ALFF Industry Conference 2018

ALFF

FEB 2-11

INDUSTRY

NETWORKING | WORKSHOPS | CLOSE-UP SESSIONS | PANELS | PITCH EVENT

Welcome to the 9th Annual Available Light Film Festival Industry Conference!

As always, this year’s ALFF Industry Conference aims to develop Yukon Filmmakers’ skills as producers and directors, create new networking opportunities, and inspire creators. We’re excited to welcome more than 40 visiting guests who will gain first-hand knowledge and understanding of Yukon culture, its filmmakers, and the stories and experiences that make this region so unique. We’d also like to extend a special welcome to all the filmmakers and industry personnel from the Northwest Territories who have made the trip to ALFF. This year, the conference features sessions on distribution and marketing, festival strategy, financing and networking. There will be master classes with award-winning film industry talents: director and producer Mila Aung-Thwin and veteran narrative filmmaker Ingrid Veninger. The conference will also feature a keynote address from esteemed broadcaster and curator Jesse Wente and a special presentation about the National Film Board of Canada featuring Government Film Commissioner and NFB/ONF Chairperson, Claude Joli-Coeur.

The Yukon is home to some of the most remarkable stories in the world. It’s a place of plentiful talent and passionate storytellers. This year’s festival features the greatest amount of northern content ever presented at the Available Light Film Festival. The northern film scene may be small by comparison to other parts of Canada, but it is strong and vibrant. Yukon filmmakers continue to receive recognition on the national and international stage and we’re pleased to offer them continuing professional development opportunities at ALFF Industry.

Enjoy the festival and conference!

Vivian Belik ALFF Industry Producer

Passes and Registration ALFF Industry Passes: $150/$125 YFS Production Members Individual ALFF Industry Workshop Tickets: $25/$20 YFS Production Members

ALFF Industry Passes are available in person at YFS (212 Lambert St above Uniglobe Travel) or by phone (867) 393-3456, at the door (cash and credit) and online at alff.ca.

Registration gives you access to all ALFF Industry events: panels, workshops, master classes, networking events and receptions. Pre-register for individual workshops by contacting alffi@yukonfilmsociety.com. Payment accepted: cash and credit card.

Available Light Cabaret (Old Fire Hall)

Jim Bryson and Rob Dickson: $22 Kim Beggs with Justin Haynes: $22 Sputnik live film score: $12 K!mmortal: $12

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213 Range Road, Whitehorse, YT

1•888•407•7681 www.drivingforce.ca

Festival and Conference Team Andrew Connors

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Vivan Belik

CO-PROGRAMMER

Erin Corbett

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Karen Baltgailis Helen O’Connor SPONSORSHIP

Guiniveve Lalena

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Victoria Kennedy SOCIAL MEDIA

Helen O’Connor VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Alexandra Knowles

TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR

Jona Barr

Rebecca Manias

Rosie Stuckless

Mike Wilson Jona Barr

HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR VENUE MANAGER

ALFF INDUSTRY ASSISTANT

Alexandra Marvar

CABARET SOUND TECH

Marty O’Brien

ALFF INDUSTRY TECH + VIDEO PRODUCTION

GUEST SERVICES + PRODUCTION SUPPORT LEAD PROJECTIONIST

Takashi Simon-Sakurai David Curtis PROJECTIONISTS

Bran Ram Dar Mustafa

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE

Vivian Belik

ALFF INDUSTRY PRODUCER

Jessica Hall Craig Carpenter

Outpost 31 Neil Macdonald David Hamelin Jayden Soroka

FESTIVAL TRAILER PRODUCTION

Erik Pinkerton Alistair Maitland

FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Thank You Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, The Finnish Film Foundation, Zone Festival, Mongrel Media, Telefilm Canada, Punk Films, Anyes Fabre-Dimsdale, Dead North Film Festival, Yellowknife International Film Festival, Western Arctic Moving Pictures, Jesse Wente, Stephanie McArthur, Geoff Pevere, Charles Wilkinson, Tina Schliessler, Dave Barber, ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival, National Film Board of Canada, Jane Gutteridge, Yukon First Nations Culture & Tourism Association, Lynn Feasey, Andrew Gregg, Mathieya Alatini, Films We Like, Elevation Pictures, Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, EyeSteelFilm, New Zealand Film Commission, Pacific Northwest Pictures, Emily Alden, Yves Ma, F3M, Stranger Productions, Vice Canada, The Archive, AUTLOOK Filmsales GmbH, Canadian Filipino Association of the Yukon, Sarah Beard, Northern Pictures, Thunderbird Releasing, Amazon Studios, Samuel Goldwyn Pictures, Taylor Devorsky, Ariane Giroux-Dallaire, MK2 Milend, Synergetic Distribution, La Tournée Québec Cinéma, François Lemieux, Virginie Hamel, Documentary Organization of Canada, Screen Production Yukon Association, Duncan Sinclair, Jeremy Emerson, Jay Bulckaert, Pablo Saravanja, Iris Merritt, Dylan Soo, Christopher Griffiths, Josh Jansen, Becky Moffat, Matt Poushinsky, Andrew Seymour, Patrick Matheson, Courtney Wheelton, Jacqui Usiskin, Becky Moffat, Henry Connors.

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ALFF Industry Guests

FULL GUEST BIOS AT ALFF.CA

Mila Aung-Thwin

DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER, LET THERE BE LIGHT PRODUCER, EYESTEELFILM

Kerry Barber

DIRECTOR, DEAR HATETTS

Murray Battle

DIRECTOR OF ORIGINAL CONTENT, KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

Lesley Birchard

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE, CBC UNSCRIPTED

Jennifer Bowen PRODUCER, LAST RESORT

James Brown

Jay Bulckaert

ARTLESS COLLECTIVE

Julian Carrington

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER, HOT DOCS

Peter Clarkson

DIRECTOR, END OF THE ICE AGE

Nathalie Clermont

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, CANADA MEDIA FUND

Teresa Earle

PRODUCER, JOURNEYS TO ADÄKA

Josh Epstein

PRODUCER, ADVENTURES IN PUBLIC SCHOOL

PRODUCER, NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL

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ALFF Industry Guests

FULL GUEST BIOS AT ALFF.CA

Max Fraser

Shayla Howell

Marc Glassman

Cynthia Hunt

Elisa Gonzalez

Daniel Janke

Andrew Gregg

Claude Joli-Coeur

PRODUCER, HOOTALINQUA MOTION PICTURES

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR, PLANET IN FOCUS FILM FESTIVAL

CO-DIRECTOR, THE QUIET ZONE

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, SECRETS FROM THE ICE

Jessica Hall

DIRECTOR, LEFT HAND PATH

Kathleen Hepburn

DIRECTOR, NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL

DIRECTOR, END OF THE ICE AGE

DIRECTOR, ICE FLOW

COMPOSER, MOUNTAIN OF SGAANA

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FILM COMMISSIONER, CHAIRPERSON: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Lulu Keating

DIRECTOR, SNAKE HIPS LULU

Michelle Latimer

DIRECTOR, RISE: STANDING ROCK PARTS I & II AND NUUCA 10

ALFF Industry Guests

FULL GUEST BIOS AT ALFF.CA

Camilla MacEachern

NWT FILM COMMISSIONER

Neil Macdonald CREATIVE, OUTPOST 31

Naomi Mark

CREATIVE, MIDNIGHT LIGHT MEDIA

Chris McNutt

MANAGER AND PRODUCER, NORTHWESTEL COMMUNITY TV

Iris Merritt

MANAGER, YUKON MEDIA DEVELOPMENT

Kelly Milner

PRODUCER, CAMERA TRAP

Stéphanie Morissette PRODUCER, LES AFFAMÉS

Fritz Mueller

DIRECTOR, JOURNEYS TO ADÄKA

Marty O’Brien DIRECTOR, CAMERA TRAP

Einari Paakkanen

DIRECTOR, MY FATHER FROM SIRIUS

Carmen Pollard DIRECTOR, FOR DEAR LIFE

Keith Robertson DIRECTOR, BAIT!

