Board of Directors
Indigenous Advisory Council
Executive
Executive Director — Kyle Fostner
Festival Programming
Director of Programming — Curtis Woloschuk
Programmer & Program Lead — Sonja Baksa
Feature Film Coordinator & Associate Programmer — Ashley Sugimoto
Short Forum Programmer — Casey Wei
Short Film Coordinator & Associate Programmer — Jaewoo Kang
Documentary Programmer — Ruun Nuur
Portraits Programmer & Festival Director Emeritus — Alan Franey
Asian Cinema Programmer — PoChu AuYeung
MODES Programmer — T Bannister
Live Curator — Jarrett Martineau
Talks Curator — Ken Tsui
Program Coordinator — Jasmin Ghorbani
Associate Programmers — Cole Forrest, Tristin Greyeyes, Deepika Suseelan
Guest Programmers — Sophy Romvari
Programming Consultants — Kinga Binkowska, Taylor Bishop, Selwyn Jacob
Screening Committee (Feature Films)
William Banks
Janet Baron
Anabelle Bioret
Michelle Bjornson
Anja Block
Sasha Bondartchouk
Alison Cartan
Meghna Chatterjee
Jennifer Chen
Lauren Crawford
Bill Ehrcke
Xóchitl Gabriela Esquivel
Laura Frere
Jack Godwin
Ariane Hachem
Mia Lancaster Hernandez
Annie Rae Huston
Sam Jira
Deja Lytle
Ian Merkel
Stephen Morgan
Juan Pablo Saa
Adam PW Smith
Jonathan Stonehouse
Sam Streek
Arash Taheri
Mary Ungerleider
Donna Welstein
Screening Committee (Short Films)
David Avelino
Surya Balakrishnan
Samuel Courtney
Natalie Farahani
Josh Hamm
Kara Ditte Hansen
Mia Lancaster Hernandez
Michael Ioannou
Russell Jansen
Çağrı Koçyiğit
Yani Kong
Rai Lai
Evan Morien
Jessie Nagel
Sean Parshad
Lyndsay Pomerantz
Natasha Raichman
Isabel Rowe-Codner
Niloufar Samadi
Leslie Shaip
Lori Strong
Ruby Strong
Duygu Unal
Mary Ungerleider
Elodie Vaudandaine
Shan Yam Wai
Joel Warhaft
The Institute for the Moving Image
Director of the Institute for the Moving Image — Ana Belén Asfura
Institute Production Manager — Sarai Alonso
Institute Program Lead — Rame Ibrahim
Amp and Catalyst Coordinator — Sam Mohseni
Amp Curators — Rob Calder, Tony Scudellari
CFA Coordinator — Gabrielle Rutman
CFA Founder and Program Curator — Miriam Cutler
Catalyst Curator — Mariam Barry
Technical Producer — EventLAB
Technical Directors — James Ong, Eduardo Ottoni
Partnerships
Director of Corporate Partnerships — Colin Jarvis
Partnerships Manager — Epiphany Cooper
Government Relations Manager — Marla Penner
Development Coordinator — Perry Phalla
Community Giving
Director of Community Giving & Partnerships — Amanda Mercado
Memberships & Annual Giving Manager — Emma Leck
Marketing
Director of Marketing — Lainé Slater
Marketing Manager — Gemma Clear
Digital Communications Manager — Samara Malkin
Email Marketing Coordinator — Shelbie Jarvis
Community Outreach Coordinator — Hannâ Banian
Customer Service and Marketing Coordinator — Francesca Lim
Video Content Creators — Candelario Andrade, Julian La Brooy, Cindy Shi
Senior Graphic Designer — Steve Chow
Graphic Designers — Lee Abbott, Lillian Pham
Creative Agency: ZAK
Zia Somjee
Arvin Paelmo
Kristian Hay
Brett Boivin
Bella Sanchez
Mena McGill
Production Support: PostPro
Randy Egan
Kylie Kumar
Matthew Hayaashi
Mohammad Dastan
Julia Hostetler
Jordan Taylor
Social Media Team: Loose Lips Media
Brittany Tiplady
Genevieve Cheng
Dylan Moran
Angela Vannatter
Jasmine Wu
Publicity & Digital Marketing
Murray Paterson Marketing Group-Media Relations/Publicity
Bronwyn Henderson
Rona Goodman
Angela Vannatter
Murray Paterson Marketing Group-Digital Marketing
