Age 2:15 to 3:15pm

Innovative and Alternative sources of IP

3:30 to 4:00pm Women in Media: Fireside Chats With Catherine Winder 4:00 to 5:00pm

Screening Block 9 3:00 To 4:45pm

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Women In Media (cont) Adobe Creative Cloud 4:45 to 5:45pm

Screening Block 10 4:50 to 6:20pm

Premiere Screenings and Party 8:00 to 1:00am

Featured Premiere of: Beast A pilot by Ben Strang

World Premiere of: Talking The ‘Bis

A panel conversation about hot topics in the Cannabis space hosted by Canada’s Godfather of Weed Chuck Rifici

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Screening Block 11 FAMILY SCREENING 9:45 to 11:15am Storytelling Tools and Platforms You Need To Know About

VFX for Indie Productions

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How to Create and Pitch Branded Content 11:30am to 12:30pm

VR NOW - Michael Hazani

Case Study: Funny Tweets

12:15 to 1:15pm

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VR Keynote with Katy Newton

Future of Digital Distribution and the Indie Episodic

1:30 to 2:30pm

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Cinematic VR Directors- A New Beginning 2:45 to 3:45pm

Incorporating Influences Into Your Digital Storytelling 12:45 to 1:45pm

Influencers and Their Stories 2:00 to 3:00pm

Marketing: When Facebook Fails Us 2:45 to 3:45pm

Comedy in the Digital Age: How to Turn Your Shtick Into Gold!

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