AI Film Club: 05/14
The tools keep changing.
The community keeps showing up.
That’s the whole story.
This month is Web Summit week, which means 20,000 (allegedly!) people are in town to talk about AI.
Most of them will leave without having made anything.
We’ll be at the Film Club, doing what we do: screening work, sharing workflows, and figuring out what’s actually useful versus what’s just loud.
What it is
BC + AI Film Club is a monthly gathering for filmmakers, VFX artists, editors, and creative technologists who want to understand AI from the inside out.
We watch films.
We dig into tools.
We show work in progress.
We admit where we’re stuck.
Five months into 2026, the tools keep dropping and the pace keeps accelerating.
Kling 3 brought multishot prompting, rich synced audio, and recently native 4K generations to the masses.. Seedance 2 is doing things that weren’t possible even a few weeks ago. LTX Video is enabling real potential for professional level colour fidelity from generations. Veo 3 keeps getting cheaper.
The orchestration era Kevin keeps warning us about is here with platforms like Martini.film and Luma Labs agentic updates…. not to mention the myriad of Claude Code assisted motion design and video editing workflows hitting our feeds daily.
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: David Wang, Yangos, 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.
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.
How to Participate
1. Attend the Meetups: Show up, watch, discuss, connect
2. Join WhatsApp Group: Ongoing tool tips, collaboration, support
3. Share Your Work: Bring projects, experiments, questions, creative energy
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.