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ALFF Industry Guests

FULL GUEST BIOS AT ALFF.CA

Madelaine Russo

Ingrid Veninger

Pablo Saravanja

Shirley Vercruysse

INDUSTRY PROGRAMMER, HOT DOCS

CREATIVE, ARTLESS COLLECTIVE

Dan Sokolowksi

DIRECTOR, POND PRODUCER, DAWSON CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

James Swirsky

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, BLINKWORKS

DIRECTOR, PORCUPINE LAKE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA, PACIFIC & YUKON STUDIO

Jesse Wente

GUEST CURATOR AND PRODUCER

Melanie Wood

DIRECTOR, SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING PRODUCER, FOR DEAR LIFE

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OFH KDCC YAC B+B MD *

Old Fire Hall, 1105 Front St Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 Front St | Artist Studio (AS), Multi Purpose Rm (MP) Yukon Arts Centre, 300 College Dr | Main Theatre (YAC), Studio Theatre (YAC Studio) Birch+Bear, Waterfront Station, #120 2237 2nd Ave Miner’s Daughter, 103 Main St Free Public Event

TIME

FRIDAY, FEB 2

VENUE

12:30 – 1pm

ALFF Industry Registration

KDCC (AS)

1 – 4pm

Hot Docs Budgeting for Emerging Filmmakers Workshop

KDCC (AS)

5 – 7pm

ALFF Industry Meet ’n’ Greet + Industry Registration

B+B

SATURDAY, FEB 3

10 – 11am

The Highs and Lows of Filming in the North: Production Stories from the Yukon + NWT

KDCC (AS)

11:30am – 12:30pm

Close-up Session: Producing with CBC Short Docs

KDCC (AS)

1 – 2:30pm

ALFF Industry Keynote Address – Jesse Wente*

KDCC (MP)

6 – 7:30pm

ALFF Pitch Event*

KDCC (MP)

SUNDAY, FEB 4

11am – 12:30pm

Whose Story is it Anyway? Protocols and Responsibilities to Indigenous Communities. Panel discussion.*

OFH

1:30 – 2:30pm

Close-up Session: The National Film Board of Canada*

OFH

5:30pm

Opening Gala Reception

YAC

6:30pm

Opening Gala: Shut Up And Say Something & Dear Hatetts YAC

9:30pm

Gala After Party featuring music by JaBig

MD

MONDAY, FEB 5

9:30 – 10:30am

Public Financing and Production Panel

OFH

10:45 – 11:45am

Close-up Session: Producing with Knowledge Network

OFH

1 – 2:30pm

One-on-One Networking Event

OFH

5 – 6:30pm

SPYA’s Industry Spotlight Reception

YAC Studio

TUESDAY, FEB 6

9 – 10:30am

Festival Strategy with Julian Carrington

OFH

10:45am – 12pm

Leveraging What’s Local: Why You Should Be Making Films With Northwestel

OFH

4 – 6pm

CBC Radio Live at Available Light!

Musical Guest: Jim Bryson

OFH

8:30 – 11pm

Available Light Cabaret: Jim Bryson and Rob Dickson

OFH

WEDNESDAY, FEB 7

9 – 11:30am

Documentary Production Master Class with Mila Aung-Thwin

OFH

8:30 – 11pm

Available Light Cabaret: Kim Beggs with Justin Haynes

OFH

TIME

THURSDAY, FEB 8

VENUE

9:30 – 11am

Marketing and Distributing Your Film with The Indie Game’s James Swirsky

OFH

8:30 – 11pm

Available Light Cabaret: Sputnik performs live to Nosferatu OFH FRIDAY, FEB 9

8:30 – 11pm

Available Light Cabaret: K!mmortal

OFH

SATURDAY, FEB 10

10 – 11:30am

Producing/Directing Science Documentaries for CBC

YAC Studio

SUNDAY, FEB 11

10am – 12pm

Directing and Acting with Ingrid Veninger

ALFF INDUSTRY PRESENTING PARTNERS

YFS ANNUAL SUPPORT

PREMIER SPONSORS

MAJOR SPONSORS

INDUSTRY SPONSORS

YAC Studio

Friday, Feb 2 12:30 – 1pm | ALFF Industry Registration VENUE: KDCC ARTIST STUDIO

1 – 4pm | Hot Docs Budgeting for Emerging Filmmakers Workshop VENUE: KDCC ARTIST STUDIO

NOTE: SPACE IS LIMITED!

