ALFF Media Industry Forum Programme

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21 EVENTS. WORKSHOPS, ROUND-TABLES, PRESENTATIONS & NETWORKING.

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From spectacular scenery to a friendly and creative people, there’s never a dull moment in our home territory.

We admire the dedication and talent of all of those who pursue a life less ordinary, as well as everyone who helps to make it possible.

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Greetings and welcome to the 13th anniversary of Canada’s largest film festival north of 60°.

The Government of Yukon congratulates the Yukon Film Society Board, staff and volunteers for presenting the 6th annual Available Light Media Industry Forum. This unique opportunity will provide Yukon filmmakers with a forum to develop their skills in order to bring Yukon stories to screens around the world.

Yukon’s Film & Sound Commission is pleased to be the Presenting Partner for this leadingedge initiative, and truly appreciates the many participating industry professionals who have travelled to Whitehorse to share their skills, experience and knowledge.

Events like these help to grow the Yukon film and screen-based media industry and result in numerous benefits to Yukon’s creative economy. It also demonstrates the dedication and talent of Yukoners.

On behalf of the Government of Yukon, I wish you a memorable cinema and learning experience.

Sincerely, Economic Development Minister Stacey Hassard Government of Yukon

Your success is our ambition.

For information on Training Programs, Grip & Electric Rentals and Employment Opportunities in the industry please email info@spya.ca or call (867) 456-2978.

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FORUM INFORMATION Media Industry Forum Passes: $100/$80 YFS Production members Registration gives you access to 23 Forum events: round-tables, meetings, workshops, ALFF Comedy Pitch Event, Yukon Talent Showcase and receptions.

Participation in limited-space workshops must be reserved ahead of time – see workshop descriptions for more information.

Individual tickets to Forum events: $25/$20 YFS Production & Film Lover members Fire Hall Film Talks are free admission!

WHERE TO REGISTER FOR THE FORUM Online: www.yukontickets.com Yukon Arts Centre Box Office: 867-667-8574, Mon to Fri, 10am to 3pm Arts Underground: 305 Main Street, lower level, Hougen’s Centre /YukonFilmSociety

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FESTIVAL & FORUM TEAM Festival Director Andrew Connors

Live Events Stage Manager Adam Pope

Festival Producer Erin Corbett

Projectionists David Curtis, Martin Nishikawa, Marty O’Brien

ALFF Media Industry Forum Producer Daniel Janke YFS General Manager & Sponsorships Zoë Toupin Guest Travel & Forum Venue Manager Vanessa Corkal Graphic Design & Marketing Guiniveve Lalena Press Contact & Social Media Andrew Gilbutowicz Technical Director, Projections Jayden Soroka

Workshop and Forum Technician Marty O’Brien Hospitality Team Leader Hannah Zimmering Transportation Team Leader Erin Maguire ALFF Opening Trailer Jayden Soroka Neil Macdonald Kieran O'Donovan David Hamelin

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FORUM SCHEDULE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Cinematography Master Class Keith Partridge (Touching the Void) is an award-winning BBC cameraman and Director of Photography. He has significant experience shooting natural history, adventure and cultural stories in remote and extreme places. Keith is also an educator and communicator, and has taught the adventure filmmaking workshop at Banff for the past decade. In this class, Keith will be using the BBC's iconic Human Planet series as a case study for examining the HD production workflow necessary to bring a world-class TV series to the screen.

Introduction by Fritz Mueller. Location: Old Fire Hall.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 9:00 to 9:30 am

Registration Location: All events are at the Old Fire Hall unless indicated otherwise.

We strongly advise registering ahead of time at www.yukontickets.com or through the Yukon Arts Centre Box Office (867-667-8574). Day-of registration is cash/cheque only.

9:30 am to 1:30 pm

Acting for the Camera Workshop Location: Yukon Arts Centre Studio Theatre Limited to 12 participants: contact tech@yukonfilmsociety.com to register.

This workshop is a must for actors looking to work on film productions in the Yukon. Ben Ratner has starred in Carl Bessai’s Fathers & Sons, Chris Haddock’s Da Vinci’s City Hall and Bruce Sweeney’s Last Wedding and was awarded the 2001 Film Can Best Actor award. Ben operates Haven Studio for actors in Vancouver, BC. Ben also wrote and directed Down River, screening at ALFF 2015.

