AI Film Club: 04/09
Monthly screenings, technical deep-dives, and creative experiments with AI tools transforming film and media production.
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Event recap
April’s AI Film Club brought the community back to Multimodal Media Lab for a practical evening of filmmaker conversation, tool demos, prompt experiments, and hallway-level shop talk about where AI is already changing production.
The program moved from Mark Achbar’s filmmaker perspective into Kevin Friel’s argument that context is becoming a new creative form, then into Neo Wang’s Wemio demo, AI sound design workflows inside DaVinci Resolve, the Appetite prompt challenge, and community announcements.
Michelle Diamond’s gallery captures the full arc of the night: arrivals and courtyard portraits, people reconnecting before the show, presenters at the front of the room, audience reactions, projected work, and the small conversations that turn a tool demo into shared creative practice.
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Event: AI Film Club: 04/09
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM PDT
Location: 375 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6, Canada
Join us for BC + AI Film Club a community-driven space where filmmakers, VFX artists, editors, writers, and creative technologists explore AI tools transforming the film industry.
We combine film screenings with technical deep-dives, creative experiments, and real talk about how AI is changing production, post, distribution, and storytelling itself.
This is about filmmakers taking control of the tools, understanding what’s possible, and deciding how we want to use them.
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Who Should Come?
All levels welcome. Whether you’re AI-curious or already deep in generative workflows, there’s space for you here.
Filmmakers & Creators: Directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, VFX artists, sound designers, screenwriters
Technologists: AI researchers, software engineers, technical artists, creative technologists
Students & Emerging: Film students, career transitioners, aspiring filmmakers, creative experimenters
Industry Professionals: Established filmmakers exploring AI, production company reps, festival programmers
Hosts:
Kevin Friel: Nura Studios filmmaker, VFX artist, AI film production specialist with 25+ years traditional + cutting-edge generative workflows. The “Punk Rock AI” guy.
Kris Krüg: Creative technologist and community instigator exploring how AI reshapes culture, creativity, and collective power.
Community Support: Brian Hockenstein, Luke Minaker, Mayumi Rollins and active member volunteers
Our Philosophy
Human Creativity First: AI as tool, not replacement. Artist maintains creative control. Artistic integrity paramount.
Transparency: Disclose AI usage. Be honest about capabilities and limitations. Share learnings openly.
Collaboration: Support fellow filmmakers. Share knowledge generously. Build together, not compete.
Accessibility: Tools for all budget levels. Democratize filmmaking technology. Support emerging creators.
AI Tools We Explore
- Scriptwriting: AI writing assistants, character development, story structure
- Visual Production: Runway, Pika, Veo, Kling, Midjourney, ComfyUI
- Post-Production: AI editing, color grading, VFX generation, enhancement
- Audio & Music: Udio, Suno, ElevenLabs, sound effect generation
- Marketing: Trailer generation, social media content, audience analytics
Community Culture
150 filmmakers and creatives in our WhatsApp community. Active discussions about tools, techniques, collaborations, and creative experiments.
Monthly screenings since June 2025. Planning 2nd Annual BC + AI Film Festival for October 2026. Building BC as a creative AI filmmaking hub.
About the Venue
Multimodal Media Lab empowers creators worldwide with AI-driven tools that transcend traditional limitations. Based in Vancouver, BC MML pushes the boundaries of AI cinema production while equipping others to do the same. At the intersection of AI and XR, MML explores the evolution from storytelling to storyliving… where narratives become spatial, interactive, and embodied experiences.
By blending cutting-edge AI video production with immersive technologies and hands-on education, MML is redefining how stories are created, experienced, and shared.
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About BC + AI Ecosystem Association
BC + AI is the province-wide layer: a community-driven, nonprofit industry association built to create public-interest infrastructure for AI in British Columbia.
Not a corporate lobby. Not a think tank. A commons where meetups turn into working groups, prototypes turn into shared tools, and community values turn into governance.
Vancouver AI was just the start. The ecosystem keeps growing across BC… Surrey, Victoria, Kelowna, and beyond… each node bringing its own culture, needs, and experiments.
Join / support: https://bc-ai.ca/membership/
About Vancouver AI
Vancouver AI is a neural network of curious humans mapping the terrain between technology and consciousness. We bridge art galleries and research labs, corporate towers and garage workshops because the future doesn’t get built in one kind of room.
We run monthly gatherings where builders, researchers, artists, educators, founders, and students trade demos, tools, ethics, and hard questions. No gatekeeping. No outside agenda. Just a self-organizing community that gives a damn about where this revolution goes and who gets to steer.
About BC + AI Ecosystem Association
BC + AI is the province-wide layer: a community-driven, nonprofit industry association built to create public-interest infrastructure for AI in British Columbia.
Not a corporate lobby. Not a think tank. A commons where meetups turn into working groups, prototypes turn into shared tools, and community values turn into governance.
Join / support: https://bc-ai.ca/membership/