The budgeting and financial needs of each documentary project are completely dependent on the needs of the subject and style of a particular film. As such, the Budgeting for Emerging Filmmakers Workshop is not step-by-step, but offers an overview of best practices to guide you through your next project. Preparedness and adaptability are the most vital tools when maintaining a budget over the lifecycle of a film, and this workshop was prepared in consultation with some of the most experienced creative and line producers working in documentary production today.

In this workshop, emerging filmmakers will learn which bare bone member of a production is necessary to keep track of your financials, the most important line items to budget accurately, shooting with crews abroad versus at home, the expenses that raise flags with financiers, how to budget in partnership with your co-production partners at home and abroad, how and where to allocate your tax credits, and best practices for clearing music and archival rights.

We will also review key lines within a sample budget template that is specific to Canadian filmmakers. Exercises include reviewing sample budgets, and one’s own budget, based on learning from the workshop. Please bring your top line budget with you! Presented by Madelaine Russo, Industry Programmer, Hot Docs International Film Festival.

5 – 7pm | ALFF Industry Meet ’n’ Greet + Industry Registration VENUE: BIRCH + BEAR, WATERFRONT STATION

Festival Guests and ALFF Industry Pass-holders. Cash bar. Catered.

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Saturday, Feb 3 10 – 11am | The Highs and Lows of Filming in the North: Production Stories from the Yukon + NWT VENUE: KDCC ARTIST STUDIO

Filming in the North offers niche opportunities to capture stories that can’t be found anywhere else—but it doesn’t come without its own set of difficulties. In this roundtable four northern filmmakers discuss the current state of filming in the North. Featuring Yukon filmmakers Neil Macdonald and Naomi Mark (Whitehorse), Pablo Saravanja (Yellowknife) and Peter Clarkson (Inuvik). Moderated by Yukon filmmaker Teresa Earle.

11:30am – 12:30pm | Close-up Session: Producing with CBC Short Docs VENUE: KDCC ARTIST STUDIO

CBC Docs launched its digital strand Short Docs in the spring of 2016, and since then it has become a pillar of CBC’s digital and documentary programming. From Oscar-shortlisted Frame 394 to the viral success 100 and Counting: Secrets to a Long Life to CSA-nominated Tshiuetin, CBC Short Docs have resonated worldwide and have created opportunities for emerging documentary filmmakers to share their stories with international audiences. Lesley Birchard from CBC Short Docs discusses her thoughts on what—and who—has made Short Docs a success with audiences, what she’s looking for in pitches, and how a digital-first approach has shaped how CBC is working with content creators.

1 – 2:30pm | ALFF Industry Keynote Address – Jesse Wente VENUE: KDCC MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM

FREE PUBLIC EVENT

The Yukon Film Society is honoured to host Ojibwe broadcaster, film critic, producer and guest curator of ALFF 2018, Jesse Wente, who will deliver a keynote address on the importance of storytelling. Born and raised in Toronto, his family hails from Chicago and the Serpent River First Nation. Jesse spent 11 years with the Toronto International Film Festival, the last seven as Head of Film Programmes at the Lightbox, where he has curated retrospectives on Stanley Kubrick, Michael Mann, and First Peoples Cinema. Jesse is also a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, where he has covered film and culture for 21 years. Wente is currently co-producing his first film, a screen adaptation of Thomas King’s best-selling book, The Inconvenient Indian. His curated short film series Keep Calm and Decolonize was released by the CBC in November.

