S E P T E M B E R 2 9 – O C T O B E R 3 2 0 1 5 | V I F F. O R G / I N D U S T R Y
Meetings
David Frazee
More meetings = more access!
Breakfast Conversations @ VIFF Industry Exchange with Top Online Executives
Brendan Uegama
VIFF
James Hazell
VR Immersive Experience
a day in the life of
Oct 1 | 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Oct 3 | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
The Romeo T HSection E
Catatonic
ROMEO
Kevin Eastwood
Industry
S E C T I O N
Conference Sept 29-Oct 3, 2015
T H E N E W E S P I O N AG E T H R I L L E R from creator Chris Haddock
All sessions at
Industry Centre Vancity Theatre // 1181 Seymour St
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SPECIFIC VOICES
Business of Docs
Halt and Catch Fire Oct 2 | 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
26/08/2015 11:36
I am Chris Farley Christopher C. Rogers
Oct 3 | 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Brent Hodge
Join your colleagues and a stellar line up of top industry speakers at the premier screen based media conference on the West Coast. Offering five days of professional development and business networking for registered participants, session topics are wide-ranging and industry-relevant, from content creation and financing, to marketing and direct distribution, to storytelling and audience engagement. VIFF Industry is also proud to host VIFF Industry Exchange in partnership with the CMPA-BC. Canada’s only marketplace for Digital Online Content, the program features network executives, platforms, distributors, brands and agencies shaping the future of the online entertainment ecosystem.
@VIFFindustry | #VIFFIndustry VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE 1181 Seymour Street Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7 604.685.3547 industry@viff.org // viff.org/industry
Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Jesse Albert // Producer, Xpansive Media & PGA Board Member Matt Di Paula // Managing Director, Digital Innovation – Partner, Sid Lee Matt Kaplan // President, Awesomeness Films | TV Fred Seibert // Founder & CEO, Frederator Studios Drew Baldwin // Founder, Tubefilter Rebecca Howard // Former First General Manager for Video, NTYs Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media Ivan Askwith // Founder/CEO, Askwith&Co. Matt Mason // Former Chief Content Officer, BitTorrent Adam Besserman // Director, Branded Entertainment, Yahoo
B2B Meetings @ VIFF Industry Exchange Alex Sopinka // Executive Producer - Digital Video, Blue Ant Media Suzanna Lee // VP, Business Development & Strategy, Digital Networks, Cinedigm Sue Mackay // VP Digital, Women & Family, Corus Entertainment Enrique Soissa // Country Manager - Canada, Dailymotion D’nae Kingsley // Head of Integrated Strategy, Trailer Park / deeP FoCus David Worthen Brooks // SVP Development & Production, Fox Digital Fred Seibert // Founder & Ceo, Frederator Networks Matt Gielen // Director of Programming, Frederator Networks Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Cory Moss // SVP Development & Production, Hearst Digital Studios Scilla Andreen // CEO & Co-Founder, IndieFlix Sarah Malkin // VP, Programming, Maker Studios Melissa Schneider // SVP Development & Production, New Form Digital Studios Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships & Multicultural Marketing, OMD Cary Smith // Supervising Producer, Red Bull Media House Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digtial Innovation - Partner, Sid Lee Mara Winokur // SVP, Global Distribution and Strategy, STARZ Digital Meredith Carlin // Executive Producer, ulive Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Danny Gabai // Executive Creative Director, Vice Media Derek Dressler // Director, Content Acquisition & Business Development, Vimeo Erica Winograd // Head of Development, Vox Media Ling Lin // head oF Content PartnershIPs Canada, YouTube
Roundtables @ VIFF Industry Ania Trzebiatowska // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Soda Pictures Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment Kate Lambert // VP Series Development, FX Networks
Tête-à-Têtes @ VIFF Industry Mackenzie Lush // Director, Creative Affairs, Entertainment One Television Ania Trzebiatowska // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Soda Pictures Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment
PHOTO: BOB CRONE
The Art of the Arc
Business of Docs
Into the Forest
Tempest Storm Oct 3 | 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Nimisha Mukerji
OCT 2 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Patricia Rozema
Meetings
David Frazee
More meetings = more access!
Breakfast Conversations @ VIFF Industry Exchange with Top Online Executives
Brendan Uegama
VIFF
James Hazell
VR Immersive Experience
a day in the life of
Oct 1 | 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Oct 3 | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
The Romeo T HSection E
Catatonic
ROMEO
Kevin Eastwood
Industry
S E C T I O N
Conference Sept 29-Oct 3, 2015
T H E N E W E S P I O N AG E T H R I L L E R from creator Chris Haddock
All sessions at
Industry Centre Vancity Theatre // 1181 Seymour St
The_Romeo_Section_Poster_A2.indd 1
SPECIFIC VOICES
Business of Docs
Halt and Catch Fire Oct 2 | 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
26/08/2015 11:36
I am Chris Farley Christopher C. Rogers
Oct 3 | 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Brent Hodge
Join your colleagues and a stellar line up of top industry speakers at the premier screen based media conference on the West Coast. Offering five days of professional development and business networking for registered participants, session topics are wide-ranging and industry-relevant, from content creation and financing, to marketing and direct distribution, to storytelling and audience engagement. VIFF Industry is also proud to host VIFF Industry Exchange in partnership with the CMPA-BC. Canada’s only marketplace for Digital Online Content, the program features network executives, platforms, distributors, brands and agencies shaping the future of the online entertainment ecosystem.
