12/12/2025
Another wonderful Whistler Film Festival ( )
It was an inspiring, electric few days at WFF. It was great to celebrate amazing creators, connect with our friends in the industry and wander through the village (or sometimes running through the village to get to the next meeting).
As always, the highlight of the festival for our organization is the Screen BC Short Film Pitch.
5 incredible filmmakers pitched their projects to a live audience with only 15 minutes to present their ideas and answer any questions by our panel of judges.
The 5 pitch participants were chosen out of 37 projects submitted this year.
Their voices, vision and personal connections to their stories were inspiring. We want to thank them all for their thoughtful and exciting proposals.
Ana Carrizales, La Loba ( )
Kevin Ang, After Party ()
Alex Vance, Cryptid ( )
Lauren Marsden, Angela ()
Anaïsa Visser, Franken Me ( )
We are pleased to announce the Screen BC Short Film Award winner is Kevin Ang with After Party 🎉
The pitch for After Party was poignant, heart wrenching and a beautiful exploration of the afterlife. Looking forward to seeing this next year!
What a treat, we also screened Norman Li’s (.yi.li ) film, Adverse Possession, a wonderful, wild ride of a horror film with incredible performances and some terrifying twists and turns.
A huge thank you to our in person judging panel:
Lynne Lee ( )
Corey Payette ( )
Kurt Harder ( )
Our moderator:
Hans Dayal ( )
Our event producer:
Kristyn Stilling ( )
Our deliberation panel:
Julie Stangland
Teri Snelgrove ( )
Dominique Roy ( )
Thank you to the whole team at Creative BC (thank you Robin Macabulos and Mathew Parry), BC Film Commissioner Marnie Gee and our board Treasurer, Amy Lang, for the introduction to our short film award.
And of course, a huge thank you to our entire Screen BC ( ) board, and our Executive Director, Leslie Wootton, for their ongoing support of the Short Film Award.