6 – 7:30pm | ALFF Pitch Event VENUE: KDCC MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM

FREE PUBLIC EVENT

Sponsored by the Department of Economic Development and the Yukon Film Society, Yukon and visiting filmmakers will pitch their short film projects to guest panelists in front of a live audience vying for $10,000 in cash prizes and production services. Includes a screening of: A Spark in the Dark (Dir. Chris & James Healey, 16 min) This doc shares the perspectives of four Tinder users in Dawson City. ALFF Pitch winner, 2016.

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Sunday, Feb 4 11am – 12:30pm | Whose Story is it Anyway?

Protocols and Responsibilities to Indigenous Communities. Panel discussion.

VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

FREE PUBLIC EVENT

2017 was a wake-up call for how artists have succeeded—and also failed—in adequately representing and working in partnership with Indigenous communities. When a filmmaker or artist is working with Indigenous storytellers and stories what responsibilities and protocols should be followed? Panelists include Ojibwe broadcaster and film curator Jesse Wente, Métis/ Algonquin filmmaker Michelle Latimer, Ktunaxa writer Troy Sebastian, Production Executive for CBC Unscripted Lesley Birchard, and Executive Producer of the National Film Board BC & Yukon Studio Shirley Vercruysse. Moderated by Teslin Tlingit filmmaker, Carol Geddes.

1:30 – 2:30pm | Close-up Session: The National Film Board of Canada VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

FREE PUBLIC EVENT

This session provides national and regional overviews of the projects and priorities of Canada’s NFB. Presented by Mr. Claude Joli-Coeur, Chairperson of NFB/ONF and Shirley Vercruysse, Executive Producer of BC and Yukon Studio.

5:30pm | Opening Gala Reception VENUE: YUKON ARTS CENTRE

6:30pm | Opening Gala: Shut Up And Say Something and Dear Hatetts VENUE: YUKON ARTS CENTRE

Director Melanie Wood and special guests Shane Koyczan and Len Koyczan in attendance.

Opening remarks by Murray Battle, Director of Original Content, Knowledge Network; Nathalie Clermont, Director of Program Management, Canada Media Fund and Nils Clarke, MLA and speaker of the Yukon Legislature, Yukon Government. Festival welcome by Kwanlin Dün First Nation councilor, Sean Smith.

9:30pm | Gala After Party featuring music by JaBig VENUE: MINER’S DAUGHTER, 103 MAIN STREET

ALFF Industry Pass-holders, Festival Guests and invited guests.

SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING

DEAR HATETTS

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Monday, Feb 5 9:30 – 10:30am | Public Financing and Production Panel VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

In this roundtable discussion, representatives from public film and digital media funding bodies explain program updates from their respective organizations. Panelists include: Manger of Yukon Media Development, Iris Merritt; NWT Film Commissioner Camilla MacEachern; Executive Producer of BC and Yukon Studio, Shirley Vercruysse; and Canada Media Fund Director of Program Management, Nathalie Clermont. Industry participants will have a chance to ask questions about program changes and requirements and gain a deeper understanding of major public funds in Canada.

10:45 – 11:45am | Close-up Session: Producing with Knowledge Network VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

British Columbia’s Knowledge Network is an independent public broadcaster responsible for such acclaimed series and shows as Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH, Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World, former Yukoner Mitch Miyagawa’s A Sorry State, Shut Up And Say Something, and For Dear Life. Although focusing largely on BC-based stories, the broadcaster also looks north to the Yukon for content. In this session Executive Producer Murray Battle, discusses Knowledge Network’s current mandate and the type of stories they’re looking for.

1 – 2:30pm | One-on-One Networking Event VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

Twenty-minute networking meetings by appointment Contact: alffi@yukonfilmsociety.com to register Industry participants are given the unique chance to meet industry delegates (in private or small groups) to pitch their ideas and receive professional feedback on projects. This activity encourages Yukon film and media producers to establish personal and professional relationships early in the festival week.

