Meet the Creative Minds Shifting Cinema and Culture
VIFF Industry is a series of curated conversations, master classes, case studies, and panels featured during our festival for accredited filmmakers and industry professionals. The sessions are an opportunity for industry experts and media creatives to connect behind the scenes and learn from each other.
This year we’re celebrating our industry’s creative disruptors with a close-up on rising talent, new genres, and critically acclaimed productions shifting culture and cinema.
A creative disruptor sparks good trouble by urging the film industry to re-envision what’s possible. Through their original, unapologetic, and imaginative points of view, these artistic voices are game changers. By pairing leaders in our field with exciting new talent, I hope to paint a fuller picture of who makes our sector. As a programmer, I am interested in the intersections of where the traditional meets the new. That boiling point of tension and possibility is where the most thrilling work is born. I hope these sessions offer delightful conversations to our local film community and open up the space for new partnerships to begin.
Mariam Barry, VIFF Industry Curator
Highlights This Year
Redefining Genre Filmmaking
Black creatives discuss their approach to creating genre-bending cinema which showcase the breadth of Black horror, Black sci-fi, and Black fantasy films.
Disrupting Form in Documentary
Dive into new formats of storytelling led by filmmakers using multimedia and hybrid genres to create compelling documentaries.
Presented by
In Conversation with the DSO
An ask-me-anything panel with the Disability Screen Office.
Rethinking Documentary Marketing
How can documentary filmmakers bring greater visibility to their projects? Creative leaders share their strategies on harnessing social media to build community.
Supported by
Books to Screen: Adapting Local IP
In this case study, members of the creative team from Murder In a Small Town (Global/FOX), a new drama series based on BC writer L.R. Wright’s novel, will discuss the intellectual property pathway from novel to screen adaptation.
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Betting on Yourself: Short Form Edition
Meet the multi-hyphenate creatives behind breakout short-form projects. In a moderated talk celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ storytelling, two filmmakers discuss how they accelerated their own success through their original scripted series.
Gen Z On Set
How can productions keep young performers safe on set? Youth actors (The Last of Us…etc) take the mic in this moderated discussion about renewing set culture featuring a kids content producer.
This session will have ASL interpretation.
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Directing Breakthrough Television
Join a roundtable of prominent directors revealing how to make your mark within a hit TV series.
Register for VIFF's Artist & Industry Pass
Wherever you are on your journey, VIFF’s Artist & Industry Pass is your chance to go behind the scenes and meet the creatives shaping today’s cinema.
You’ll get to meet the leaders behind the films you love, hear how they bring images to life with magical scores, and discover the next wave of digital storytellers making their mark on screen.