@VIFFindustry | #VIFFIndustry VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE 1181 Seymour Street Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7 604.685.3547 industry@viff.org // viff.org/industry
Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Jesse Albert // Producer, Xpansive Media & PGA Board Member Matt Di Paula // Managing Director, Digital Innovation – Partner, Sid Lee Matt Kaplan // President, Awesomeness Films | TV Fred Seibert // Founder & CEO, Frederator Studios Drew Baldwin // Founder, Tubefilter Rebecca Howard // Former First General Manager for Video, NTYs Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media Ivan Askwith // Founder/CEO, Askwith&Co. Matt Mason // Former Chief Content Officer, BitTorrent Adam Besserman // Director, Branded Entertainment, Yahoo
B2B Meetings @ VIFF Industry Exchange Alex Sopinka // Executive Producer - Digital Video, Blue Ant Media Suzanna Lee // VP, Business Development & Strategy, Digital Networks, Cinedigm Sue Mackay // VP Digital, Women & Family, Corus Entertainment Enrique Soissa // Country Manager - Canada, Dailymotion D’nae Kingsley // Head of Integrated Strategy, Trailer Park / deeP FoCus David Worthen Brooks // SVP Development & Production, Fox Digital Fred Seibert // Founder & Ceo, Frederator Networks Matt Gielen // Director of Programming, Frederator Networks Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Cory Moss // SVP Development & Production, Hearst Digital Studios Scilla Andreen // CEO & Co-Founder, IndieFlix Sarah Malkin // VP, Programming, Maker Studios Melissa Schneider // SVP Development & Production, New Form Digital Studios Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships & Multicultural Marketing, OMD Cary Smith // Supervising Producer, Red Bull Media House Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digtial Innovation - Partner, Sid Lee Mara Winokur // SVP, Global Distribution and Strategy, STARZ Digital Meredith Carlin // Executive Producer, ulive Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Danny Gabai // Executive Creative Director, Vice Media Derek Dressler // Director, Content Acquisition & Business Development, Vimeo Erica Winograd // Head of Development, Vox Media Ling Lin // head oF Content PartnershIPs Canada, YouTube
Roundtables @ VIFF Industry Ania Trzebiatowska // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Soda Pictures Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment Kate Lambert // VP Series Development, FX Networks
Tête-à-Têtes @ VIFF Industry Mackenzie Lush // Director, Creative Affairs, Entertainment One Television Ania Trzebiatowska // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Soda Pictures Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment
PHOTO: BOB CRONE
The Art of the Arc
Business of Docs
Into the Forest
Tempest Storm Oct 3 | 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Nimisha Mukerji
OCT 2 | 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Patricia Rozema
TUESday
29
WEDNESday
SEPTEMBER
30
SEPTEMBER
VIFF Industry Exchange Day 1 In partnership with
DNA of Discoverability
Registration & Check In
Welcome to VIE
8:45 AM
9:50AM Presenter
What’s the use of creating the best content in the world, if no one can find and enjoy it? In a socially connected world where media is everywhere, building an audience is challenging and discoverability is an essential part of the process. With 300 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute, how do producers and media companies ensure their content is DISCOVERED, WATCHED and SHARED?
The Creative Brain - The Science of Storytelling
Key Trends Report presented by the CMF
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
3:55 PM – 4:25 PM
The Science of Storytelling will discuss the use of emerging neuromarketing techniques to craft better stories. By understanding consumers’ true attentional and emotional response to content we can fine-tune narratives and visuals to create real engagement and persuasion. Brain-data, linked to content on a second-by-second basis, empowers content creators like never before.
Twice a year, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) publishes its Key Trends Report analyzing trends that shape — and will continue to shape — the content production and distribution industry. The report also sheds light on specific new market developments and their impact on the television and digital media sectors. During her presentation, Catalina Briceño, CMF’s Director of Industry and Market Trends, will outline and review the highlights of the most recent report entitled “The Big Blur challenge” and its mid-year update report.
To showcase these techniques, this panel will visualize brain-data, collected from conference attendees, against a variety of content, as well as discussing in-market applications of these techniques.
Breakfast Conversations
Meet Top Online Executives 8:30AM – 9:30AM An opportunity to meet with top online executives over coffee and breakfast. Guests
Catalina Briceño // Director of Industry and Market
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Discoverability is the new buzzword rocking the Canadian production industry. Building audiences around content is now the job of producers, broadcasters and online publishers alike. However, the subject of discoverability often raises more questions than answers: what is discoverability? Why does it matter? Where, when and how should audiences be engaged around content? This must-see session demystifies discoverability and sets out the essential framework for building strategies that drive measurable results.
Presenter
Moyra Rogers // Founder & CEO, Magnify Digital
Guests
Trends, Canada Media Fund (CMF)
Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digital Innovation,
- Partner, Sid Lee
Tips and best practices for building global audiences, creating engagement and making money from the world’s largest online video community.
Matt Kaplan // President, Awesomeness Films Fred Seibert // Founder & CEO, Frederator NETWORKS Drew Baldwin // Founder, Tubefilter
8:45AM – 9:45AM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. Guests
Audience Q&A
Suzanna Lee // VP, Business Development & Strategy,
Brainsights
4:35 PM – 5:05 PM
Sue Mackay // VP Digital, Women & Family,
Discovering a Business Model in the Data 3:10 PM – 3:45 PM The digital world offers many opportunities for creative storytellers and entrepreneurs. One of the most pressing questions is “how do I make money at this?” This session takes a look at how an amateur space enthusiast, an indie game design team, a self-published author and web series creators have all used online data to find, build and monetize a digital audience for their work. Our guest speaker shares how filmmakers and creative storytellers can apply these methods to their projects.
Questions and answer with all DNA of Discoverability guests.
Women In Film and Television - Vancouver: Martini Madness! 7:00 PM to late!
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Dan Iwasa-Madge // Behavioural Economist,
Sid Lee
The World’s Biggest Video Platform and Opportunities for Canadian Creators
Ling Lin, Head of Content Partnerships, Canada, YouTube
Coffee & Conversations
Presenter
Keynote
Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Jesse Albert // Producer & Consultant, Xpansive Media Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digital Innovation
VIFF Industry Exchange Discoverability Starts Here
Amy Davies // Creative Director, VIFF Industry Exchange
Digital Networks, Cinedigm Corus Entertainment
Scilla Andreen // CEO & Co-Founder, IndieFlix Cory Moss // SVP Development & Production, Hearst Digital Studios
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager - Canada, Dailymotion
Derek Dressler // Director, Content Acquisition & Business Development, Vimeo Alex Sopinka // Executive Producer - Digital Video, Blue Ant Media
Cary Smith // Supervising Producer, Red Bull Media House
Meredith Carlin // Executive Producer, ulive Matt Gielen // Director of Programming, Frederator Networks
David Worthen Brooks // SVP Development & Production, Fox Digital
Will Keenan // former president, endemol beyond usa
Online Executives Take the Hot Seat — Segment Hosted by Drew Baldwin, Founder, Tubefilter Keynote
Generation Z and the Future of Feature Films Matt Kaplan, President of Awesomeness Films 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM From smash hits like Smosh and Expelled, Awesomeness Films is connecting young adult audiences to feature films like never before. Find out what it takes to capture the hearts, minds and wallets of Generation Z. nterview
10:30AM
Lessons from the Front Line
Buy-Side Briefing
Fred Seibert, Founder & CEO, Frederator Networks & Co-Founder, Thirty Labs
Vimeo
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content. Presenter
Derek Dressler // Director, Content Acquisition & Business Development, Vimeo B2B
VIFF Industry Exchange 10:45AM – 11:45AM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. Guests
Erica Winograd // Head of Development, Vox Media Melissa Schneider // SVP Development & Production, New Form Digital Studios
Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Danny Gabai // Executive Creative Director, Vice Media Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digtial Innovation - Partner, Sid Lee
Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships &
11:14 AM – 12:15 AM A roller-coaster ride through Fred Seibert’s successes from television to the heady life of a serial entrepreneur at the helm of animation studio Frederator and startup incubator Thirty Labs.
