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As one of the five largest film festivals in North America, the Vancouver International Film Festival presents films from more than 70 countries on nine screens. This year's gala parties proved to be the best yet including the annual Brightlight Pictures party at CinCin; the VIFF Opening Gala at the Vancouver Club; the Lighthouse Pictures party at District 319 and the BC Spotlight Party at the Blackbird Public House.
As one of the five largest film festivals in North America, the Vancouver International Film Festival presents films from more than 70 countries on nine screens. This year’s gala parties proved to be the best yet including the annual Brightlight Pictures party at CinCin; the VIFF Opening Gala at the Vancouver Club; the Lighthouse Pictures party at District 319 and the BC Spotlight Party at the Blackbird Public House.
Founded in 1982, the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a not-for-profit cultural organization that operates the internationally acclaimed Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) and the year-round programming of the Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre.
From the festival film Ganjy, actor Aleks Paunovic; producer Tony Pantages; and writer/actor Ben Ratner
Van Helsing actress Jennifer Copping; Once Upon a Time actress Keegan Connor Tracy; When Calls the Heart actress Johannah Newmarch; and Pacific Artists agent Belinda Williams
Actor Richard Harmon; and Luke Perry, Riverdale actor, best known as Dylan from Beverly Hills 90210
Shawn Williamson, Brightlight Pictures founder and chairman; and Betty Gabriel, Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP partner
Neal Clarance, Cast & Crew Capital director of Canadian financial services; and Anna Kosturova, clothing designer
Shauna Hardy Mishaw, Whistler Film Festival Society executive director; and Nancy Mott, Vancouver Economic Commission manager digital entertainment & interactive
Aliyah O’Brien, Bates Motel actress; and Rukiya Bernard, Van Helsing actress
Babita Kumari, realtor; and Wally Oppal, Thompson Rivers University chancellor
Lakh Multani, Strategex partner; and Arthur Evrensel, Michael, Evrensel & Pawar LLP partner
Andrew Webster, Webster Talent agent; and Nathalie Boltt, actor/filmmaker
Lee Shorten, The Man in the High Castle actor; Katherine Brodsky, Variety writer; and Terry McEvoy, VIFF Canadian Images programmer
Ken Ingram; Elizabeth Hodgson, Hodgson Management principal; Tom Rowe, Reunion Pictures partner; and Jackson Davies, actor
Sarah Desjardins, Van Helsing actress; and Jodelle Ferland, Dark Matter actress
The infamous risotto cheese bowl at CinCin
Shawn Williamson, Brightlight Pictures founder and chairman; and festival film actor Aleks Paunovic, from Ganjy
April Telek, Rogue actress; and Sabrina Furminger, Westender columnist
Shaw TV’s The Travel Guys Darren Parkman and Jim Gordon
Brendan Fletcher, Lewis and Clark actor; and Uwe Boll, director and Bauhaus Restaurant owner
Maja Aro, filmmaker; Kate Kroll, producer/director; and Sarah Thomas Moffat, cinematographer
Fiona Forbes, LadyPants Productions co-founder; Michael Eklund, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency actor; and Mary Zilba, LadyPants co-founder
Jay Brazeau, actor; and Ona Grauer, Archer actress
Coby Derban, model; and Jorge Ramos, Wilhelmina Models international model manager
Carine Claire, actress; Paul Armstrong, Crazy 8s executive director
Shauna Johannesen, filmmaker; and her husband, James Danderfer, filmmaker and composer
Roger Larry, filmmaker; Sandra Linz, actress; and Paul Armstrong, Crazy 8s executive director
Zach Lipovsky, Mech-X4 director; and Esther Cohen, Carrier Talent agent
Colleen Hardwick, PlaceSpeak CEO; and Chris Ferguson, Oddfellows Entertainment producer
Charles Oliver, programmer; and Lisa Mazzotta, RiverBlue co-producer
Leonard Schein, VIFF founder and Coast Mental Health Foundation chair; and his wife, Barbara Small
Garry Chalk, actor; and his wife, Colleen Hardwick, PlaceSpeak CEO
Robyn Wiener, Numb producer; Dakota Daulby, Warrior’s Gate actor and Don Thompson, Finalé Post Production president
Jen Ainley, Kirk Talent agent; Jordan Drage, Integral Artists literary associate; and Candace Fulton, Kirk Talent agent
Maureen Webb, Castaway Productions casting director and Project Limelight co-founder; and her sister, Donalda Weaver, Project Limelight co-founder and executive director
Ben Ratner, Ganjy actor/writer/director/producer; and Rick Campanelli, ET Canada co-host
Paul Armstrong, Crazy 8s executive director; Laura Murray, makeup artist; Jamie Goehring, Lighthouse Pictures co-founder; and Craig Stowe, Luxury & Supercar Weekend founder and president and Luxury Alliance Group founder/president
David James Lewis, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency actor; and Laura Adkin, The Goodnight Kiss writer/director
Nicole Oliver, Marrying the Family actress and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic voice actress; Chris Ainscough, Ganjy composer; and Paul Duchart, Fifty Shades Freed actor
Lighthouse Pictures co-founders Shawn Williamson and Jamie Goehring
Mackenzie Gray, actor of many TV series and films; and U&I talk show host Louise Uwacu
Rebecca Staab, Live Like Line actress; and Candace Fulton, Kirk Talent agent
Rick Campanelli, ET Canada co-host ; April Telek, Rogue actress; and Cole Hauser, Rogue actor
Erica Pantages; and her husband, Tony Pantages, Ganjy producer
Kenny Blanchet, Matcon Excavation and Shoring heavy equipment operator; and Hayley Matches, producer
Rick Campanelli, ET Canada co-host; Colleen Kirk, The Kirk Group founder; Lesley Diana, The Promotion People principal; and Steve Bacic, Garage Sale Mystery actor
Kailey Spear, Spear Sisters Productions co-founder and actor/writer/director; Mary Galloway, the Kevin Spacey Foundation prize-winning filmmaker for her directorial debut Unintentional Mother; Barbara Gregusova, costume designer and jewellery artist; and Samantha Spear, Spear Sisters Productions co-founder and actor/writer/director
Melanie Hawthorne-Toogood; Premiere Talent Management agent; Ari Wise, Core Music Agency principal; Pamela Wise, Premiere Talent Management manager; and Claudia Da Ponte, fashion stylist
Ari Wise, Core Music Agency principal; and his wife, Pamela Wise, Premiere Talent manager
Nikki Elek, actor/director; and Nicole Oliver, Marrying the Family actress and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic voice actress
Alex Cendese, actor/writer/producer; and his wife, Gabrielle Cendese, actress best known for Canadian series Corner Gas
Jesse James Miller; filmmaker/director; and Jason Whyte, eFilmCritic! editor
Samantha Spear and Kailey Spear, twin sister principals of Spear Sisters Productions and The Twilight Saga: The Mary Alice Brandon File directors
The Romeo Section creator and writer Chris Haddock with cast members and ET Canada‘s Rick Campanelli