9:30 to 11:30 am

Financing: An Update on Federal and Territorial Funding Programs This session is designed to inform filmmakers on program changes and developments at Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, and the Yukon Film and Sound Commission.

With John Dippong (Telefilm Canada), Iris Merritt (Yukon Film and Sound Commission) and Stéphane Cardin (Canada Media Fund). Hosted by Shirley Vercruysse (NFB).

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12:00 to 1:00 pm

Fire Hall Film Talk Suzanne Crocker discusses her documentary All The Time In The World. Dan Sokolowski discusses his documentary Ghosts of the Joe Henry. Hosted by Vivian Belik.

2:00 to 5:00 pm

One-on-One Meetings These ‘speed-dating’ sessions allow participants to meet, pitch their ideas, and start to establish relationships with industry players, including: Robert Hardy (Force Four Entertainment), Julia Szucs (Meltwater Media), Joanne Levy (Buffalo Gal Pictures), Catherine Warren (FanTrust), Michelle Daly (CBC Comedy), Shirley Vercruysse (NFB Pacific and Yukon), Maureen Levitt (Super Channel), Nicole Lawson (Force Four Entertainment), James Brown (Vancouver-based producer), John Dippong (Telefilm Canada), Kevin Eastwood (Optic Nerve Films), Iris Merritt (Yukon Film & Sound Commission), Daniel Hogg (Hogg Wild Films).

Pre-registered Forum participants can book 20-minute meetings in advance by contacting Vanessa Corkal at nessi.corkal@gmail.com.

5:00 to 8:00 pm

Mixer at the Dirty Northern Come enjoy a drink and get to know the Forum participants and guests!

8:30 pm

ALFF Comedy Pitch Event Yukon-based comedy artists step on to the stage and pitch their ideas to a live audience. With panelists Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Two 4 One), Kyle Tingley (Writer, This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and Michelle Daly (head of CBC Comedy). Hosted by Naomi Snieckus (CBC’s Mr. D).

Individual Tickets: $10 YFS Members/$12 regular.

No admission charge for Forum Pass holders.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 9:30 to 11:30 am

Hold On to Your Idea In this round table discussion participants will learn how to partner up with the skills and connections needed to take a project forward, while maintaining ownership and creative involvement. We’ll hear from producers and creators who have been through the process.

Guests include: Nicole Lawson (Force Four Entertainment), Joanne Levy (Buffalo Gal Pictures), Catherine Warren (FanTrust), Suzanne Crocker (Director, All the Time in the World), Kevin Eastwood (Producer, Preggoland), Simon D'Amours (Director of the series Off The Beaten Path). Hosted by Julia Szucs (Meltwater Media).

12:00 to 1:00 pm

Fire Hall Film Talk Ben Ratner, Jennifer Spence, and James Brown discuss their film Down River. Tanya Tagaq and Jean Martin discuss Robert Flaherty’s Nanook of the North. Hosted by Geoff Pevere.

1:30 to 3:30 pm

Micro-Budget Filmmaking One million dollars or less generally falls into the category of a micro-budget feature film.

A number of successful films in this category have been released over the past few years in Canada. Our panel explores this trend, and investigates how a filmmaker goes about delivering a feature film on a micro-budget.

Panelists include: Kevin Eastwood (Optic Nerve Films/Producer Preggoland), Ben Ratner (Down River), Daniel Hogg (Two 4 One), James Brown (Down River), Christian Sparkes (Cast No Shadow), Maureen Levitt (Super Channel). Hosted by Maureen Bradley (Two 4 One).

4:00 to 6:00 pm

Digital Distribution Strategies This panel discussion investigates how the internet is shaping media content creation and distribution. We will seek to define terms like alternative media and trans-media. We’ll investigate web/digital distribution options. We’ll examine the development of the creative interactive media production industry and what it might mean to you.

Panelists include: Joanne Levy (Buffalo Gal Pictures), Catherine Warren (FanTrust).

Hosted by Robert Hardy (Force Four Entertainment).

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 9:30 to 11:30 am

In The Director’s Chair What are the factors and considerations in how directors choose which films to direct? What do directors say to actors to get them to do what they want? Who are the important people on your set? What is the director’s relationship with their producer? Find out the answers to these and other questions you have always wanted to ask a director. Panelists include: Stéphane Lafleur (Tu dors Nicole), Maureen Bradley (Two 4 One), Christian Sparkes (Cast No Shadow).

