

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Talent to Watch 2026 Online Expert Panel
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 am
- **Event Description**: Cineworks is proud to present the ?????? ?? ????? ???? ?????? ?????? ?????!

In supporting prospective Talent to Watch entrants for this year, we will host a free online expert panel on March 10th, 2026, at 7pm PST. The panel will have the participation of successful Talent to Watch recipients where they will share their experience with prospective entrants for the upcoming competition.
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2026, at 7 pm PST via Zoom.

This event requires prior (free) registration to attend. Please follow the link to register - https://amsnetwork.ca/partners/cineworks/events/5-10293

Please note that the meeting link will be sent on the day of the event. Live captions will be available during the session.

Email education@cineworks.ca for more info.
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Jason Karman is a Vancouver-based Asian Canadian filmmaker whose work explores queer identity and diaspora with emotional honesty and audience-forward storytelling. His debut feature, GOLDEN DELICIOUS—supported by Telefilm Canada’s Talent to Watch—has screened at 62 festivals worldwide and won 14 awards, establishing him as a universally accessible voice in contemporary Canadian cinema. His short film LIONS IN WAITING was featured by Telefilm Canada’s Not Short on Talent at Clermont–Ferrand (2018) and screened at BFI Flare (2018).

In 2025, Jason was selected for the Racial Equity Screen Office (RESO) Producer Delegation at the Asian Contents &amp; Film Market (ACFM) in Busan, and for the DGC + VIFF Creative Business Hub Market Accelerator, expanding his network and co-production relationships across Canada and Asia. He holds an MFA in Film Production and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

Jason is currently developing his second feature, COLD START, written by Tammy Tsang, with development support from Telefilm Canada and Creative BC.

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Kristyn Stilling is a Vancouver based Producer with over 18 years of industry experience and the founder of Instilling Entertainment Inc.

Her first feature film, Golden Delicious, had its world premiere at VIFF in 2022 and was selected for over 60 festivals and won multiple Best Film and Audience Choice Awards. It was released theatrically in Canada through Vortex Media, is available on CBC Gem, and is being distributed worldwide. Her 2020 short film, FREYA, won 5 Leo Awards, including Best Short Film and played 30 film festivals and won numerous awards, before selling to CBC Gem and the Dust channel, where it has over a million views.

She is currently preparing to make her second feature in 2026, the surreal psychological thriller Switchback, with writer/director Melanie Jones, which won the TIFF/CBC screenwriter award in 2021 and is funded by Telefilm. She recently Co-Produced the indie feature, The Dregs, starring Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer), and Associate Produced Melanie Oates’ third feature, Stranger in Town, starring Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets, Heated Rivarly) and Sydney Topliffe (Wayward).

Kristyn is on the board of the Vancouver Short Film Festival and has previously worked for such prestigious organizations as the NFB, eOne, WFF, Crazy8s, and Kickstart Entertainment.

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Korean-Canadian director Arnold Lim was selected as a recipient of Telefilm’s Talent to Watch program twice, with past awards and grants from the B.C. Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, BravoFACT, the Harold Greenberg Fund and the DGCBC Greenlight Award. Lim is a graduate of the National Screen Institute’s Features First Program, and has been a programmer or juror for numerous film festivals, a video journalist of more than a decade, and Photography Manager for four Olympic Games. He hails from Victoria, B.C.

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Ana de Lara is an actor and stand-up comic turned filmmaker, who has won over 30 accolades for her films and screenplays in North America and Europe. She was the lead producer for the Telefilm Talent to Watch feature ALL-IN MADONNA, which earned her a nomination for the 2021 CMPA Emerging Producer Award and the 2021 BC Leo Award for Best Picture; and the award-winning feature mockumentary, OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS, which earned her a 2019 BC Leo Award nomination for Best Picture. De Lara has also written, directed, and produced a number of short films, most notably GOOD GIRLS DON’T, which aired on CBC Canadian Reflections and is currently playing on CBC Gem, Air Canada and Air Korea.
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Cineworks would like to thank our generous funders: BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, and the Province of British Columbia (Gaming) for making our services and programs supporting independent filmmakers possible.
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://amsnetwork.ca/partners/cineworks/events/5-10293?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=vancouver%2C+british+columbia-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Vancouver, British Columbia
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, Vancouver, British Columbia

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society (https://allevents.in/org/cineworks-independent-filmmakers-society/9359868)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, Vancouver, British Columbia
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, festivals, art, contests, meetups, theatre, literary-art, nonprofit, night-markets, storytelling
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