$2,500 on the line. Fast demos from the top teams, plus a rapid debrief on what surprised us this round. Expect one bona-fide masterpiece and a few “how did they even—” moments. (We’ll post repo links after the show.)
15 min — Shorts Sampler: Local, Canada, and international picks.
5 min — Voices Montage: Quick cuts of takes from Michael Tippet (Generation.film), Ryan (TIFF/GRAiL), Elvis (Nura), Bay (Valve/Weta → Nura).
15 min — Fireside Chat: Kevin × Luke Minaker (Tiny Ghost Studios) on storytelling with machines. (Tim Riopelle / ComfyUI pending—if he confirms, he joins this segment.)
15 min — Live Demo + AMA: Nano-Banana and Veo 3.1 in the wild. We’ll field questions while the pixels render.
10 min — Community Q&A: Bring your sharp questions and spiciest takes.
Artist-engineer and festival instigator. Curates the night, runs the live gen demos, and keeps us honest.
Creative tech lead pushing on interactive cinema and generative pipelines. Talking craft over hype.
Builder, tinkerer, backbone-layer. If he confirms, we’ll dig into practical Comfy stacks for production.
(Plus quick-hit cameos in the montage from Michael, Ryan, Elvis, and Bay.)
6:00 Doors, mingle, sticker trades