Hosted by Geoff Pevere.

12:00 to 1:00 pm

Fire Hall Film Talk Joel Thomas Hynes and Christian Sparkes discuss their film Cast No Shadow.

Hosted by Daniel Janke.

1:30 to 3:30 pm

State Of the Yukon Media Industry This session is designed to profile Yukon-based media production and community organizations. There will be short presentations by Screen Production Yukon Association, Northwestel Community Cable TV, Music Yukon, Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture and Yukon Film Society. The second half of the session will feature presentations from individual filmmakers who will introduce projects that they are currently working on. Hosted by Dan Sokolowski.

3:30 to 4:30 pm

Mixer Interlude A chance for visiting guests and members of the Yukon film and media community to network.

4:30 to 6:00 pm

Yukon Showcase Screening Free event. All are welcome. A 70-minute program of short films, commercials, and trailers or excerpts from longer film and television works by Yukon filmmakers and producers.

Featuring: Gary/Brianne Bremner, Claire Ness, Max Fraser, Max Sims, Arlin McFarlane, Lulu Keating, Rachelle Arsenault/Brett Elliot/Clancy McInnis, Simon D’Amours, Chris McNutt/David Hamelin, Meagan Deuling/Geneviève Doyon/Moriah MacMillan/Rosemary Scanlon/Zoë Toupin/Alainnah Whachell, Nicole Edwards/Jessica Hall, Kieran O’Donovan, Teresa Earle/ Fritz Mueller, Lee Carruthers

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7:00 to 8:30 pm

The Adventure Game : A Cameraman's Tales From Films at the Edge Since his groundbreaking work on Touching the Void, Keith Partridge has continued as a leader in the area of adventure documentary filmmaking. This entertaining and anecdote-filled presentation is based on his upcoming new book of the same title.

Tickets: $12/10 YFS Production members.

No admission charge for Forum Pass holders.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Atelier de montage vidéo (French Language Editing Workshop) Presented in partnership with L'AFY Location: Association franco-yukonnaise L’atelier aura lieu à l’AFY au 302 rue Strickland Étienne Proulx est un monteur vidéo qui travaille à Montréal. L’atelier vous guidera à travers les étapes de montage d’un projet du début jusqu’à à la fin sur le logiciel Final Cut Pro X en français. Les débutants sont la bienvenue! Limité à 6 participants: contactez tech@ yukonfilmsociety.com pour réserver votre place.

12:00 to 1:00 pm

Fire Hall Film Talk Media artist Lindsay McIntyre discusses her work A Northern Portrait, Film Projection Performance. Hosted by Andrew Connors.

1:30 to 3:30 pm

Screenwriting Workshop Joel Thomas Hynes is an actor, musician and writer from St John’s, Newfoundland. He's been working in the film and television industry for twenty years. Joel recently won the Michael Weir award for Best Atlantic Screenwriter for the feature film Cast No Shadow.

Hosted by Daniel Janke.

1:30 to 9:00 pm (with dinner break)

Picture and Story Editing for Documentary Film - Workshop Location: Association franco-yukonnaise Carmen Pollard is an award-winning picture and story editor. This hands-on workshop will address tips and techniques for crafting story and character arcs, as well as ways of organizing content by theme, character and plot, and fundamental stages of the documentary editing process from screening rushes to picture lock.

Workshop is limited to 10 participants.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 ALFF Media Industry Forum Satellite Events.

10:15 to 11:30 am

Inside the Mind of a Film Festival Programmer How does a festival programmer choose which films to screen? What is the thinking that goes on behind putting together a good festival program? This session will be informative to those filmmakers submitting their work to film festivals. Available Light Film Festival programmer, Andrew Connors in conversation with Michelle Latimer who programs for Hot Docs, imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival and the Victoria Film Festival.

12:00 to 1:30 pm

Fire Hall Film Talk The Changing Face of Music Narratives and Videos. The creation and distribution of music videos and narrative films driven by music has been transformed through the use of social media, alternative distribution, and indie production techniques. Panelists include: John Southworth (musician/filmmaker); Andrew Huculiak (musician, and director of Violent); Andrew Stratis (Headless Owl Records); StĂŠphane Lafleur (musician and director of Tu dors Nicole). Hosted by Michelle Latimer.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ALFF Media Industry Forum Satellite Event.