Guests include: Shirley Vercruysse (National Film Board of Canada); Marc Glassman (Planet in Focus Film Festival); Lesley Birchard (CBC); Mila Aung-Thwin (EyeSteelFilm); Murray Battle (Knowledge Network); Chris McNutt (Northwestel); Michelle Latimer (Streel Films); Julian Carrington (Hot Docs Distribution); Nathalie Clermont (Canada Media Fund) 5 – 6:30pm | SPYA’s Industry Spotlight Reception VENUE: YUKON ARTS CENTRE STUDIO THEATRE

Presented by Screen Production Yukon Association (SPYA). Yukon Filmmaker celebration.

Join local filmmakers for drinks and catered snacks.

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Tuesday, Feb 6 9 – 10:30am | Festival Strategy with Julian Carrington VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

Learn how to engage audiences worldwide and maximize your film’s reach at festivals and markets. Festivals are important starting points in the commercial life of a film but applying to festivals can be overwhelming and costly. Which festivals are best positioned to maximize your particular goals, where should you premiere and what is the best way to make sure your film gets seen by the right people? Join Hot Docs Distribution Manager and former Documentary Organization of Canada ‘Festival Concierge’ Julian Carrington in conversation with Planet in Focus Film Festival director Marc Glassman as they discuss these questions.

10:45am – 12pm | Leveraging What’s Local: Why You Should Be Making Films With Northwestel VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

In the 2017-18 funding year, Northwestel Community TV triggered almost $700K in funding to independent producers through the Canada Media Fund Northern Incentive Program and similar values through NWT and Yukon Territorial funding. But Northwestel also works with filmmakers and creators in numerous capacities helping lift projects both big and small.

Community TV Manager Chris McNutt, NWT filmmaker Jay Bulckaert and Yukon filmmaker, Kelly Milner will describe recent successful projects to examine various funding options and project development models available through working with Northwestel. Moderated by Lulu Keating.

4 – 6pm | CBC Radio Live at Available Light! Musical Guest: Jim Bryson VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

FREE PUBLIC EVENT

Live music performances and conversations with filmmakers and media creators. Hosted by Dave White in a live broadcast of CBC Yukon’s Airplay.

8:30 – 11pm | Available Light Cabaret: Jim Bryson and Rob Dickson VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

TICKETS: $22

Ontario singer-songwriter Jim Bryson and Yukon musician Rob Dickson in an intimate concert that also serves as an informal showcase to visiting ALFF Industry delegates. Jim Bryson is from Canada’s small town capital city, Ottawa. His songs are flush with endearing tales culled from the town he calls home. They have been described as “folk songs played with rock instruments” and “rock songs played with folk instruments”, while in truth they consistently lilt and sway between the two.

Opening for Jim Bryson is Whitehorse’s Rob Dickson. Rising from the quiet reflection of his debut, Dickson is charged with emotion, and armed with lyrically dense songs referencing elements of folk, post rock and art pop.

Accompanying both singers will be Jordy Walker on drums and Micah Smith on bass.

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Wednesday, Feb 7 9 – 11:30am | Documentary Production Master Class with Mila Aung-Thwin VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

Join award-winning producer and director Mila Aung-Thwin as he discusses pitching, producing and documentary storytelling. Co-founder of EyeSteelFilm, Aung-Thwin has produced more than 35 feature documentaries, including Up the Yangtze, Forest of the Dancing Spirits, and the Emmy Award-winning Last Train Home. Most recently, he directed and produced Let There Be Light (premiere at SXSW 2017 and ALFF 2018) about the quest for the perfect energy source. He served as president for five years of RIDM, Montreal’s international documentary festival, as well as juror for the International Emmy Awards, AFI DOCS, the New Zealand Film Awards, and the Sundance Film Festival. He has also taught documentary film programs to emerging filmmakers in places such as Canada, China and Myanmar.

