The National Directors Division (NDD) of the Directors Guild of Canada is proud to announce selections for the NDD Market Accelerator Delegation at VIFF Creative Business Hub 2025 during the Vancouver International Film Festival, running from October 4th - 5th.
Selected Directors:
Yuqi Kang (BC): CAECILIANS (Psychology Horror, Feature) SEEKING INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCER & FINANCING - When a co-dependent bond between an adult daughter and her menopausal mother ruptures, their roles twist in a feminist horror of survival, domination, and consumption.
Ted Stenson (AB): MAN VS TRUCK (Comedy, Feature) SEEKING INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCER - After a road rage incident with a pickup truck, a disgruntled writer finds their actions hailed as heroic. Unleashing a violent wave of anti-truck sentiment, the writer must confront the disturbing new reality they have inspired.
Jason Karman (BC): COLD START (formerly First Steps) (Drama, Feature) SEEKING INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR - Cold Start is a coming-of-age drama about identical teenage twin sisters, Crystal and Amber Chin, who are co-raising their baby. However, their pact is broken when Crystal secretly applies to an American university program to fix vintage cars, and her betrayal threatens to tear her family apart.
Weiye Su (ON): TRANSPARENTHOOD (Documentary, Feature) SEEKING FINANCING - In conservative Calgary, a Chinese-Canadian trans activist fights to build a sanctuary for her queer children while confronting the ghosts of her own rejection—from her birth family and a rigidly conservative province undergoing political unrest and rising far right tensions.
Robin Hays (BC): PYZ (Youth, Television) SEEKING NEW PARTNERS - Poppy and her best friend Taj discover a secret world ad embark on a wild adventure in the world of PYZ.
Nimisha Mukerji (BC): SEE JANE FIGHT (Drama, Feature) SEEKING INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION PARTNERS - See Jane Fight is a powerful coming-of-age drama that follows Jane, a young woman training to become a professional MMA fighter while navigating a volatile, codependent relationship with her mother, Cindy — a former boxing champion battling addiction.