SPYA Media Industry Trade Show Events 10:00 to 11:30 am Lighting Orientation / SPYA Grip kit demo 12:00 to 2:00 pm Yukon Screen-Media Industry Trade Show 2:30 to 4:00 pm Camera Forum

SPYA presents three events aimed at demonstrating and sharing information about local production companies and resources available to screen-media professionals in the Yukon.

If you are experienced or just want to learn more about the local industry scene, join us for a lighting orientation session showcasing the grip gear available for rent through SPYA, a trade show featuring Yukon industry professionals and their services, and a camera forum featuring discussion and demonstration of some of the industry's latest gear. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

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FORUM GUESTS Maureen Bradley Director, Two 4 One

Award-winning gender-queer filmmaker, Maureen Bradley has made over forty short films that have screened internationally. Maureen developed Two 4 One through the NSI’s Features First Program. She won a Leo Award for directing the Best Web Series for Freshman’s Wharf and has won awards for her short films Queer Across Canada, Go! Dyke, Go! and Forever.

James Brown Producer, Mostly Harmless Productions/Down River

James Brown is a film producer based in Vancouver, BC. His producing credits include the multi-award winning drama Down River and the Leo Award-winning film Sisters & Brothers. Currently, James is working on several projects including the first feature from writer/director Kathleen Hepburn called Never Steady, Never Still.

Stéphane Cardin VP, Industry and Public Affairs, Canada Media Fund

Stéphane Cardin has over fifteen years of experience in the film and television industry. He is Vice President of Industry and Public Affairs with the Canada Media Fund. Mr. Cardin maintains an ongoing dialogue with industry and government stakeholders, leads the development of policies and programs, and reinforces the positioning of the CMF within the industry. He has worked for the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Gavin Crawford Actor, Two 4 One

Gavin Crawford, is an award-winning actor and among Canada’s most sought-after comedic performers. Originally from Alberta, Gavin has worked with Toronto’s The Second City and appeared in 8 seasons of This Hour Has 22 Minutes to much critical acclaim both for his performance and writing. CBC aired the pilot Gavin Crawford’s Wild West which was nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards and awarded the CSA for Best Writing in a Comedy Program.

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Suzanne Crocker Director, All the Time in the World

Suzanne Crocker arrived in Dawson City, Yukon twenty-two years ago as a family doctor. She switched careers to filmmaker in 2009. All The Time In The World represents Crocker’s feature film directing debut. At its World Premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2014, All The Time In The World won the Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Documentary.

Michelle Daly Senior Director, CBC Comedy

As Senior Director of CBC Comedy, Michelle Daly leads the team responsible for managing the creative development and production of CBC Television’s slate of comedic programming. Michelle joined the CBC as Executive in Charge of Production in 2011, and has overseen such comedies as Schitt's Creek, Mr D., This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Rick Mercer Report. Michelle is also the Executive Producer for the CBC's new online comedy channel, Punchline.

Simon D’Amours Producer, World Wild Media

Simon D’Amours is the protagonist and co-producer of his debut television series Hors des sentiers battus which follows him as he meets with Yukon francophones. The 13-part documentary series will be broadcast on unis.ca. Simon has produced videos for national television, as well as commercial and private clients in Western Canada.

Simon co-produced the short documentary Share the Road.

John Dippong Regional Director, Industry Promotion, Telefilm Canada

John Dippong joined Telefilm Canada in 1997 after having been involved in feature film production, film festival organization and programming. He has taken on roles of increasing responsibility at Telefilm, including Director, Industry Promotion–Western Region.

John is responsible for identifying and implementing regional strategies, partnerships and special initiatives, which respond to Telefilm Canada’s business development objectives to build a vibrant audiovisual industry in Western Canada.

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Kevin Eastwood Producer, Optic Nerve Films

Kevin Eastwood is a Gemini Award-winning producer and director.

Most recently he directed Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH, a documentary series that took an unprecedented look inside Vancouver’s busiest ER. Kevin’s previous credits include the biopic Elijah; the cult zombie-comedy, Fido; and the Charles Wilkinson documentary Oil Sands Karaoke (ALFF 2014).

