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Passes
Designed for both emerging and established filmmakers, the ALFF 2026 Industry Forum is a five-day event featuring workshops, panels, networking opportunities, and programs designed to support filmmakers at all career stages.
ALFF Industry is supported by Yukon Media Development through the Yukon Film Training Fund and Telefilm Canada, as well sponsored by Canada Media Fund and Northwestel Community Television.
ALFF Pitch Event (Saturday, February 7th)
Pitch projects to a panel of industry jurors.
Compete for two different prizes; the ALFF Pitch Prize (fiction) and the Tracey Friesen Documentary Pitch Prize.
Sponsored by Northwestel Community TV, CMPA BC, SPYA, and YFS.
Free to attend (licensed event).
ALFF Live Script Reading (Sunday, February 8th)
Yukon-written screenplay read live by professional actors.
Feedback opportunity from industry professionals.
Free to attend (licensed event).
ALFF Creator Talks hosted by CBC’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Fabulating Worlds: Green Screen Performance Workshop instructed by Mary Bunch, Christina Dovolis, and Luke Kuplowsky. Youth participants create experimental worlds with devised performance and green screen video.
Unconventional Filmmaking instructed by Métis filmmaker and visual artist Rhayne Vermette. Rhayne leads an intimate workshop on making films through lived experience, exploring unconventional approaches to screenwriting, form, and building a self-directed creative practice within your means.
Editing Fiction Masterclass instructed by editor and filmmaker Justin Oakey. Justin leads a hands-on masterclass on shaping story in the edit, using real scenes to explore how choices in pacing, performance, structure, and tension transform meaning.
Film & Television Business Affairs Essentials instructed by producer Kevin Eastwood. In this three-hour workshop, learn core business affairs knowledge every creator needs, from contracts and chain of title to financing structures and funding.
Discussions with Canadian broadcasters and distributors.
Panel featuring alumni filmmakers of Telefilm’s Talent to Watch program.
Additional film festival and cinematheque programmers from across the country converge in Whitehorse:
Roundtable Discussions and One-on-One Meetings exclusive to Industry Passholders. Meet representatives from organizations like:
One full day of the Industry Forum focused on music supervision, great for musicians, artists filmmakers, and producers looking for more insight into the world of music supervision and rights. Supervisors include:
Music in Motion: Music Supervision 101 with three of Canada’s top music supervisors. Demystify the realities of music licensing and clearance for film.
Crafting a Film’s Musical Identity Case Study. Telan, Evan, and Michael share the stories behind some of their favourite scenes, from early conversations with the director and defining the emotional palette, to navigating rights and clearances, and recognizing the moments when the right track can transform a scene.
Music Yukon One-to-One Meetings. Meet one-on-one with leading music supervisors in focused 10-minute sessions offering practical insight on pitching, licensing, and preparing your work for sync, exclusively for Music Yukon members.
Industry Passes available for filmmakers and enthusiasts with limited complimentary passes for Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour, and LGBTQ2S+ creatives in Yukon, NWT, and BC. Contact ald@yukonfilmsociety.com for more info.
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