RACHEL TALALAY
Rachel Talalay’s eclectic career spans four decades of directing and producing. She recently completely directing Yaga, a mini-series for Crave with the new superstar Hudson Williams and Carrie Ann Moss.
Her best known work includes directing classics of British television: eight episodes of Doctor Who, the acclaimed BBC Sherlock series, the final installment of Good Omens, and American television, including American Gods, Marvel’s Iron Fist, DC’s Doom Patrol, Quantum Leap, Riverdale, Sabrina, SuperGirl, and The Flash.
CAROLINE STERN
Caroline Stern is a Vancouver-based Film Sales Executive, Producer, and founder of Canoe Films. Caroline has launched over 250 titles internationally including J-Horror films The Ring, Dark Water, and The Grudge, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, and BAFTA-nominated Keyboard Fantasies. Caroline’s producing credits include Netflix-released Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (co-producer), Vice Media-released documentary, One Man and His Shoes (exec producer), and gothic horror Raven’s Hollow (Producer), an AMC Shudder Original based on events in the life of a young Edgar Allan Poe.
MATT DRAKE
Matt Drake is a Canadian film producer, post-production supervisor, sound designer, and co-founder of Moon7 based in Vancouver.
His credits include Luk’Luk’I, Never Steady, Never Still, Adventures in Public School, Hunting Matthew Nichols, and Lucky Star.
SEAN HARRIS OLIVER
Sean Harris Oliver is a Canadian film producer who most recently wrote and produced the award-winning independent horror feature Hunting Matthew Nichols, which received seven Leo Award nominations, and was the winner of FilmQuest’s 2024 Best Found Footage Feature Film. Sean helped spearhead and develop an innovative self-distribution theatrical model, releasing Hunting Matthew Nichols on more than 900 screens across North America. The film went on to earn more than $700,000 at the domestic box office, and was subsequently acquired by IFC/Shudder and Bell Media.
KURTIS DAVID HARDER
Kurtis David Harder is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer whose acclaimed thriller Influencers hit theatres in 2025. The follow-up to his viral social-media horror film Influencer, the film cements Harder as one of the most compelling new voices in genre cinema.
CASEY WALKER
Casey Walker’s 26-year career has spanned Emmy Award-winning television, cult genre cinema, and Cannes-calibre historical horror. Casey Walker has consistently done things his own way — and consistently come out ahead. His is a filmography defined not by the path of least resistance but by the conviction that the stories worth telling are the ones worth fighting for.
His latest feature, Ithaqua will hold its BC Premiere at VHS 2026.