Robert Hardy Senior Vice President & Head of Development, Force Four Entertainment

Robert Hardy spent nearly a decade as a broadcaster working at CBC and CTV, including four years heading CTV’s western development office in Vancouver, where he oversaw the development and production of dozens of shows including series, movies of the week, documentaries and alternative programming. Robert is also an experienced writer and producer of television and digital media, and got his start writing and directing award-winning commercials & developing consumer and business brands.

Daniel Hogg Producer, Two 4 One

Daniel Hogg won a Leo Award for producing the web series Freshman’s Wharf, earned another four nominations, and won the 2012 NSI Drama Prize to write and produce the award-winning short Floodplain.

With Two 4 One behind him, Daniel is in production on his second feature, The Devout, a spiritual thriller with a sci-fi twist.

Andrew Huculiak Director, Violent

Andrew Huculiak is a gifted filmmaker and a quarter of Vancouverbased Amazing Factory Productions. While he spends most of his time working to further his career as the drummer for We Are The City, Andrew retains a passion for film and is the director, co-writer and composer of the feature film Violent.

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Joel Thomas Hynes Actor and writer, Cast No Shadow

Newfoundlander Joel Thomas Hynes is the award-winning author of novels Down to the Dirt and Right Away Monday, a chapbook, a collection of poetic non-fiction and numerous acclaimed stageplays.

Hynes has also performed principle roles for television and film including Down to The Dirt, Book of Negroes, Crackie, Hatching Matching and Dispatching, Republic of Doyle, Re-Genesis and Cast No Shadow, which is a feature film adaptation of his novella Say Nothing Saw Wood.

Stéphane Lafleur Director, Tu dors Nicole

Stéphane Lafleur is a filmmaker, musician and editor. His first feature Continental, a Film Without Guns, had its premiere at the Venice Festival, while Familiar Grounds won the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Berlin Festival. Stéphane Lafleur also edited the films Monsieur Lazhar and Le démantèlement. He’s the lead singer of the Québec folk band Avec pas d’casque. Tu dors Nicole is his third film.

Michelle Latimer Festival Curator and Streel Films

Michelle Latimer (Métis/Algonquin) is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Her short film The Underground premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, received the Best Short Film Award at ImagineNATIVE Film Festival and was featured as part of Telefilm's "Not Short on Talent" spotlight at Cannes Festival 2014. In 2013, she was named among Playback Magazine's "10 To Watch." As a curator, Michelle has programmed for the Hot Docs, Victoria International and ImagineNATIVE Film Festivals and is an advisor to Winnipeg's Cinematheque.

Nicole Lawson Director of Development, Force Four Entertainment

Nicole Lawson joined Force Four Entertainment in 2007 and works closely with independent producers, writers, and her in-house team to shape and pitch new TV series to Canadian, American and international broadcasters. Projects she managed from conception to green light include 10 one-hour episodes of the factual series Million Dollar Neighborhood for OWN, 26 episodes of the half hour lifestyle series Urban Suburban for HGTV, 13 half-hour episodes of the competition series Family Cook Off for Food Network, and 10 onehour episodes of the factual series Village On A Diet for CBC. 18

Maureen Levitt Creative Development Representative, Super Channel

Maureen Levitt is the creative development representative for British Columbia and the Yukon, for Super Channel. Previous to this she was Western Regional Manager and Commissioning Editor for Vision TV. Maureen worked with regional producers from Western and Northern Canada to develop and pre-sale a large portfolio of documentary and drama. Maureen was also acted as consulting producer for such films as Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture (2001), The Corporation (2003) and ScaredScared (2004).

Joanne Levy Producer/Head of Convergent Content, Buffalo Gal Pictures

Joanne Levy is an executive and consultant with extensive experience in the broadcast and production industries. As Head of Television Production at Buffalo Gal Pictures she is working to increase the company’s television production activity. During her career in Canadian broadcasting Joanne has worked as a TV news reporter; independent producer; communications consultant; and, for 10 years, senior broadcast executive responsible for commissioning original, independently produced Canadian programs and contributing to CRTC applications for new broadcast entities and renewal of existing broadcast outlets.

Chris McNutt Manager, Northwestel Community Cable TV

Chris McNutt is the Manager of Northwestel Community Cable TV where he programs, produces and co-produces a wide variety of content for channels in Whitehorse, YT and Yellowknife, NT. Chris is also the current President of Screen Production Yukon, the screenmedia industry association that is active in training and development for Yukon-based screen-media professionals.