VIE Lunch Truck 12:15 PM
VIE Salons
Real Dialogue Around Important Topics 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Expect to engage in real dialogue around pivotal industry issues. Audience participation expected and encouraged. HOST
Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media
* These sessions are pre-booked
Multicultural Marketing, OMD Presenter
Annelise Larson // Owner, Digital Media & Marketing Strategist, Veria Search Media Marketing & Becoming a Storypreneur
Sarah Malkin // VP, Programming, Maker Studios Ali Adab // VP Content and Partnerships, Broadband TV Mike Jones // SVP, Global Production, Stylehaul
Day 1 continued >>
TUESday
29
WEDNESday
SEPTEMBER
30
SEPTEMBER
VIFF Industry Exchange Day 1 In partnership with
DNA of Discoverability
Registration & Check In
Welcome to VIE
8:45 AM
9:50AM Presenter
What’s the use of creating the best content in the world, if no one can find and enjoy it? In a socially connected world where media is everywhere, building an audience is challenging and discoverability is an essential part of the process. With 300 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute, how do producers and media companies ensure their content is DISCOVERED, WATCHED and SHARED?
The Creative Brain - The Science of Storytelling
Key Trends Report presented by the CMF
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
3:55 PM – 4:25 PM
The Science of Storytelling will discuss the use of emerging neuromarketing techniques to craft better stories. By understanding consumers’ true attentional and emotional response to content we can fine-tune narratives and visuals to create real engagement and persuasion. Brain-data, linked to content on a second-by-second basis, empowers content creators like never before.
Twice a year, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) publishes its Key Trends Report analyzing trends that shape — and will continue to shape — the content production and distribution industry. The report also sheds light on specific new market developments and their impact on the television and digital media sectors. During her presentation, Catalina Briceño, CMF’s Director of Industry and Market Trends, will outline and review the highlights of the most recent report entitled “The Big Blur challenge” and its mid-year update report.
To showcase these techniques, this panel will visualize brain-data, collected from conference attendees, against a variety of content, as well as discussing in-market applications of these techniques.
Breakfast Conversations
Meet Top Online Executives 8:30AM – 9:30AM An opportunity to meet with top online executives over coffee and breakfast. Guests
Catalina Briceño // Director of Industry and Market
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Discoverability is the new buzzword rocking the Canadian production industry. Building audiences around content is now the job of producers, broadcasters and online publishers alike. However, the subject of discoverability often raises more questions than answers: what is discoverability? Why does it matter? Where, when and how should audiences be engaged around content? This must-see session demystifies discoverability and sets out the essential framework for building strategies that drive measurable results.
Presenter
Moyra Rogers // Founder & CEO, Magnify Digital
Guests
Trends, Canada Media Fund (CMF)
Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digital Innovation,
- Partner, Sid Lee
Tips and best practices for building global audiences, creating engagement and making money from the world’s largest online video community.
Matt Kaplan // President, Awesomeness Films Fred Seibert // Founder & CEO, Frederator NETWORKS Drew Baldwin // Founder, Tubefilter
8:45AM – 9:45AM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. Guests
Audience Q&A
Suzanna Lee // VP, Business Development & Strategy,
Brainsights
4:35 PM – 5:05 PM
Sue Mackay // VP Digital, Women & Family,
Discovering a Business Model in the Data 3:10 PM – 3:45 PM The digital world offers many opportunities for creative storytellers and entrepreneurs. One of the most pressing questions is “how do I make money at this?” This session takes a look at how an amateur space enthusiast, an indie game design team, a self-published author and web series creators have all used online data to find, build and monetize a digital audience for their work. Our guest speaker shares how filmmakers and creative storytellers can apply these methods to their projects.
Questions and answer with all DNA of Discoverability guests.
Women In Film and Television - Vancouver: Martini Madness! 7:00 PM to late!
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Dan Iwasa-Madge // Behavioural Economist,
Sid Lee
The World’s Biggest Video Platform and Opportunities for Canadian Creators
Ling Lin, Head of Content Partnerships, Canada, YouTube
Coffee & Conversations
Presenter
Keynote
Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Jesse Albert // Producer & Consultant, Xpansive Media Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digital Innovation
VIFF Industry Exchange Discoverability Starts Here
Amy Davies // Creative Director, VIFF Industry Exchange
Digital Networks, Cinedigm Corus Entertainment
Scilla Andreen // CEO & Co-Founder, IndieFlix Cory Moss // SVP Development & Production, Hearst Digital Studios
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager - Canada, Dailymotion
Derek Dressler // Director, Content Acquisition & Business Development, Vimeo Alex Sopinka // Executive Producer - Digital Video, Blue Ant Media
Cary Smith // Supervising Producer, Red Bull Media House
Meredith Carlin // Executive Producer, ulive Matt Gielen // Director of Programming, Frederator Networks
David Worthen Brooks // SVP Development & Production, Fox Digital
Will Keenan // former president, endemol beyond usa
Online Executives Take the Hot Seat — Segment Hosted by Drew Baldwin, Founder, Tubefilter Keynote
Generation Z and the Future of Feature Films Matt Kaplan, President of Awesomeness Films 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM From smash hits like Smosh and Expelled, Awesomeness Films is connecting young adult audiences to feature films like never before. Find out what it takes to capture the hearts, minds and wallets of Generation Z. nterview
10:30AM
Lessons from the Front Line
Buy-Side Briefing
Fred Seibert, Founder & CEO, Frederator Networks & Co-Founder, Thirty Labs
Vimeo
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content. Presenter
Derek Dressler // Director, Content Acquisition & Business Development, Vimeo B2B
VIFF Industry Exchange 10:45AM – 11:45AM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. Guests
Erica Winograd // Head of Development, Vox Media Melissa Schneider // SVP Development & Production, New Form Digital Studios
Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Danny Gabai // Executive Creative Director, Vice Media Matt Di Paola // Managing Director, Digtial Innovation - Partner, Sid Lee
Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships &
11:14 AM – 12:15 AM A roller-coaster ride through Fred Seibert’s successes from television to the heady life of a serial entrepreneur at the helm of animation studio Frederator and startup incubator Thirty Labs.