8:30 – 11pm | Available Light Cabaret: Kim Beggs + Justin Haynes VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

TICKETS: $22

Sweet-voiced songstress Kim Beggs celebrates the CD Release of her fifth recording: Said Little Sparrow. Beggs has a timbre that is folksy, earthy, and woodsy all at once–natural–sounding, of course, but more than that: her voice is as her other gifts, quite simply pure. This comes through on each song of Said Little Sparrow.” ~Fervorcoulee Composer, guitarist and improviser Justin Haynes (Toronto) opens and accompanies Kim. Although his own collaborations with artists such as Ryan Driver, Stephen Parkinson, Jean Martin, Nick Fraser and Brodie West, live firmly in the worlds of experimental/improvised music and free jazz, Justin Haynes has also worked with folk artists Kim Barlow, and Oh Susanna; and is a member of songwriter John Southworth’s band The South Seas.

JIM BRYSON

KIM BEGGS

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Thursday, Feb 8 9:30 – 11am | Marketing and Distributing Your Film with The Indie Game’s James Swirsky VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

This workshop tells the hugely successful distribution story of Indie Game: The Movie.

Following the film from its very first moments to its premiere at Sundance Film Festival to present day where the film has reached significant audiences and financially grossed more money than most independent documentaries. James presents a case study that concentrates on building communities and audience around your work. Focus is placed on the techniques and thought needed to leverage audiences and technology to execute effective distribution and marketing strategies. These include strategies that take into consideration not only your film’s initial release but also the film’s long tail (with its ever-increasing importance).

8:30 – 11pm | Available Light Cabaret: Sputnik performs live to Nosferatu VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

TICKETS: $12

Whitehorse space-rockers Aiden Tentrees, Zach Pelland and Patrick Hamilton, unleash a newly improvised live music score to the 1922 German expressionist horror film, Nosferatu.

Friday, Feb 9 8:30 – 11pm | Available Light Cabaret: K!mmortal VENUE: OLD FIRE HALL

TICKETS: $12

K!mmortal collaborates with Thomas Ulgasan, choreographer and dancer at Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks as well as participants of the Spontaneous Collaborative Creation workshop. K!mmortal is a musician, spoken word artist, filmmaker and visual artist. As a queer Filipinx based on unceded Coast Salish Territory aka Vancouver, K!mmortal creates complex soul and experimental hiphop that shreds with high-powered lyricism mixed with field recordings and visual projections.

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K!MMORTAL

Saturday, Feb 10 10 – 11:30am | Producing/Directing Science Documentaries for CBC VENUE: YUKON ARTS CENTRE STUDIO THEATRE

The Yukon is fertile ground for northern-based science stories. Producer Andrew Gregg discusses how to turn these stories into documentaries for the CBC’s The Nature of Things, Canada’s leading science-based television show. Andrew got his start making documentaries in the 1980s with Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon which spring-boarded him into producing for CBC. As an independent producer he’s traveled the world gathering stories for CBC, CTV, National Geographic, Discovery, History Television and more. In 2017 he released three films: The Tea Explorer (Documentary Channel), Secrets from the Ice (The Nature of Things) and most recently, Skinhead (CBC Docs POV).

Sunday, Feb 11 10am – 12pm | Directing and Acting with Ingrid Veninger VENUE: YUKON ARTS CENTRE STUDIO THEATRE

In her feature film, Porcupine Lake, director Ingrid Veninger skillfully builds a touching relationship between her two lead characters: one who is a formally trained actress (who was recently nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her role in Porcupine Lake) and the other who has never acted before on-screen. In this workshop Ingrid discusses her process in directing Porcupine Lake and pulls examples from previous narrative films she’s directed.

Ingrid’s work delves into the mechanics and mysteries of human intimacy. Her films are cinematic explorations of characters engaged in searches—literal and metaphorical—for themselves and for what binds them to, or drives them away from others. She takes inspiration from Canada’s ‘direct cinema’ documentary legends: Don Owen, Claude Jutra and Allan King.

Her earlier films include: He Hated Pigeons, The Animal Project, i am a good person/i am a bad person and Modra. This workshop is meant for both actors and directors.

PORCUPINE LAKE

INGRID VENINGER

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