Signals Creative Tech Expo 2024, a premier event jointly organized by DigiBC and the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), is set to be a pinnacle in the realm of creative technology, showcasing innovative storytelling across video games, XR (extended reality), virtual production, and AI. This year’s expo, held from September 27 to October 6, promises to delve deeper into themes that resonate with the current global socio-political climate, while continuing to celebrate the rich cultural narratives and technological advancements of Canadian and Indigenous artists.
Programming at Signals 2024 includes:
Beta Lounge: Interactive Digital Media Conference (Sept 27-28) is an exclusive two-day event within the expo, tailored for high-level discussions and networking in the XR and gaming sectors. In collaboration with XP Gaming, the conference will support indie game producers and creators in understanding the essential aspects of the video game business, including funding, marketing, game design, and post-mortems.
FutureCraft: AI Symposium (Oct 2-3) will be highlighting creatives who are experimenting with AI tools to amplify their storytelling. Through panels, artist features and special screenings, FutureCraft will explore the distinctions between disruptive technologies and innovation, focusing on empowering human creativity rather than replacing it.
Signals Exhibition is our annual showcase of innovative storytelling in video games, immersive, virtual and augmented reality, virtual production and AI from top Canadian and Indigenous artists. During exhibition hours, audiences can step inside immersive digital worlds, test new video games, and connect to new artists and cultures by exploring the 20+ experiences at our newly transformed warehouse in False Creek Flats.
Presented by
Supported by
The Signals Studio at The Centre for Digital Media
#160 – 577 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC
Sept 29 & Oct 6
Oct 2, 3 & 5
Book Tickets
Missing VIFF? Check out what's playing at the VIFF Centre
The Other Side of Hope
Khaled, a Syrian (Sherwan Haji), washes up on Finland's glum shores and becomes an unlikely friend to a middle-aged Finnish shirt salesman (Sakari Kuosmanen) in the midst of remaking his life. Compassionate and wryly funny by turns.
Silent Friend
In this entrancing reverie from On Body and Soul director Ildikó Enyedi, we are invited to contemplate several human specimens from the vantage point of a mighty Ginkgo biloba tree on the grounds of a German university.
The Art of Adventure
The unbelievable adventure story of how painter Robert Bateman and ecologist Bristol Foster drove a Land Rover from Africa to Australia in 1957, developing a love of nature to last a lifetime. An inspirational love letter to the adventure of life itself.
Miles Davis 100! Elevator to the Gallows + Julian Borkowski
24-year-old Louis Malle came out of the gate with this cool noir about a perfect murder that goes horribly wrong. A man (Maurice Ronet) kills his boss in his office, only to get stuck in the lift... Meanwhile his lover (Jeanne Moreau) is going frantic.