VIE Lunch Truck 12:15 PM
VIE Salons
Real Dialogue Around Important Topics 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Expect to engage in real dialogue around pivotal industry issues. Audience participation expected and encouraged. HOST
Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media
* These sessions are pre-booked
Multicultural Marketing, OMD Presenter
Annelise Larson // Owner, Digital Media & Marketing Strategist, Veria Search Media Marketing & Becoming a Storypreneur
Sarah Malkin // VP, Programming, Maker Studios Ali Adab // VP Content and Partnerships, Broadband TV Mike Jones // SVP, Global Production, Stylehaul
Day 1 continued >>
WEDNESday
30
SEPTEMBER
THURSday
31
SEPTEMBER
VIFF Industry Exchange Day 1 Continued In partnership with
VIFF Industry Exchange Day 2
B2B
VIFF Industry Exchange 1:15PM – 2:15PM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. GUESTS
Sue Mackay // VP Digital, Women & Family, Corus Entertainment
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager - Canada, Dailymotion
Erica Winograd // Head of Development, Vox Media Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Mara Winokur // SVP, Global Distribution and Strategy,
Keynote
Making The Marriage Work: Brands & Content
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM An informative blueprint for approaching and working with brand partners. Understand the anatomy of the deal and what works online for branded entertainment. Presenter
Adam Besserman // Head of Branded Entertainment, Yahoo!
New Form Digital Studios
Suzanna Lee // VP, Business Development & Strategy, Digital Networks, Cinedigm
Cary Smith // Supervising Producer, Red Bull Media House
Danny Gabai // Executive Creative Director, Vice Media Ling Lin // Head of Content Partnerships Canada,
Buy-Side Briefing
Dailymotion 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content. Presenter
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager Canada, Dailymotion
YouTube
Keynote
How to Build Audiences and Think Like a Brand Franchise
2:30PM – 3:00PM There are more content creators today than ever before, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to stand out. Find out how to set yourself apart by combining brand strategy, technology and cultural relevance to engage audiences, build a dedicated fanbase and transform your content into an entertainment franchise. Presenter
D’nae Kingsley // Head of Integrated Strategy, Trailer Park / Deep Focus Buy-SIDE Briefing
Fox Digital
2:30PM – 3:00PM Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content. Presenter
David Worthen Brooks // SVP Development and Production, Fox Digital
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM The driving force behind record breaking crowdfunding campaigns, including Veronica Mars and Reading Rainbow, talks you through the mechanics of successful fan-engagement. Presenter
Ivan Askwith // Founder & CEO, Askwith&Co HOST
STARZ Digital
Scilla Andreen // CEO & Co-Founder, IndieFlix Melissa Schneider // SVP Development & Production,
Fireside Chat with Ivan Askwith — Fan Engagement and FanFinancing
Coffee Break 3:30AM Keynote
How to Target Influential Multicultural Audiences
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM Join one of the world’s largest ad agencies for a unique session packed with strategic insights into addressing diversity. Understand how to create, communicate and package targeted content for multicultural audience, across multi-platforms.
Jesse Albert // Xpansive Media
Coffee Break 4:45AM
Fireside chat with Danny Gabai, Executive Creative Director, VICE Media —The Future of Content Creation According to VICE 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Join a fireside chat and interview with Executive Creative Director of Vice Media, Danny Gabai for an insider’s perspective on the future of content creation. HOST
Lucas Shaw // ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER, Bloomberg
In partnership with
Breakfast Conversations
Meet Top Online Executives 8:30 AM - 9:30 am An opportunity to meet with top online executives over coffee and breakfast. Only registered attendees will be able to book these sessions. GUESTS
Jesse Albert // Producer & Consultant, Xpansive Media Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media Ivan Askwith // Founder and CEO, Askwith&Co. Matt Mason // Former Chief Content Officer, BitTorrent Adam Besserman // Director, Branded Entertainment,
5:30 PM ONWARDS
Presenter
Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships and Multicultural Marketing, OMD
HOST
Lucas Shaw // entertainment reporter, Bloomberg GUESTS
Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Matt Gielen // Director of Programming, Sarah Malkin // VP Programming, Maker Studios Ali Adab // VP Content and Partnerships, Broadband TV Mike Jones // SVP Global Production, StyleHaul
Video, NYT
Coffee & Conversations
VIFF Industry Exchange 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. GUESTS
YouTube
Nina Sudra // General Manager Jumpwire Media Corey Moss // SVP Development and Production, Hearst
Keynote
Broadcasting 2020: Where No Business Model is Safe
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Matt Mason is one of the brightest minds in futurecasting: find out where he’s heading next and why. Where no medium is the same and no business model is safe. HOST
Digital Studios
Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager Canada, Dailymotion Alex Sopinka // Executive Producer, Digital Video,
Presenter
Meredith Carlin // Executive Producer, ulive Mara Winokur // SVP, Global Distribution and Strategy,, STARZ digital
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Richard Kanee // Head of Digital for CBC English
Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content.
Services
Will Keenan // former president of endemol
In Conversation with Will Keenan 10:45 aM – 11:15 aM Insider tips and insights from the former President of Endemol beyond USA, Will Keenan. Join Will for an informative and inspiring talk on the future of online entertainment. Presenter
Will Keenan B2B
Curated Conversations with Agencies
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Join an intimate discussion with top agencies to understand their plans for the year ahead, take on digital and appetite for creative partners. GUESTS
Matt Di Paola // Partner & Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Sid Lee (Host)
D’nae Kingsley // Head of Integrated Strategy, Trailer Park / Deep Focus
Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships & Multicultural Marketing, OMD Keynote
Where Next? Virtual Reality, Emerging Media and More
Matt Mason // Bestselling Author of The Pirate’s Dilemma and former Chief Content Officer, BitTorrent
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Coffee Break
Join The NYT’s former video chief as she casts an eye on where media consumption is going next: from Facebook video to immersive media and virtual reality.
10:30AM
Presenter
beyond usa
Rebecca Howard
* These sessions are pre-booked
Wrap & Closing Comments
PresenterS
* These sessions are pre-booked
Join a curated Q&A with a selection of executives best able to dissect the MCN model.
Rebecca Howard // Former, First General Manager for
Fullscreen and CBC
Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Richard Kanee // head of digital, CBC
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Yahoo
Blue Ant Media Buy-Side Briefing
What’s In It for the Creator and What’s Coming Next?
Frederator Networks
Ling Lin // Head of Content Partnerships Canada,
VIE Industry Mixer
MCNS
11:45 AM
WEDNESday
30
SEPTEMBER
THURSday
31
SEPTEMBER
VIFF Industry Exchange Day 1 Continued In partnership with
VIFF Industry Exchange Day 2
B2B
VIFF Industry Exchange 1:15PM – 2:15PM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. GUESTS
Sue Mackay // VP Digital, Women & Family, Corus Entertainment
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager - Canada, Dailymotion
Erica Winograd // Head of Development, Vox Media Nina Sudra // General Manager, VICE Canada Mara Winokur // SVP, Global Distribution and Strategy,
Keynote
Making The Marriage Work: Brands & Content
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM An informative blueprint for approaching and working with brand partners. Understand the anatomy of the deal and what works online for branded entertainment. Presenter
Adam Besserman // Head of Branded Entertainment, Yahoo!
New Form Digital Studios
Suzanna Lee // VP, Business Development & Strategy, Digital Networks, Cinedigm
Cary Smith // Supervising Producer, Red Bull Media House
Danny Gabai // Executive Creative Director, Vice Media Ling Lin // Head of Content Partnerships Canada,
Buy-Side Briefing
Dailymotion 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content. Presenter
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager Canada, Dailymotion
YouTube
Keynote
How to Build Audiences and Think Like a Brand Franchise
2:30PM – 3:00PM There are more content creators today than ever before, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to stand out. Find out how to set yourself apart by combining brand strategy, technology and cultural relevance to engage audiences, build a dedicated fanbase and transform your content into an entertainment franchise. Presenter
D’nae Kingsley // Head of Integrated Strategy, Trailer Park / Deep Focus Buy-SIDE Briefing
Fox Digital
2:30PM – 3:00PM Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content. Presenter
David Worthen Brooks // SVP Development and Production, Fox Digital
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM The driving force behind record breaking crowdfunding campaigns, including Veronica Mars and Reading Rainbow, talks you through the mechanics of successful fan-engagement. Presenter
Ivan Askwith // Founder & CEO, Askwith&Co HOST
STARZ Digital
Scilla Andreen // CEO & Co-Founder, IndieFlix Melissa Schneider // SVP Development & Production,
Fireside Chat with Ivan Askwith — Fan Engagement and FanFinancing
Coffee Break 3:30AM Keynote
How to Target Influential Multicultural Audiences
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM Join one of the world’s largest ad agencies for a unique session packed with strategic insights into addressing diversity. Understand how to create, communicate and package targeted content for multicultural audience, across multi-platforms.
Jesse Albert // Xpansive Media
Coffee Break 4:45AM
Fireside chat with Danny Gabai, Executive Creative Director, VICE Media —The Future of Content Creation According to VICE 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Join a fireside chat and interview with Executive Creative Director of Vice Media, Danny Gabai for an insider’s perspective on the future of content creation. HOST
Lucas Shaw // ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER, Bloomberg
In partnership with
Breakfast Conversations
Meet Top Online Executives 8:30 AM - 9:30 am An opportunity to meet with top online executives over coffee and breakfast. Only registered attendees will be able to book these sessions. GUESTS
Jesse Albert // Producer & Consultant, Xpansive Media Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media Ivan Askwith // Founder and CEO, Askwith&Co. Matt Mason // Former Chief Content Officer, BitTorrent Adam Besserman // Director, Branded Entertainment,
5:30 PM ONWARDS
Presenter
Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships and Multicultural Marketing, OMD
HOST
Lucas Shaw // entertainment reporter, Bloomberg GUESTS
Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Matt Gielen // Director of Programming, Sarah Malkin // VP Programming, Maker Studios Ali Adab // VP Content and Partnerships, Broadband TV Mike Jones // SVP Global Production, StyleHaul
Video, NYT
Coffee & Conversations
VIFF Industry Exchange 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM B2B* meetings with buyers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors and funders. GUESTS
YouTube
Nina Sudra // General Manager Jumpwire Media Corey Moss // SVP Development and Production, Hearst
Keynote
Broadcasting 2020: Where No Business Model is Safe
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Matt Mason is one of the brightest minds in futurecasting: find out where he’s heading next and why. Where no medium is the same and no business model is safe. HOST
Digital Studios
Gavin McGarry // President, Jumpwire Media
Enrique Soissa // Country Manager Canada, Dailymotion Alex Sopinka // Executive Producer, Digital Video,
Presenter
Meredith Carlin // Executive Producer, ulive Mara Winokur // SVP, Global Distribution and Strategy,, STARZ digital
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Richard Kanee // Head of Digital for CBC English
Intimate, no nonsense sessions presented from buyers and commissioners with an appetite for digital content.
Services
Will Keenan // former president of endemol
In Conversation with Will Keenan 10:45 aM – 11:15 aM Insider tips and insights from the former President of Endemol beyond USA, Will Keenan. Join Will for an informative and inspiring talk on the future of online entertainment. Presenter
Will Keenan B2B
Curated Conversations with Agencies
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Join an intimate discussion with top agencies to understand their plans for the year ahead, take on digital and appetite for creative partners. GUESTS
Matt Di Paola // Partner & Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Sid Lee (Host)
D’nae Kingsley // Head of Integrated Strategy, Trailer Park / Deep Focus
Marissa Nance // Director, Strategic Partnerships & Multicultural Marketing, OMD Keynote
Where Next? Virtual Reality, Emerging Media and More
Matt Mason // Bestselling Author of The Pirate’s Dilemma and former Chief Content Officer, BitTorrent
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Coffee Break
Join The NYT’s former video chief as she casts an eye on where media consumption is going next: from Facebook video to immersive media and virtual reality.
10:30AM
Presenter
beyond usa
Rebecca Howard
* These sessions are pre-booked
Wrap & Closing Comments
PresenterS
* These sessions are pre-booked
Join a curated Q&A with a selection of executives best able to dissect the MCN model.
Rebecca Howard // Former, First General Manager for
Fullscreen and CBC
Damon Berger // VP Business Development, Fullscreen Richard Kanee // head of digital, CBC
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Yahoo
Blue Ant Media Buy-Side Briefing
What’s In It for the Creator and What’s Coming Next?
Frederator Networks
Ling Lin // Head of Content Partnerships Canada,
VIE Industry Mixer
MCNS
11:45 AM
THURSday
01
Screen Dialogues
OCTOBER
friday
02
OCTOBER
Featuring multiple award-winning speakers from some of the most celebrated and critically-acclaimed films and TV and Digital Series, these sessions will educate and inspire everyone from established to emerging industry professionals. Virtual Reality (VR) has an extraordinary potential to enhance the human experience and become the ultimate storytelling device. VR occupies the cusp between gaming and film, both in open source and proprietary technologies. VIFF Industry focuses on this new medium by bringing together creative and technological perspectives from the worlds of film, gear, production and distribution. Explore new technologies, creative processes and VR’s effect on engagement, immersion and storytelling by looking at the possibilities and realities of VR, and how this technology weaves its transportability across content genres.
