FEBRUARY 2019 BCBUSINESS 69 ILLUSTRATION: TONIA COWAN
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Vancouver International Film Festival
September 27 to October 12, 2018
This year's VIFF screened more than 340 films from 55 countries over 16 days, with festivities that included the opening
gala at the Vancouver Club, the BC Spotlight party at Blackbird Public House and the closing gala at Glowbal
A B O U T T OW N w i t h Pau l D uc h a r t
1. Anaïsa Visser, director, Bordered; Ingo Lou, co-producer and production manager, Crazy8s filmmaking competition; Paul
Armstrong, co-executive director and head of development, Crazy8s; Rhona Rees, actor, "Shuttlecock"; Emily Weldon,
event co-ordinator, Vancouver Short Film Festival; Avi Glazner, outreach, Vancouver Short Film Festival; and Julie Bruns,
actor/filmmaker
2. Alan Franey, director of international programming, VIFF; and Joel Edgerton, writer/director, Boy
Erased
3. Esther Cohen, agent, Characters Talent Agency; Zach Lipovsky, Best Emerging Filmmaker 2018 award–winner
for Freaks; and Alexandra Staseson, musician/actor
4. Cameron Monaghan, actor, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet;
Jacqueline Dupuis, executive director,
VIFF; and Peyton List, actor, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet 5. Alyssa Satow,
makeup artist; Greg Ng, editor, Finding Big Country; and Kat Jayme, director, Finding Big Country
6. Mackenzie Gray, actor;
Jane Craven, actress; and Kevin Eastwood, Gemini Award–winning producer
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T H I S M O N T H ' S Q U E S T I O N :
Do you prefer to be known as
an actor or actress?
Survey Says...
Our unscientific poll of random
female performers at the parties
25%
65%
10%
Actress
Actor
Don't care