Iris Merritt Film Officer, Yukon Film & Sound Commission

Iris began her career in film and television quite by accident when her bottomless knowledge of Yukon and its history landed her gigs providing locations expertise to visiting film and television crews during the Klondike Gold Rush Centennials (1990-1998). Realizing she had found her passion, she started working for the Yukon Film & Sound Commission in 1999. As the Film and Media Advisor, Iris oversees the management of five film funding programs available to support film and television projects and training in Yukon.

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Keith Partridge Director of Photography

Capturing the essence of adventure in more than 60 extreme films has taken cameraman and filmmaker Keith Partridge to some of the world's most hostile and spectacular environments. Over the past 20 years, his work has been shown on the BBC, Discovery, Channel 4, C5, ITV, National Geographic, Pathé Films, and 20th Century Fox. He has lectured on filmmaking to the Royal Television Society, HFF in Berlin, BAFTA, International Conferences, and the Royal Geographical Society. His written articles have appeared in many of the UK’s climbing and outdoor magazines. His book The Adventure Game charting his experiences in filming all over the planet is to be published in June 2015.

Geoff Pevere Film Critic and Author

Geoff Pevere has a long career in reviewing, writing, broadcasting and teaching. He was the host of CBC Radio’s Prime Time, Film International on TVOntario, and co-hosted Rogers Television’s Reel to Real. He reviewed movies for twelve years on CTV’s Canada AM and at the Toronto Star for ten. Pevere has published several books (Mondo Canuck, Gods of the Hammer) and is a regular film critic for The Globe and Mail.

Carmen Pollard Picture Editor

Carmen Pollard is an award-winning picture and story editor with a background in fine arts and visual effects. Since graduating from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1997, she has been working on feature films, performance-based works and television productions.

Her credits include everything from festival-circuit documentaries to multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbusters, screening internationally and airing throughout North America. Carmen has been nominated for a prime-time Emmy, a Gemini and several Leos. In addition to her work in film and television, Carmen has taught and mentored elementary to undergraduate film students in the Kootenays, Vancouver and the Yukon.

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Etienne Proulx Video Editor

Etienne Proulx is an assistant-editor, editor and technical consultant on a diverse range of projects in cinema and television in Montreal. For the last 10 years he has been involved in projects (documentary and fiction) including the award winning kids show Bookaboo (CBC) and the feature length animation film The Little Prince (in theatres in 2015).

He is passionate about new technologies and gives training on these new tools.

Ben Ratner Director, Down River

Ben Ratner is an award-winning actor, writer and director. He wrote, directed and co-starred in the feature film Moving Malcolm, which won many film festival awards. As a director Ratner has helmed the popular TV series Robson Arms. A protégé of renowned acting teacher and author Ivana Chubbuck, Ratner is a teacher to many of Canada’s top actors, and currently offers scene-study classes at his Haven Studio in Vancouver.

Naomi Snieckus Actor, Two 4 One

An actor, writer, improviser, voice artist, director, Naomi Snieckus is a regular on CBC’s hit comedy, Mr. D (Canadian Screen Award and Canadian Comedy Award winner). She is an alumnus of The Second City Toronto where she wrote and performed in five hit shows. Naomi is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of the 5-time Canadian comedy award-winning troupe The National Theatre of the World.

Dan Sokolowski Producer, Dawson City International Short Film Festival Director, Ghosts of the Joe Henry

Dan Sokolowski lives in Dawson City and is the producer of the Dawson City International Short Film Festival. His films have been shown at many film festivals and events around the world. Dan has worked on over 40 independent productions as cinematographer, animator, assistant director and editor. He also has taught courses in 16mm filmmaking, animation and studio arts.

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John Southworth Singer-songwriter

John Southworth is one of Canada’s most distinctive and iconoclastic music artists, respected for forging ahead with his own unique brand of music-making, while garnering high praise for his inimitable contribution. His songs have been covered by or written for Canadian artists Sarah Slean, Buck 65, Martin Tielli, Veda Hille, Hawksley Workman and Jully Black. John has also authored a children’s book, Daydreams for Night with illustrations by artist David Ouimet.