Meet the Gatekeepers 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Keynote
Why VR Matters
Immersive Experiences
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Virtual Reality is a role-changing medium for audiences as well as screen based media professional. With broad industry participation and the progression of technology, VR has the unique potential to create a major shift for both developers and society as a whole. This transformational technology allows the audience to immerse themselves into new worlds and enjoy the whole range of human experiences.
A curated selection of immersive experiences will be showcased allowing participants a firsthand look to at the latest experiences and technologies. All immersive experiences are first-come, first-served.
How do you turn a good story into a great pitch? What ultimately leads to a green light? Our panel of network and cable executives will share insights on the selection process, engaging an audience, new trends and the role that social media plays in getting a series renewed.
Showrunner, PARKED
Guests
Mackenzie Lush // Director, Creative Affairs, Entertainment One Television
Ania Trzebiatowska // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films
Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures
Guests
Colette Watson // VP, Television & Operations,
Catatonic DIR Guy Shelmerdine powered by Vrse
The Box of Kurios™ Cabinet of Curiosities from Cirque du soleil® A co-production with Felix & Paul Studios and Cirque Du Soleil Media.
Rogers MEDIA
Kate Lambert // VP, Series Development, FX Networks Mackenzie Lush // Director, Creative Affairs, Entertainment One Television
Bill McGoldrick // Executive VP, Original Content, Syfy
The Art of the Arc Roundtables 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Ania Trzebiatowsky // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films
Specific Voices Jurassic World: Apatosaurus DIR Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Wild: The Experience DIR Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Rapidly evolving market demands, sophisticated audience patterns and multiple viewing options now make it much harder to develop and sustain a hit TV series. And with the line between hit and miss ever so thin, the risks are enormous for the networks. Our panelists discuss what it takes to sustain a hit TV series and the challenges of delivering the show and winning over an audience. Moderator
Technology: Matching the Ambition 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
I Am You
Form
Technology has played a huge role in the way we create, consume and receive information. It’s changing the way we tell stories, allowing for greater interactivity, participation and emotional engagement. What tools are currently available to provide a high quality VR experience? From applications to hardware and software; scalability to integration and the reactive experience, featured panelists will provide an overview of technology that redefines the way experiences are created. Learn all you ever wanted to know about the tools needed to get your VR project off the ground!
DIR Elli Raynai VR Development Alexander Kondratskiy
Charm Games
Tim Goodman // chief TV Critic, The Hollywood Reporter
Cardboard Car Crash Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada
Duralde’s Mission Students of Centre For Digital Media
Chris Edwards // Founder/CEO, The Third Floor Matt Barthelemy // Executive Creative Director, Advanced Concepts, HTC
S. Siobhan McCarthy // Producer/Co-Creator/
Tim Goodman // Chief TV Critic, The Hollywood Reporter
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Guests
Moderator
Steph Ouaknine // Producer, Carmilla Julian De Zotti // Co-creator, wHATEVER, Linda
While many of the first cinematic VR clips focused on conveying very basic experiences, the new wave is more interested in exploring the boundaries of storytelling and fully accounting for the viewer’s relationship to the story. Join VR creators as they discuss what it takes to tell stories in an immersive 360o environment.
Chris Edwards // Founder/CEO, The Third Floor Eli Rayner // Film Director, Cinehackers Joseph Chen // Executive Technical Producer, Vrse Alexander Kondratskiy // VR Developer, Cinehackers
For creators, no limitations can be a blessing and a curse. With production companies, networks and new content providers searching for the next hit, how do you distinguish your web series from all the others in the content jungle? Our creators compare notes on distribution and marketing strategies and offer advice on creating quality content that leads to funding and/or sales for future seasons.
Guests
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Guests
3:00 PM – 4:30PM
Soda Pictures
Presenter
Next Frontiers in Storytelling
Tête-à-Têtes
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Moderator
Understand how the technology is going to take off in the next few years and why it will inevitably matter to you. (TBA)
The Business of Web Series
Industry Reception 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Soda Pictures
Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations,
How do you transform a premise into a compelling story? Our guest reveals their process in creating an effective arc through the use of subtext, organizing script sequences and character development. Moderator
Melanie Friesen // Board Member, Harold Greenberg Fund Guest
Gravitas Ventures
Patricia Rozema // Writer/Director,
Kate Lambert // VP Series Development, FX Networks
Into the Forest
Shall We Watch a Game? 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM The “Golden Age” of video game adaptations is upon us. Join some of the top industry professionals who are developing video game IP into successful feature-length and series content for digital platforms
Anatomy of a Scene 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Victor Lucas // CEO/Founder, EP MEDIA LTD.
In this in-depth scene analysis session, our guests will track their creative journey from script to screen in their most powerful and challenging scene, illustrating: how to direct and not just shoot; the art of the shot list; and tips on eliciting the best performances from actors.
Guests
Guests
Moderator Guests
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Christopher C. Rogers // co-Creator/Executive producer, Halt and Catch Fire
Strangers: With Patrick Watson
Simon Davis Barry // Creator/executive producer,
DIR Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Warren Littlefield // Executive Producer, Fargo
Continuum
Tim Carter // Writer/Producer, Dead Rising: Watchtower Zach Lipovsky // Director, Dead Rising: Watchtower
Helen Shaver // Director, Orphan Black John Scott // director, The Magicians
THURSday
01
Screen Dialogues
OCTOBER
friday
02
OCTOBER
Featuring multiple award-winning speakers from some of the most celebrated and critically-acclaimed films and TV and Digital Series, these sessions will educate and inspire everyone from established to emerging industry professionals. Virtual Reality (VR) has an extraordinary potential to enhance the human experience and become the ultimate storytelling device. VR occupies the cusp between gaming and film, both in open source and proprietary technologies. VIFF Industry focuses on this new medium by bringing together creative and technological perspectives from the worlds of film, gear, production and distribution. Explore new technologies, creative processes and VR’s effect on engagement, immersion and storytelling by looking at the possibilities and realities of VR, and how this technology weaves its transportability across content genres.
Meet the Gatekeepers 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Keynote
Why VR Matters
Immersive Experiences
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Virtual Reality is a role-changing medium for audiences as well as screen based media professional. With broad industry participation and the progression of technology, VR has the unique potential to create a major shift for both developers and society as a whole. This transformational technology allows the audience to immerse themselves into new worlds and enjoy the whole range of human experiences.
