Practice makes perfect! — Updated 1 week ago
Saturday January 17th, 2026 starting at 10AM (PST)
Address: 1573 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1P9
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We’re expanding on our pitching workshop from last year to try something audacious. There’s no denying that pitching is one of THE HARDEST parts of getting your projects off the ground. It’s also true that there aren’t a lot of resources available to help people practice in a safe space with trusted feedback.
Filmable is hosting a one-of-a-kind pitching workshop series to help our community gain more confidence in their pitches. Let’s be renowned for our pitching prowess!
Workshop 1 - Pitching 101
This workshop is open to everyone and will focus on the key parts of any pitch: the verbal pitch and the visual deck. Led by experts in their fields, participants will come away with more tools to help refine and strengthen their pitches.
Date: Saturday, Jan 17th
Location: Franklin Commons, 1573 East Pender Street
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Workshop 2 - Pitch-A-Thon
Practice makes perfect pitches. In this workshop, selected participants will apply their knowledge from the first workshop into a real world scenario by pitching their projects to local indie producers and receive constructive feedback on both their visual and verbal pitches.
Please note, this workshop has limited space. Only participants who have applied for Workshop 1 are eligible to apply for Workshop 2.
Date: Saturday, Jan 31st
Location: Franklin Commons, 1573 East Pender Street
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Applications for both workshops are due by Friday Dec 19th @ 11:59PM
Participants will be notified for both workshops by Monday Jan 5th.
*We will ask each participant to pay a non-refundable commitment fee of $25 per workshop which will go towards refreshments, snacks and helping Filmable continue offering accessible opportunities to our community.*
**If the workshop fee is a barrier for you, please reach out. We want to make sure this opportunity is accessible to everyone.**
These workshops are generously supported by The Government of Canada, Creative BC and Franklin Commons.
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Rob Cooper - Verbal Pitch Facilitator
Writer, director and executive producer Robert Cooper has been involved in the creation of over 400 episodes of television. His latest series Unspeakable, for CBC and Sundance TV, chronicled the Canadian tainted blood tragedy and was produced through his production company. He is also known for co-creating and showrunning the record-breaking 17 season Stargate television franchise for MGM. Robert has won several awards including two Best Series awards and a Canadian Writer’s Guild award for best dramatic screenplay. In 2009, he was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award for contribution to the British Columbia television industry. He currently sits on the board of the Pacific Screenwriting Program.
Kristyn Stilling - Written Pitch Facilitator
Kristyn Stilling is a Vancouver based Producer with over 14 years of 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 700k 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 has received Telefilm production financing. 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) 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.
Mona Fani - Visual Pitch Facilitator
Mona Fani is a multi-media designer and producer. With a background in live-action production design, she helps directors translate story ideas into distinct visual narratives for creative teams.
She is currently an animation producer at Ordinary Folk, where she champions artists and creative projects.
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