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.
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.
EDMON ROTEA
Edmon Rotea is an Edmonton-based documentary and feature film producer committed to supporting filmmakers from diverse and underrepresented communities. His producing credits include the TELUS Storyhive documentary The Line and the acclaimed independent horror feature Skinamarink, which opened in nearly 700 theatres worldwide and was named one of the best horror films of 2023 by Variety and Rolling Stone.
TIM RIEDEL
Tim Riedel is a Red River Métis filmmaker from Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. Working across film, television, and streaming, he began his career in animation before moving into documentary filmmaking and developing a practice rooted in ethical storytelling and the representation of marginalized communities. His credits include the award-winning documentary Jackstones and the upcoming psychological horror feature Ancestral Beasts, which he wrote, directed, and produced. The film draws on Métis identity, intergenerational trauma, and the horror of mental illness.
ALEX MONTILLA
I've been making movies since high school. When my friends and I took over the morning announcements, we saw an opportunity to produce short films for a captive audience (and by that, I mean an audience that literally had to watch. The entire school was held hostage by our silliness).
KEN KABATOFF
Ken Kabatoff is an award-nominated writer, director, and producer with more than eighteen years of experience in film and television. His work has reached millions of viewers worldwide, including three seasons on the acclaimed Netflix science-fiction series Travelers, where he advanced to co-producer. In 2020, he received a Writers Guild of Canada Award nomination for Best Drama Series for his final episode of the show. As a director, Ken has created multiple short films that screened internationally. He received the Directors Guild of Canada BC Emerging Greenlight Award to direct The Doukhobor, a deeply personal horror film that became a key creative calling card. He recently completed his feature directorial debut, Remnant, an independently financed horror film that is entering the festival and international sales marketplace.
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.
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.
MACKENZIE DONALDSON
Mackenzie Donaldson is a Toronto- and Los Angeles-based producer, director, and writer. She is currently Senior Vice President of Scripted Television at Blink49 Studios, where she oversees a slate of ambitious, globally minded scripted projects. Her producing credits include the Emmy-, Peabody-, and Canadian Screen Award-winning series Orphan Black, the Emmy-nominated series Snowpiercer, and the documentaries Citizen Bio and The Abnormal Beauty Company.
SHANNON BAKER
Shannon Baker, an Indigenous Actor from the Stellat'en First Nation reserve is Dakelh Dene. Shannon was raised by her Grandmother on her reserve in Northern B.C., Canada. Shannon is an actor, producer, writer and TV host. Shannon's television experiences include TV shows such as: "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION", ""BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE", "BONES OF CROWS" and “SMALLVILLE". She also appeared in Justin Ducharme's Seventeen which had it's world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.