A curated selection of immersive experiences will be showcased allowing participants a firsthand look to at the latest experiences and technologies. All immersive experiences are first-come, first-served.
How do you turn a good story into a great pitch? What ultimately leads to a green light? Our panel of network and cable executives will share insights on the selection process, engaging an audience, new trends and the role that social media plays in getting a series renewed.
Showrunner, PARKED
Guests
Mackenzie Lush // Director, Creative Affairs, Entertainment One Television
Ania Trzebiatowska // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films
Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures
Guests
Colette Watson // VP, Television & Operations,
Catatonic DIR Guy Shelmerdine powered by Vrse
The Box of Kurios™ Cabinet of Curiosities from Cirque du soleil® A co-production with Felix & Paul Studios and Cirque Du Soleil Media.
Rogers MEDIA
Kate Lambert // VP, Series Development, FX Networks Mackenzie Lush // Director, Creative Affairs, Entertainment One Television
Bill McGoldrick // Executive VP, Original Content, Syfy
The Art of the Arc Roundtables 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Ania Trzebiatowsky // Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films
Specific Voices Jurassic World: Apatosaurus DIR Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Wild: The Experience DIR Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Rapidly evolving market demands, sophisticated audience patterns and multiple viewing options now make it much harder to develop and sustain a hit TV series. And with the line between hit and miss ever so thin, the risks are enormous for the networks. Our panelists discuss what it takes to sustain a hit TV series and the challenges of delivering the show and winning over an audience. Moderator
Technology: Matching the Ambition 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
I Am You
Form
Technology has played a huge role in the way we create, consume and receive information. It’s changing the way we tell stories, allowing for greater interactivity, participation and emotional engagement. What tools are currently available to provide a high quality VR experience? From applications to hardware and software; scalability to integration and the reactive experience, featured panelists will provide an overview of technology that redefines the way experiences are created. Learn all you ever wanted to know about the tools needed to get your VR project off the ground!
DIR Elli Raynai VR Development Alexander Kondratskiy
Charm Games
Tim Goodman // chief TV Critic, The Hollywood Reporter
Cardboard Car Crash Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada
Duralde’s Mission Students of Centre For Digital Media
Chris Edwards // Founder/CEO, The Third Floor Matt Barthelemy // Executive Creative Director, Advanced Concepts, HTC
S. Siobhan McCarthy // Producer/Co-Creator/
Tim Goodman // Chief TV Critic, The Hollywood Reporter
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Guests
Moderator
Steph Ouaknine // Producer, Carmilla Julian De Zotti // Co-creator, wHATEVER, Linda
While many of the first cinematic VR clips focused on conveying very basic experiences, the new wave is more interested in exploring the boundaries of storytelling and fully accounting for the viewer’s relationship to the story. Join VR creators as they discuss what it takes to tell stories in an immersive 360o environment.
Chris Edwards // Founder/CEO, The Third Floor Eli Rayner // Film Director, Cinehackers Joseph Chen // Executive Technical Producer, Vrse Alexander Kondratskiy // VR Developer, Cinehackers
For creators, no limitations can be a blessing and a curse. With production companies, networks and new content providers searching for the next hit, how do you distinguish your web series from all the others in the content jungle? Our creators compare notes on distribution and marketing strategies and offer advice on creating quality content that leads to funding and/or sales for future seasons.
Guests
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Guests
3:00 PM – 4:30PM
Soda Pictures
Presenter
Next Frontiers in Storytelling
Tête-à-Têtes
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Moderator
Understand how the technology is going to take off in the next few years and why it will inevitably matter to you. (TBA)
The Business of Web Series
Industry Reception 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Eve Gabereau // Co-Founder & Managing Director, Soda Pictures
Morris Ruskin // CEO, Shoreline Entertainment Chad M. Miller // VP Filmmaker Relations,
How do you transform a premise into a compelling story? Our guest reveals their process in creating an effective arc through the use of subtext, organizing script sequences and character development. Moderator
Melanie Friesen // Board Member, Harold Greenberg Fund Guest
Gravitas Ventures
Patricia Rozema // Writer/Director,
Kate Lambert // VP Series Development, FX Networks
Into the Forest
Shall We Watch a Game? 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM The “Golden Age” of video game adaptations is upon us. Join some of the top industry professionals who are developing video game IP into successful feature-length and series content for digital platforms
Anatomy of a Scene 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Victor Lucas // CEO/Founder, EP MEDIA LTD.
In this in-depth scene analysis session, our guests will track their creative journey from script to screen in their most powerful and challenging scene, illustrating: how to direct and not just shoot; the art of the shot list; and tips on eliciting the best performances from actors.
Guests
Guests
Moderator Guests
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Christopher C. Rogers // co-Creator/Executive producer, Halt and Catch Fire
Strangers: With Patrick Watson
Simon Davis Barry // Creator/executive producer,
DIR Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Warren Littlefield // Executive Producer, Fargo
Continuum
Tim Carter // Writer/Producer, Dead Rising: Watchtower Zach Lipovsky // Director, Dead Rising: Watchtower
Helen Shaver // Director, Orphan Black John Scott // director, The Magicians
03
VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE // Thank You to Our Sponsors
SATURDAY OCTOBER
Premiere
Totally Indie Day POWER TO THE INDIE
PARTNER
Meet the Players 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Choosing the right platform is essential to a successful release. This panel will consider the different distribution models — digital, DIY, and multiplatform, their audience reach, and the exciting potentials and challenges of breaking into the expanding digital market. Moderator
Tony Pantages // Director, Three Days in Havana
In the Writers’ Room
Business of Docs
11:30 PM – 12:30 PM
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
In The Writers’ Room looks at the next generation of TV writers as they share inspiration about what it takes to go from an assistant to having a voice in the writers’ room, breaking a story and lessons learned along the way.
The documentary form has emerged as one of the most vital and exciting branches of filmmaking. At the same time, audiences for documentary content have become specialized and often fragmented. Our panelists explore financing, budgeting and the opportunities and challenges of reaching a niche audience.
