VIFF Industry + Exchange 2015

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