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VIFF StAFF

Board of Directors
Larry Beasley, Brad Birarda, Lynda Brown, Colin Browne, Rudy Buttignol, Diane Clement, Scott Dunlop, Reverend Peter Elliot, Michael G. Francis (Chair), Thomas Fung, Mary Pat Gleeson, Dave Hewitt, Winnie Leong, Jeff Lucas, Terrence McEvoy (on leave), Dr. Anthony Shelton, Mara Sinclair, Robert Phillips, Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Terry Whitehead

Programming

Alan Franey
Festival Director

PoChu AuYeung
Program Manager

Mark Peranson
Program Associate

Terry McEvoy
Canadian Images Programmer

Program Secretary
Stephanie Anderson

Sarah Muff
Canadian Images
Associate Programmer

Shelly Kraicer
Dragons & Tigers Programmer

Tony Rayns
Dragons & Tigers Programmer

Program Consultants
Chris Adkins
Tom Charity
Pavol Hell
Alissa Simon
Jack Vermee

International Screening Committee
Kathy Evans, Venay Felton, Robert & Gretchen Ingram, Ben Milne, Dorothy Woodend.

Canadian Images Programming Assistant
Stephanie Damgaard

Canadian Images Screening Committee
Mike Archibald
Laura Anderson
Jürgen Beerwald
Nicole Brazeau
Michelle Bjørnsen
Anne Breaky
Susan Buie
Wendy Dallian
Melissa Flagg
Jean-Denis Rouette
Iain Sinclair
Mara Sinclair
Janos Sitar

Canadian Images Contributing Writers
Mike Archibald, Nicole Brazeau, Susan Buie, Stephanie Damgaard, Terry McEvoy, Sarah Muff, Janos Sitar

The Film & Television Forum

Forum Producer
Frances Bergin

Forum Creative Director
Helen duToit

Forum Coordinator

Silke Zimmermann

Publicist
Shelley Grainger

Marketing Manager
Sasha Iwanick

 

Administration

Festival Director
Alan Franey

Director of Development and Communications
Betty Verkuil

Business Manager
Janine Easton

Bookkeeper
Yogi Omar

Program Manager
PoChu AuYeung

Operations Manager
Zoe Quinn

Sponsorship and Development Officer
Chuck Gregory

IT Manager
Travis Neel

Office Manager

Chris Adkins (year-round)
Gina Garenkooper (Festival)

Office Assistants
Tammy Bannister
Katarina Hlivarova
YoYo Jian
Erika Kenning
Paola Reategui

Volunteer Coordinator
Sue Cormier

Sponsorship and Special Events Interns
Gaelle Renzaglia-Denham
Felix Reer

Publications

Editor
Jack Vermee

Associate Editor

Dorothy Woodend

Publications Coordinator
Lawrence Boxall

DTP Coordinator
Salena Keath

Website Manager
Tania Alekson

Publicity and Promotions

Marketing Director
Laine Slater

Media Director/ Publicist (Canadian Images & Spotlight on France)
Ellie O'Day

Senior Publicist (Cinema of Our Time & NonFiction Features)
Helen Yagi

Publicist (Dragons & Tigers)
Andrew Poon

Media Coordinator
Melanie Thompson

Outreach Coordinator
Sasha Iwanick

Distribution Coordinator
Andrew Wright

HOSPITALITY

Hospitality Suite Manager
Eunhee Cha

Hospitality Suite Assistant Manager  
Cara Yeates / Lindy Yeates

Foreign Guest Coordinator   
Theresa Ho

Transportation Coordinator  
Dennis McCrossan

Food and Beverage Coordinator     Lillooet Fox

Gala Coordinator  
Sheila Galati

Prints

Print Traffic Coordinator
Kathy Evans

Print Traffic Coordinator
Chris Adkins

Print Transport
Murray Barker

Night Print Transport
Sophie Leevers

GUEST TRAVEL

Guest Coordinator
Steve Martindale

Guest Coordinator
Michael Wipf

Exhibitions

Exhibitions Manager
Robert Albanese

Box Office

Box Office Manager
Mickey Brazeau

Box Office Assistant
Lora Haber