Christian Sparkes Director, Cast No Shadow

A native of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Christian Sparkes was one of five directors chosen from across Canada to participate in the CFC Directors’ Lab in Toronto. He has directed five short films, which have won awards and been screened at festivals across the world. Cast No Shadow is his debut feature.

Jennifer Spence Actor, Down River

Jennifer has had recurring roles on The 4400, Killer Instinct, and Da Vinci’s Inquest. She has had supporting roles in several movies of the week, among them Write and Wrong with Kirstie Alley. Other memorable projects include guest starring on CBC’s Northern Town.

She is presently gearing up to resume her regular series role on the award-winning Continuum, which is in its third season. It is a role for which she was also nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series.

Andrew Stratis Co-proprietor, Headless Owl Records

Whitehorse-based boutique record label Headless Owl Records. In the roughly two and half years since the inception of the label, Andrew has worked with such Canadian artists as The Burning Hell, Michael Feuerstack, Jon McKiel, and more. His various duties within the label include organizing all projects from inception to the finished product, cat wrangling, and some light typing. Currently, Headless Owl is working on projects with Toronto’s By Divine Right and songwriter Nick Ferrio. Andrew got his start in the music industry many years ago by agreeing to book concerts for bands touring to the Yukon, having little knowledge of how to pull that off.

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Julia Szucs Producer, Meltwater Media

Julia jumped into documentary filmmaking in 2004, on a grueling 500km kayak journey in Canada’s High Arctic, for the creation Abandoned in the Arctic. Catching the bug for remote wilderness filmmaking, she and her partner, Steven Smith, co-founders of Meltwater Media, took on two committing Arctic documentaries: Arctic Cliffhangers (2009), tracing of 35 years of research on arctic seabirds as harbingers of climate change, and Vanishing Point (2012) a first-person narrative on cultural adaptation through the eyes of an Inuit shaman’s direct descendant. Julia has been involved with the Banff Mountain Film Festival since 2008, and is currently consulting for northern documentary productions based in the Yukon.

Shirley Vercruysse Executive Producer, National Film Board of Canada, Pacific & Yukon Studio

Shirley Vercruysse is the Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada, Pacific & Yukon Studio, based in Vancouver BC. Prior to joining the NFB in February 2014, she was independent film and television producer based in Calgary Alberta. Credits include; Fubar II, the first Canadian film to open the high profile 'Midnight Madness' section of the Toronto International Film Festival; Radiant City, winner of the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Documentary & Waydowntown winner of the prestigious Toronto City Award for Best Canadian film at Toronto International Film Festival.

Kyle Tingley Writer, This Hour has 22 Minutes, The Gavin Crawford Show

Kyle Tingley has been a television writer and showrunner for 15 years. Together with Gavin Crawford he co-created, co-wrote and was executive producer for 3 seasons of the award-winning The Gavin Crawford Show for The Comedy Network/CTV. Kyle spent 3 seasons as a writer for CBC's flagship show, This Hour has 22 Minutes and served as head writer for an additional two. Winner of a Writers Guild of Canada Award and Canadian Comedy Award for writing, Kyle has been nominated for several Gemini Awards. In 2014, he received the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Comedy for his work on Gavin Crawford’s Wild West, as well as a CSA nomination for Best Comedy Program for CBC's Gavin Crawford’s Wild West.

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Catherine Warren Founder/President, FanTrust

Founder and president of FanTrust Entertainment Strategies, Catherine Warren is an executive strategist and producer for the broadcast, distribution and digital media industries. Her work has influenced Fortune 500 clients, producers, portals, and game corporations, providing them with new ways to captivate audiences, build revenues, produce multi platform content, secure financing and capitalize on innovation. She has helped develop the sports and music strategies and sales packages for second screen and other mobile tech, for the co-founder of MTV, and for clients to secure ESPN and NBA deals.

Everything Will Be Dir. Julia Kwan, BC Thursday February 12th 12:00pm Yukon Arts Centre This NFB-supported documentary by Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood: Vancouver’s once-thriving Chinatown, in the midst of a transformation that plays out across many ethnic enclaves in North America.

Hats off to director Kwan who managed to convince some very compelling community members to participate in this beautiful observational film.

In English and Cantonese with English subtitles.

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Winner of Best BC Film Honorable Mention at VIFF 2014

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