Festival Publications
Graphic Designer — Steve Chow
Editor — Patrick Geraghty
Contributing Writers
Mike Archibald
Mikaela Asfour
Sonja Baksa
T Bannister
Kinga Binkowska
Taylor Bishop
Tom Charity
Lawrence Garcia
Josh Hamm
Jaewoo Kang
Ruun Nuur
Sophy Romvari
Ashley Sugimoto
Deepika Suseelan
Casey Wei
Curtis Woloschuk
Business Office
Director of Finance — Linda Gorrie
Senior Accountant — Jason Kang
Business Administrative Coordinator — Ruthie Tabata
Operations
Director of Operations — Brie Koniczek
VIFF Centre Operations
Senior Operations Manager — Sean Wilson
Year-Round Programmer — Tom Charity
Rental Logistics Manager — J Bradford
Projection Manager — Ron Lacheur
Operations Coordinator — Aliya Breen
Information Systems Administrator — Yanan Liu
Technicians
Jurgen Beerwald
Bruno Benedetto
Ryan Ermacora
Tory Ip
Eirinn McHattie
Jana Rankov
Venue Managers
Bruno Benedetto
Giovana Birck
Zoe BT
Jason Deline
Max Frankel
David C Jones
Adam Karolewski
Wendy Louie
James Narvey
Lilah Orkin
Parv Sachdeva
Wangeci Warui
Kelly Zhou
Cashiers
Savannah Kemp
Austin Neaves
Joy McDerment
Concession Attendants
Jessica Kim
Max Frankel
Shawna Mackay
Alejandra Silva
Joseph Sun
Andrew Taillon
Dennis Tokarsky
Venue Operations
Venue Operations Manager — Matt Eger
Venue Operations Assistant Manager — Nizar Chiha
Venue Operations Coordinator — Sam Makkar
Venue Supervisors
Maleekah Ar-Rahiman
Zachary Starko
Jonathan Stonehouse
Tamika Tallio
Jenny Tennant
Venue Captains
Ellen Kibble
Annika Rambo
Yousef Sadat
Venue Managers
Dariush Afshari
Brittany Ayton
Ryan Barker
Paul Denis
Alison Cartan
Olivia Etey
Natalie Farahani
Maxwell Forsyth
Alma Garcia Angeles
Janet Glassford
Sean Gray
Melanie Kaklamanis
River Kero
Autumn LeClair
Sophie Linehan
Bindu Mathur
Christina McInulty
Megan Mitchell
Yasuhito Nakasato
Anne Marie Paquin
Kincky Phillpotts
Alina Quarin
Kai Rajala
Meric Solmaz
Rodney Stewart
Trey Truong
Fabian Uribe
Fernando Vargas
Sena Yurika
Rana Zokai
Kristy Zhou
Festival Cashiers
Allan Bishop
Isabelle Bottin
Saydie Bubniw
Alexandra Eaton
Maddy Ginn
Aidan Guerreiro
Elliot Hedley
Prudence Kelly-Andrews
Wade Nott
Camilo Ramirez Martinez
Shafi Sekalala
Mustafa Syed
Robert Tanikawa
Camryn Vaughan
Martina Vortel
Lisa Walker
Graham Wong
Christian Zakharchuk
Ticketing & Customer Service
Ticketing and Customer Service Manager — Abigail Bueno
Ticketing Coordinator — Justine Li
Customer Service and Marketing Coordinator — Francesca Lim
Customer Service Coordinator — Aliya Breen
Customer Service Representative — Savannah Kemp
Projection Crew
Jesse August
Jurgen Beerwald
Bruno Benedetto
Francisco Bonilla
Andreas Dracopol
Rich Eiboff
Ryan Ermacora
Tim Fernandes
Marshall Freund
Tory Ip
Jessica Johnson
Dave Jones
Matt Kunau
Ron Lacheur
Ingrid Lae
Benjamin Lavoie
Franklin Leung
Sydney Gordon
Ciara O’Donnell
Dave Page
Shana Schiopu
Graeme Scott
Garth Wiens
Colin Williscroft
Sarah Worden
Print Logistics
Print Logistics Manager — Eirinn McHattie
Print Logistics Coordinator — Jana Rankov
Volunteer Program
Volunteer and Staff Engagement Manager — Nate Johnson
Volunteer and Accessibility Coordinators — Sol Menzul, Gabriel Ramos
Guest Experience
Guest Experience Manager — Kristina Lao
Guest Travel Coordinators — Jackie Hoffart, May Yi Then
Gala Producer — Taryn Stephenson
Gala Coordinator — Cindy Dai
Transportation Coordinator — Robert Pryse
Drivers — Steve McNeil, Dan Yamenko