TABLE TALKS / NETWORKING MIXER

Event Details

Event type: All Ages

Creative Industries Day: TABLE TALKS / NETWORKING MIXER

Presented by KCFF and Queen’s Film & Media

Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, 390 King St W, Kingston ON

3:30 - 5:30PM, Friday Feb 28

The final event of Industry Day at the Isabel, The Table Talks / Networking Mixer is your chance to connect with KCFF guests, industry pros, Queen’s alumni, key unions and organizations for practical advice on how to break into the Canadian film and media industry.

Join in casual discussions with dozens of industry pros from all corners of the creative industries, including directors, writers, cinematographers, actors, musicians, editors, critics and much more! This event is best suited to students, aspiring filmmakers, and local industry looking to connect. 

Guests will be announced in the weeks to come, and all panel speakers are expected to participate. This event is free, but make sure that you register as there is limited space. 

Table Talks Participants *

- Alex Harrison, Cinematics Director, Ubisoft

- Allie Pearse, Writer, Letterkenny, Shoresy

- Andrew Barnsley, CEO & Executive Producer, Project 10 Productions

- Carly Williams, Editor & Producer, Masterpiece

- Christian Kelley, Director of Scripted Television, Counterfeit Pictures

- Dylan Gamble, Composer, Paying for It

- Elan Mastai, Writer & Producer, This Is Us, The F Word (What If)

- Evan Bard, Director, Masterpiece

- Jason Gilmore, Creative Director & Editor, Urgency Company

- Jordan Dawson, Performer & Co-Founder, Rutledge Films

- Kara Haflidson, Producer, New Metric Media

- Karen Chapman, Director, Village Keeper

- Liz Stanwyck, Head of Development, Toronto International Festival of Authors

- Malcolm White, Portfolio Manager, Global Equity (Technology), BMO

- Meaghan Brander, Film Commissioner, Prince Edward Island

- Melissa Susan Eapen, Art Director & Producer, Visual Menace

- Michael Souther, Executive Producer & Co-President, Amaze Film & Television

- Olivia Stadler, Writer, Letterkenny, Shoresy

- Samantha Morris Mastai, Producer & Creative Executive, Roundabout Pictures

- Sook-Yin Lee, Director, Paying for It

* Partial list & may be subject to change

Participating Companies/Organizations:

- The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

- ACTRA Toronto

- DGC Ontario (Director’s Guild of Canada)

- IATSE Local 411

- IATSE Local 667

- IATSE Local 873

- NABET 700-M UNIFOR

- Queen’s Film & Media

- Sony Canada

- The Toronto International Film Festival

- WIFT (Women in Film & Television Toronto)

The Networking Reception is sponsored by Queen’s Advancement.

This event is supported by the City of Kingston, Arts & Culture Services as part of ongoing investment in the creative industries, as well as the Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning.