Guest Panel & Feature Film Special Event
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Guest Panel & Feature Film Special Event 〰️
Fredrik Thorsen, Editor
Fredrik Thorsen is a writer, director, and editor. His first film, "Wake Linda", a half-hour drama, won numerous awards at international film festivals, including; the Palme d'Or (Grande Prize) at Huy World Festival of Short Films in Belgium, and the Best Fiction Film (short film category) at the Montreal World Film Festival. As an award-winning editor he has worked on eleven feature films, television pilots, and documentaries.
Feature Film 8pm
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Saturday April 5 6:30pm Guest Panel & 8:00pm Feature Film
Guest Panel 6:30pm
A group of Film Industry Professionals take the stage to discuss how they transform words in a script to images on screen.
Michael B. Adams, Moderator
Michael Bruce Adams is a produced writer with over 25 years of film and television production experience. Michael has written 37 feature film and television scripts and is a Script Consultant for feature films, documentaries and television series with clients in Canada, the US, China, Malaysia, Ghana, England and Spain.
Ellen Anderson, Costume Designer
Ellen Anderson is a Leo, CAFTCAD and Emmy nominated costume designer. Her credits include: Deadly Class, Jennifer’s Body, Nancy Drew, Monster High, and Baby-Sitter’s Club. She is currently the Costume Designer on the TV series Tracker, the number one show in North America on all platforms.
Jeff Insell, Set Designer
Jeff Insell is a professional Set Decorator working in Victoria for Film and Television for the past 7 years. A member of both IATSE and ACFC West Unions. Some of his credits include; “The Casket Girls” with Gabrielle Union, “A Christmas Less Travelled” with Candace Cameron Bure. Assistant Decorator on Chesapeake Shores S6 and Reginald the Vampire S2 with Jacob Batalon.
1/2 hour intermission
David Bercovici - Artieda, Cinematographer
David Bercovici-Artieda is an award-winning director and cinematographer dedicated to compassionate storytelling. With over 30 years in film and TV, his work explores resilience, justice, and human connection. A proud member of multiple guilds, he balances filmmaking with advocacy, historical narratives, and a deep passion for visual storytelling.
Ian Ebright, Director
Ian's feature debut as writer-director—The Way We Speak—stars SAG Awards nominee Patrick Fabian (Better Call Saul) and has been likened to the work of Aaron Sorkin by RogerEbert.com. Ian was honored to have the international premiere for his third short narrative Pinwheel Horizon at the 2024 Comox Valley International Film Festival.
Sweet Summer Pow Wow
Darrell Dennis, Vancouver Island, 92 minutes, English
A young Indigenous couple get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the Pow-Wow circuit.