Moderator
Simon Davis Barry // Creator, Continuum
BC CREATES
celebrating BC's creative economy
SENIOR
CONTRIBUTING
ACFC WEST, LOCAL 2020 UNIFOR
Moderator
Leah Mallen // Producer/Head of Development, Reunion Pictures
SUPPORTING
Guests
Guests
Jennica Harper // Writer, Producer, Motive Rachel Langer // Writer, This Life Raul Inglis // Writer/Story Editor, Continuum
Chad M. Miller // Vice President Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures
Christina Yugai // Senior Marketing Manager, FilmBuff Dylan Marchetti // Chief Creative Officer, Amplify Releasing
J. Joly // CEO/Founder, CineCoup Nick Soares // CEO, Distribber Selena Paskalidis // Co-Founder & CFO/CMO Partner, Dotstudioz
A Day In The Life Of Go behind the scenes with the Director, DP and Production Designer from Chris Haddock’s new series, The Romeo Section, as they share the tricks of the trade gained through individual and collaborative work, transforming a show into visual magic.
Kevin Eastwood, Co-Producer, The Romeo Section
POWER TO THE INDIE
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Crowdfunding and marketing campaigns are a key element to funding and releasing independent films. Learn how to leverage digital technologies to amplify word-of-mouth, reduce marketing costs, spend less, achieve profitability, and build community year-round. Moderator
Nimisha Mukerji // Director/Producer, Tempest Storm Brent Hodge // co-Director, I Am Chris Farley
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Moderator
Marketing & Engagement in a Connected World
Guests
Guests
David Frazee // Director, The Romeo Section Brendan Uegama // Director of Photography, The Romeo Section
ANGELS
MARKETING PARTNERS
The Cut Stops Here 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Unforgiven, Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, American Sniper…need we say more! Join legendary Oscar-winning film editor Joel Cox in a fascinating masterclass covering his body of work. Universally acknowledged as a master of his craft, Cox has enjoyed an on-going collaboration with Clint Eastwood, having cut more than 30 movies for the director, including countless modern classics.
VIFF INDUSTRY EXCHANGE // Thank You to Our Sponsors
Moderator
Kevin Eastwood // Co-Producer, The romeo section
DIAMOND
GOLD
James Hazell // Production Designer, The Romeo Section
ACFC WEST, LOCAL 2020 UNIFOR
Guest
Joel Cox // Editor, American Sniper
Tony Pantages // Director, Three Days in Havana
PREMIUM
Industry Reception Guests
Emily Best // CEO/Founder, Seed & Spark Annelise Larson // Owner, Digital Media & Marketing Strategist, Veria Search Media Marketing
Ryan Nadel // Executive VP, Twenty Year Media Inc.
SILVER
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM COMMUNITY PARTNER
SUPPORTER
03
VIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE // Thank You to Our Sponsors
SATURDAY OCTOBER
Premiere
Totally Indie Day POWER TO THE INDIE
PARTNER
Meet the Players 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Choosing the right platform is essential to a successful release. This panel will consider the different distribution models — digital, DIY, and multiplatform, their audience reach, and the exciting potentials and challenges of breaking into the expanding digital market. Moderator
Tony Pantages // Director, Three Days in Havana
In the Writers’ Room
Business of Docs
11:30 PM – 12:30 PM
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
In The Writers’ Room looks at the next generation of TV writers as they share inspiration about what it takes to go from an assistant to having a voice in the writers’ room, breaking a story and lessons learned along the way.
The documentary form has emerged as one of the most vital and exciting branches of filmmaking. At the same time, audiences for documentary content have become specialized and often fragmented. Our panelists explore financing, budgeting and the opportunities and challenges of reaching a niche audience.
Moderator
Simon Davis Barry // Creator, Continuum
BC CREATES
celebrating BC's creative economy
SENIOR
CONTRIBUTING
ACFC WEST, LOCAL 2020 UNIFOR
Moderator
Leah Mallen // Producer/Head of Development, Reunion Pictures
SUPPORTING
Guests
Guests
Jennica Harper // Writer, Producer, Motive Rachel Langer // Writer, This Life Raul Inglis // Writer/Story Editor, Continuum
Chad M. Miller // Vice President Filmmaker Relations, Gravitas Ventures
Christina Yugai // Senior Marketing Manager, FilmBuff Dylan Marchetti // Chief Creative Officer, Amplify Releasing
J. Joly // CEO/Founder, CineCoup Nick Soares // CEO, Distribber Selena Paskalidis // Co-Founder & CFO/CMO Partner, Dotstudioz
A Day In The Life Of Go behind the scenes with the Director, DP and Production Designer from Chris Haddock’s new series, The Romeo Section, as they share the tricks of the trade gained through individual and collaborative work, transforming a show into visual magic.
Kevin Eastwood, Co-Producer, The Romeo Section
POWER TO THE INDIE
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Crowdfunding and marketing campaigns are a key element to funding and releasing independent films. Learn how to leverage digital technologies to amplify word-of-mouth, reduce marketing costs, spend less, achieve profitability, and build community year-round. Moderator
Nimisha Mukerji // Director/Producer, Tempest Storm Brent Hodge // co-Director, I Am Chris Farley
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Moderator
Marketing & Engagement in a Connected World
Guests
Guests
David Frazee // Director, The Romeo Section Brendan Uegama // Director of Photography, The Romeo Section
ANGELS
MARKETING PARTNERS
The Cut Stops Here 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Unforgiven, Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, American Sniper…need we say more! Join legendary Oscar-winning film editor Joel Cox in a fascinating masterclass covering his body of work. Universally acknowledged as a master of his craft, Cox has enjoyed an on-going collaboration with Clint Eastwood, having cut more than 30 movies for the director, including countless modern classics.
VIFF INDUSTRY EXCHANGE // Thank You to Our Sponsors
Moderator
Kevin Eastwood // Co-Producer, The romeo section
DIAMOND
GOLD
James Hazell // Production Designer, The Romeo Section
ACFC WEST, LOCAL 2020 UNIFOR
Guest
Joel Cox // Editor, American Sniper
Tony Pantages // Director, Three Days in Havana
PREMIUM
Industry Reception Guests
Emily Best // CEO/Founder, Seed & Spark Annelise Larson // Owner, Digital Media & Marketing Strategist, Veria Search Media Marketing
Ryan Nadel // Executive VP, Twenty Year Media Inc.
SILVER
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM COMMUNITY PARTNER
SUPPORTER
Three different types of financing. Three different funds. All from one source.
The Rogers Group of Funds offers support to Canadian independent producers with three different types of funding: Rogers Telefund offers loans to Canadian independent producers; Rogers Documentary Fund, Canada’s premier source of funding for documentary films and Rogers Cable Network Fund, an equity investor in Canadian programs with a first play on a Canadian cable channel. Three different types of financing. Three different funds. All from one source – Rogers. For more information contact Robin Mirsky, Executive Director, at (416) 935-2526.
www.rogersgroupoffunds.com