BC + AI Film Club
AI Film Club: 04/09
April's AI Film Club brought the community back to Multimodal Media Lab for filmmaker conversation, tool demos, and prompt experiments — the kind of night where a hallway chat turns into shared creative practice.
Mark Achbar, director of The Corporation, reflected on where AI is arriving in the production workflow. Kevin Friel argued that context — not any single tool — is becoming the new creative form, and Neo Wang demoed Wemio alongside a look at AI sound design inside DaVinci Resolve. The night closed with the Appetite prompt challenge and community announcements on project jams and volunteer calls.
Photos by Michelle Diamond capture the full arc: arrivals and courtyard portraits, people reconnecting before the show, presenters at the front of the room, and projected work.
Photos from this meetup
Captured by Michelle Diamond. Click any photo to view full size. The lightbox lets you download and share.
Videos from this event
Talks and clips from the night.
The Corporation Director, AI Sound Design & Wemio: full recording
Full event recording
Full April 2026 BC+AI Film Club recording featuring Mark Achbar, Kevin Friel, AI sound design, Wemio, community announcements, and the Appetite prompt challenge.
Mark Achbar: A filmmaker's AI journey
Mark Achbar
The Corporation director Mark Achbar reflects on filmmaking, creative practice, and AI's arrival in the production workflow.
Kevin Friel: context is the new art form
Kevin Friel
Kevin Friel frames context, process, and orchestration as the emerging creative frontier for AI filmmaking.
Neo Wang: Wemio, the all-in-one AI filmmaking tool
Neo Wang
Neo Wang demos Wemio and the changing toolchain for creators building with AI video workflows.
Building an AI sound design pipeline inside DaVinci Resolve
AI Film Club demo
A practical sound-design workflow showing how AI-generated audio can fit inside an existing DaVinci Resolve editing pipeline.
The Appetite prompt challenge: AI films from the community
Community prompt challenge
Community-made AI films and discussion from the April Film Club prompt challenge.
Community announcements: project jams, volunteer calls, and what's next
Community announcements
Announcements and next steps for Project Jams, volunteer calls, and the wider Film Club community.
More from this event
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.
What this is
AI Film Club: 04/09 is a BC + AI Film Club recap with photos, recordings, and details.
Who it is for
Filmmakers, storytellers, motion designers, artists, creative technologists, and production people working with AI tools.
When and where
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM PT at 375 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6, Canada.
How to join
Browse upcoming Vancouver AI events, RSVP on Luma, or become a BC + AI member to support the association behind the gatherings.
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- Event:
- AI Film Club: 04/09
- Date:
- Thursday, April 9, 2026
- Time:
- 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM PT
- Location:
- 375 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6, Canada
- Organizer:
- BC + AI Ecosystem Association
- Status:
- Completed
- Format:
- In person