VIFF Amp nurtures, educates, and champions emerging and newly established music professionals with unique career development opportunities designed to help them thrive.
VIFF Amp 2024 will take place during the 43rd annual Vancouver International Film Festival.
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Community Broadcast Partner
Music in Media Summit 2024
A program for songwriters, composers, music supervisors, music entrepreneurs, managers, and filmmakers
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Gain free access to exclusive mentorship from experts in the film, television, digital media, and music industries
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Attend curated masterclasses, case studies, panel discussions, and musical showcases
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Receive a $250 CAD stipend to go towards your professional development (eligibility criteria applies)
Amp Applications are now closed.
Composer Filmmaker Accelerator 2024
A program for emerging composers
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Work under the guidance of Emmy-nominated composer Miriam Cutler
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Experience 5 weeks of remote learning with established filmmakers and music industry leaders, culminating with a week in-person at VIFF Amp 2024
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Compose, record, and perform an original score with the world-class Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at one of Vancouver’s premier studios, The Warehouse Studios
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Get access to the VIFF Amp 2024 Music in Media Summit
CFA Applications are now closed.
SOUNDOFF 2024
Are you dreaming of hearing your music in Film & TV?
SOUNDOFF is a showcasing platform during VIFF Amp with a focus on song placement in Film and TV. Artists will perform two original songs and connect with a panel of domestic and international music supervisors.
Submissions close July 26. Artists must be available between October 1 – 4, 2024.
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Speakers
The strength of VIFF Amp is the quality and depth of our mentors and speakers. Our expert curators bring in the very best music supervisors, composers, musicians, and film industry professionals working today. Drawing from Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, Europe, and Asia, the program invites a diverse group of leading-edge professionals who provide insight and experience to attendees, derived from their own successful careers. VIFF Amp’s full line-up will be announced in the run up to September.
Curators
Amp is curated by Tony Scudellari and Rob Calder. Tony oversees all aspects of music for Sony Pictures Television’s programming, and is also the lead creative executive for the division’s music releases. Rob has been an active part of Canada’s creative industries for over 20 years. He is known for building impactful events and growing audiences and community.
Success Stories
Chan Brothers
Vancouver composers Brian and Caleb Chan attended VIFF Amp in 2020, where they met Frank Garcia from DreamWorks, as part of an animation panel. This resulted in them landing two animated series. In 2021, Arbel Bedak of Spectra Creative Agency met the duo and chose to represent them. Through Tony Scudellari and Sony Pictures Television, the Chan brothers were selected to score two series: Panhandle, produced by Nick Stoller (Bros, Neighbors), and Alert, produced by Carla Kettner (Bones, The Blacklist).
DeAndre James Allen-Toole & Madison Anglin
Issa Rae’s label and music supervision company, Raedio, is in discussions with both CFA graduates for potential scoring opportunities, a direct result of the orchestral reels created as part of the CFA program.
Mina Samy
One of last year’s CFA composers reports he had “added credibility and confidence” from taking part. This resulted in him landing his first composing project with Academy Award-winning UK studio Slick Films. Mina also signed a contract with Oticons, an agency for film composers, after the head of the agency heard his music and saw his CFA reel.
Bukola
A local singer songwriter who participated in VIFF Amp in 2020 and 2021 drew high praise from invited international music supervisors and impressed the ear of composer Natalie Holt. Holt, an accomplished composer on Marvel and Star Wars projects, was a 2021 speaker at Amp, and heard Bukola at the SOUNDOFF showcase. Holt subsequently hired Bukola to do original vocals for the film The Princess.
What Attendees are Saying
I can safely say that I took away nuggets of wisdom from every session I attended. I found that all of the panelists and speakers were very open to sharing info on their approach and how indie musicians and composers can make headway in the sync world.
If you are a composer or a songwriter looking to write for TV or Film, this is the event to attend. Easily my favourite industry event of the year!
I have wanted to go into film composition for some time and it felt impossible to even try the first steps. With Amp, a new world has opened for me.