FILM PROGRAMMING VANCOUVER JUST FOR LAUGHS FILM FESTIVAL - JFL NorthWest

FILM PROGRAMMING
VANCOUVER JUST FOR LAUGHS FILM FESTIVAL

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2018

                              The inaugural
                          Vancouver Just For
                         Laughs Film Festival
                           featured an array of
                         programming, including
                         short and feature films,
                            panels, Q&A’s and
                             special events!

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2018
SHORT FILM COMPETITIONS
                                                                   SPECIAL EVENTS

 Q&A
EVENTS
                                                                     Broken Lizard hosted a sneak peek of
                                                                   Super Troopers 2, in addition to a live show!

            Ben Miner (SiriusXM) moderated a Q&A discussion
         with Jason Dallas, Joel Ozborn and director Steve Byrne
                 after the screening of Always Amazing.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2018

            FILM PANELS

The Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival is entering its
second year, but Just For Laughs has a proven track record and over
a decade of experience of bringing impressive films and their stars to
their festival in Montreal!

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2017

 Just For Laughs partnered with Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network (LOL) in
                                                                                    Kevin Hart sat down with moderator
  search of the best short films from the US and Canada. The top finalists were
                                                                                    Kelley Carter (ESPN) to discuss the
   screened at the festival, with a grand prize – a development deal with LOL –
                                                                                         films and his new platform.
awarded to the best film. Kevin walked the red carpet with some of the filmmakers
                                prior to the screening.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2016

Conrad Vernon, Kyle Hunter, Greg Teirnan, Kristen Wiig, and Seth Rogen   Nick Kroll walked the red carpet with
 took the stage with moderator Judd Apatow for a lively Q&A discussion   the rest of the Sausage Party crew
  about Sausage Party, following the red carpet event and screening.            prior to the screening.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2015

 Jason Reitman directed a live-read of The Big Lebowski, featuring an all-star cast, including: Mike Judge,
 Martin Starr, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Dennis Quaid, Patton Oswalt, Mae Whitman, Olivia
                                   Munn, T.J. Miller, and Jason Reitman.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2014

  In Converation with Nicholas Stoller gave
    participants an insiders view into the joys     Jon Cryer joined writer/director Ricky Blitt and producer
 and challenges of creating feature length films,      Chantal Chamandy in a Q&A discussion after the
     moderated by Richard Crouse (CTV).                   screening of their film, Hit By Lightning.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2013

   Writer/director Brad Copeland and stars Adrianne Palicki, Ben Schwartz, and Glenn Howerton
    participated in a Q&A discussion at the premiere of their film, Coffee Town, moderated by
                                 Ricky Van Veen (CollegeHumor).

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2012

                                         Comedy screenwriter Etan Cohen joined moderator
    Mike Birbiglia was on site to
                                      Richard Crouse (CTV) for an enlightening conversation at
present his film Sleepwalk With Me.
                                                 Master Class with Etan Cohen.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2011

   The multi-talented Paul Feig sat down with moderator Richard Crouse (CTV) for a hilarious
                       Q&A conversation at Master Class with Paul Feig.

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 Kevin Smith presented a no-holds-barred     2010 “Just For Laughs Comedy Director of
  Q&A discussion at A Late Afternoon       the Year” award recipient Jay Roach presented
           with Kevin Smith.                   the screening of Dinner for Shmucks.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2009

                                               The guys of Broken Lizard (Kevin Heffernan,
                                            Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske and Jay
                                          Chandrasekhar) were on site to present the screening of
                                                    their film, The Slammin’ Salmon.

Aubrey Plaza and Aziz Ansari introduced
   the screening of Funny People.                 The Paper Heart screening featured an
                                              introduction by Charlyne Yi and Jake Johnson.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2009 (cont’d.)

                                              2009 “Just For Laughs Comedy Director of the
  Jean Dujardin & Michel Hazanavicius were
                                             Year” award recipient Todd Phillips sat down with
      in attendance for the premiere of
                                              moderator Bill Carter (The New York Times) for
     OSS117: RIO NE RÉPOND PLUS…
                                                    a hilarious In Conversation event.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2008

  Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Judd Apatow, Craig          William H. Macy graced the stage to introduce
Robinson, Danny McBride, Ken Jeong and Bill Hader       his film The Deal, followed by a Q&A discussion
were in attendance for a special advance screening of                 after the screening.
                Pineapple Express.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2008 (cont’d.)

                                                        Jason Reitman and Edgar Wright Unplugged
                                                      offered the audience a master class on the comedic
                                                                 visions of the two hit directors.

 Jay Baruchel, writer/director Chaz Thorne and Rose   Father/son duo Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman sat
    Byrne introduced Just Buried, and answered        down for an intimate conversation at the Reitman on
    questions during a Q&A session after the film.             Reitman In Conversation event.

FILM PROGRAMMING: 2007

 Rowan Atkinson was in attendance for the premiere of Mr. Bean’s Holiday at the Imperial Theatre.