October 22nd, 12.30pm-2pm, NIFCO
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What drives successful film and TV? What makes a dream team? What makes a project work?
A creative conversation between Telefilm, Distribution and Broadcasting to discuss how to build work that is story driven and unique enough to stand out in today’s market, and how to build content that will stand […]
October 22nd, 10am-11.30am, NIFCO
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Aimed at producers, distributors and filmmakers, we invite you to meet VICE Canada and learn the business model behind one of the strongest global media companies in the world. As an industry leader in original video for the web, learn how they balance dozens of original series franchises along with […]
October 21st, 3pm-4.30pm, NIFCO
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This panel will focus on how successful Canadian dramatic television series found a unique voice and built their audiences from the writing room as well as creative marketing and fan outreach strategies, with an emphasis on webisodes, smart expansions to second screen apps.
Presented by CBC NL
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October 21st, 12.30pm-2pm, The Rocket Room
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Born in Dublin, Ireland and joining us now from the UK, multi-award-winning director and writer Aisling Walsh joins us to discuss her prolific career, including her recent feature film Maudie, which was shot in Newfoundland & Labrador and starred Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins. Walsh studied Fine Art […]
October 21st, 10am-11.30am, NIFCO
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With people reaching for their mobile devices or laptops to watch new content, web series are the new calling cards for filmmakers. How do we successfully build audiences for new dramatic series created exclusively for the web?
Presented by Bell Fund
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October 20th, 3pm-4.30pm – NIFCO
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International co-productions open doors to filmmakers wanting to access the new markets, connect with successful storytellers and tap into new funding bodies eager to work with Canadian creators. Learn how to work across borders and build attractive projects to bring international business partnerships.
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October 20, 12.30pm-2pm – The Rocket Room
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Oscar and Academy Award-winning producer/director/writer Brigitte Berman joins us to discuss her prolific career, including her recent feature documentary film The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent. With over 20 years of experience working in the film and television industry, Berman has produced and […]
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October 23rd, 7pm-9pm – LSPU Hall – Buy Tickets
Maudie
DIRECTOR: Aisling Walsh
WRITER: Sherry White
PRODUCER: Mary Sexton
RUNTIME: 90mins
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: With a bravura performance by Sally Hawkins as the titular figure, Maudie is an uncannily brilliant profile of the much-revered folk artist. Nova Scotia-based Maud Lewis famously suffered from crippling arthritis. The loneliness […]
October 23rd, 12pm-2pm – LSPU Hall – Buy Tickets
Window Horses
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Ann Marie Fleming
PRODUCERS: Ann Marie Fleming, Shirley Vercruysse, Michael Fukushima
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sandra Oh
RUNTIME: 99mins
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: Ann Marie Fleming is a long-time festival darling, having graced our screens with her totally brilliant animated shorts, always first-class executions of illustrative storytelling. Frankly, we have never ever […]
October 22nd, 3pm-4.30pm – LSPU Hall – Buy Tickets
Father’s Day
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Arizona O’Neill
PRODUCER: The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
RUNNTIME: 10min 09sec
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: Austen, a 12-year-old girl, lives with her single mother in Montreal. Throughout the film, Austen examines whether she is exhibiting the negative traits that experts associate with girls from single parent homes. A […]
