PECHAKUCHA GLOBAL NIGHT VOL.29 - SPECIAL EDITION: FILM
SEPTEMBER 20th • DOORS 6:30 • STARTS 7:30
VOGUE THEATRE • 918 GRANVILLE STREET
For one night the global PechaKucha community is coming together to celebrate each city's "Hidden Heroes." We have chosen to feature the hidden heroes of the Vancouver film industry. Tickets to PechaKucha Night Vol. 29 - Special Edition: FILM are now on sale at the Vogue Theatre.
Presenters
Carl Bessai - Director Raven West Films Watch Presentation
Carl Bessai is one of Canada’s leading directors of independent film. Based in Vancouver and Los Angeles, he has directed 14 feature films to date, all of which have garnered numerous national and international awards.
Gwenael Lewis - Creative Director New Document, Videographer at Bocci Watch Presentation
A filmmaker, storyteller, and design entrepreneur based in Vancouver, BC. Gwenael's growing obsession for visual story telling came to the forefront while working at Chanel. He has since collaborated with several international designers including Omer Arbel, Marcel Wanders and Maarten Baas.
Edo Van Breemen - Film Score Composer / Producer Watch Presentation
A classically trained composer, songwriter, and electronic music producer. Edo's stylistic versatility and ability to musically interpret narratives in an emotionally compelling manner have made him a go-to composer for a rapidly growing pool of renowned film directors and commercial production houses worldwide.
Andrea Chlebak - Digital Colorist, Digital Film Central Watch Presentation
Andrea Chlebak is the Senior Colorist and Director of Creative Services at Central, a boutique post-production facility in Vancouver, BC. Andrea most recently completed the final colour for Neill Blomkamp's feature film, Elysium.
Adrien Van Viersen - Illustrator/Filmmaker, Smashmedia Production Watch Presentation
Adrien's career as a storyboard artist began with Romeo Must Die, and continued with Dreamcatcher, X-men2, I-Robot, Incredible Hulk, Mission Impossible 4, and TV pilots Smallville, Supernatural, The Arrow, and Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Simon Barry - Creator/Show-Runner of Continuum Watch Presentation
Simon has sold Film and TV projects to Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Universal, Columbia, Working Title, CBS, FOX, FX, TNT, USA, and many independent companies. Feature Film credits include the Warner Bros. action thriller The Art of War and the micro budgeted independent Hamlet.
Kristin Lehman - Actress, Editor of This Fair Land Watch Presentation
Kristin's television credits include leading series regular roles on The Killing, Judging Amy, Felicity, Century City, Drive, Tilt and Strange World to name a few. Kristin can be seen playing Detective Angie Flynn on CTV’s primetime drama, Motive, or running her recently launched online magazine, This Fair Land.
Wayne Bennett - Film Producer, Organizer of Save BC Film Watch Presentation
Wayne has been a member of the Film and Television community for 23 years. In 2013, he became actively involved with "Save BC Film" in an effort to educate the public and our Government of the benefits of having an active and thriving Film and Television industry in BC.
Jesse James Miller - Writer/Director, Profile Films Watch Presentation
Jesse James Miller is a multi-award winning writer and director who's latest critically acclaimed feature film The Good Son: The life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini was described by the LA TIMES as "a powerful story of triumph & tragedy".
Damien Gillis - Co-Director Fractured Land Watch Presentation
A Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues – especially relating to water, energy and saving Canada’s wild salmon – working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world.
Maureen Webb - Co-Founder Project Limelight Society Watch Presentation
Maureen Webb co-founded (with her sister, Donalda Weaver) Project Limelight Society, a free performing arts program for young people living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. They also launched East of Main Cafe, in Chinatown, which donates 100% of its profits to Project Limelight.
Kevin Eastwood - Producer/Director of Optic Nerve Films Watch Presentation
The producer on two of BC's most successful homegrown feature films (the cult favourite Fido, and the Canadian box office hit, The Delicate Art of Parking). Currently directing The Emergency Room - a new series from Lark Productions that takes an unprecedented look inside the emergency room at VGH.
Opening Band - Brasstronaut
Emerging in 2008 with their debut Old World Lies EP, the Vancouver based sextet has developed a distinctly unique sound that defies genre pigeonholing."