Speakers

2025 Speakers & Panelists

Special Presenter & Keynote Speakers

  • Ins Choi

    Playwright, Actor, Writer and Creator of Kim’s Convenience

  • Grace Park

Presenters & Panelists

  • Albert Shin

    Director, Writer, Producer, Banger Films

  • Ana Serrano

    President & Vice-Chancellor, OCAD University

  • Ann Shin

    Executive Producer, Fathom Film Group

  • Baljit Sangra

    President / Producer / Director, Viva Mantra Films

  • Barbara Lee

    RESO Founder & Board Chair; EXNW Creator & Executive Producer

  • Bim Narine

    Casting Director, Falcon/Narine Casting

  • Caitlin Alinsod

    Operations Lead, RESO; EXNW Summit Manager

  • Chris Lee

    Director of Programming, Inspirit Foundation

  • Daryl Lim

    Author and Professor, Penn State Dickinson Law

  • Ella Cooper

    Executive Director, Black Women Film!

  • Francesca Accinelli

    Senior VP, Program Strategy and Industry Development, Telefilm

  • Hanna Cho

    Executive Director, RESO; EXNW Asia Pacific Program Director

  • Jeff Young

    Lawyer, Ovation Law Corporation

  • Jonathan Wong

    Co-Founder/Director, Octagon Metatainment

  • Joonsuh Park

    CEO / President of Production SLL Studios, S.Korea

  • Kandyse McClure

    Director, KandyMac Productions

  • Karl Chen

    Founder, RYSE Network

  • Kevin Vidal

    Actor/Comedian

  • Lalita Krishna

    Board Chair, Canadian Independent Screen Fund (CISF)

  • Lanna Lucas

    Archival Producer, Van Research Services

  • Marcia Douglas

    Executive Director, Bell Fund

  • Mathieu Chantelois

    EVP, Marketing and Public Affairs, Canada Media Fund

  • Nathalie Younglai

    Screenwriter & Founder, BIPOC TV & Film

  • Nathan Tran

    Founder, Non-Euclidean

  • Rakhee Morzaria

    Comedic Actor/Writer

  • Remy Siu

    CEO / Creative Director, sunset visitor 斜陽過客

  • Rhia Arden

    Executive Director, The Mosquers Film Festival

  • Rick Tae

    Festival Director Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF)

  • Robert Wong

    VP, Creative BC

  • Romeo Candido

    Director, Writer, Composer

  • Ryan Mah

    Director, Black Rhino Creative

  • Sarah Kim Haasz

    Founder and Executive Producer, Pillango Productions

  • Savine Wong

    Advisor, Partnerships and Business Development, Telefilm

  • Shyang Kong

    Co-founder, SkyBox Labs

  • Sophia Yen

    Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

  • Tonya Williams OC

    Founder & Executive Director, Reelworld Screen Institute

  • Tope Babalola

    Writer/Director

  • Valerie Creighton

    President and CEO Canada Media Fund

  • Wilson Tang

    CEO/Lead Designer, Yumebau Inc.

  • Zain Meghji

    Associate Director, Creative Strategy and Growth, RHEI

  • Zainab Muse

    CEO & Founder, Creatorland Inc.

  • Richard Koo

    VP, Analytics & Strategic Insights, Canada Media Fund

Panelist & Pitch Executives

  • Arthur Protasio

    Founder & CEO, Fableware

  • Brian Hamilton

    CEO, Omnifilm

  • Christina Fon

    VP of Strategic Partnerships & Scripted Content, Shaftesbury

  • David Kao

    Director of Content Development and Marketing, Ina Taiwan Studios

  • Deborah Chantson

    Sticky Brain Studios

  • Ha-eun Kim

    Drama Producer, SLL

  • Jessica Kam-Engle

    EVP & Business Head, SE Asia CreAsia Studio, a Banijay company

  • Jose Javier Reyes

    Chairman and CEO, Film Development Council of the Philippines

  • Justin Deimen

    Managing Partner, Goldfinch International

  • Mayumi Rollings

    CEO, Tiny Ghosts

  • Nelson Mok

    Mokster Films, International Sales Development and Financing

  • Nikki Beesley

    Knowledge Network

  • Pantham Thongsang

    THACCA/Thailand

  • Rachel Goldstein-Couto

    Head of Development, Bell Media

  • Sean Dulake

    Co-Founder/CEO, Third Culture Content

  • Sejin Park

    Representative Director, Borderless Film, Inc.

  • Shirley Vercruysse

    Executive Producer, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

  • Suzanne Berger

    VP Production, Neshama Entertainment

  • Tony Yang

    Producer, Big Buddha Pictures

  • Wilfredo Manalang

    President, FUSEE

  • Yoori Kwon

    Head of International Business, SLL Studios S.Korea

Indigenous & Government Representatives

  • Elder Larry Grant

    Language and Culture Consultant of the Musqueam Nation

  • Marion Jacobs

    Actress, Director, Writer, Teacher

  • Senator Yuen Pau Woo

    Independent Senator for British Columbia in the Parliament of Canada

  • MP Taleeb Noormohamed

    MP Vancouver Granville