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The Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival – part of JFL NorthWest – will be taking over the city from February 14 to 23, 2019. Vancouver, often referred to as “Hollywood North,” is the ideal place to host the world’s most exciting comedy film festival, as it boasts a great appreciation for cinema and also attracts many film productions and stars. Programming will include exciting short and feature film screenings, premieres, in conversations, riveting industry speakers, panels and more!

Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival

Doors &amp; Lobby open from 3:00PM / Screening 7:00PM
This event is 19+

Vancity Theatre

Kate Stone's a workaholic. She hates kids. She hates most social situations, because she doesn't know what to do with her arms. So when her estranged brother Joe tracks her down to watch her awkward and bullied 12 year old niece Maddie, Kate thinks babysitting for the week can't get any worse -- until Maddie runs away to become a juggalo.Screening followed by a Q&A with Director Laura Steinel, moderated by Nicole Stamp.ABOUT THE DIRECTOR – LAURA STEINELWriter/director Laura Steinel's most recent work includes FAMILY, starring Taylor Schilling. Additionally, she sold her spec WOMEN IN BUSINESS to Fox, which she is also attached to direct. On the TV side, Laura is developing BUCKLE BUNNIES for HBO with Gloria Sanchez and Julie Darmody, based off the short story by Elizabeth Gilbert.

NICOLE STAMP - Television Host, Actor, Director, WriterNICOLE STAMP is a television host, actor, director, and writer. Stamp has been both the host and director for "Inside Between"- a Netflix aftershow for CityTV, "AllianceLive" for Alliance films, and "The SPACE" for TVOntario, which won 2 Gemini Awards among 6 nominations. She has also hosted 6 seasons of the classic academic gameshow "Reach For The Top", and interviewed A-list Hollywood talent for the Toronto International Film Festival. Stamp's acting credits include roles on "The Handmaid's Tale", "In Contempt", "The Expanse", "Odd Squad", and "Carmilla", a Canadian Screen Award-winning webseries with over 70 million views on YouTube. Stamp has also voiced characters in 20+ cartoons, including titles for Jim Henson Company, CBC, Cartoon Network, and Disney XD, and plays a major motion-capture role in the videogame "Assassin's Creed Origins". As a writer, Stamp has worked on the new Peanuts series (a collaboration between DHX, Apple and NASA), written the educational kids' series "The Incredible Adventures of EnviroGirl" for TVOntario, and her essay, "What Decent Men Can Do After #MeToo" was shared over 70 thousand times on Facebook, then commissioned by CNN where it ranked among the top articles of 2017. Stamp lives in Toronto and holds a Guinness World Record for playing dodgeball for 36 hours without sleeping- an accomplishment she does not recommend. Follow her on the Twitters @nicolestamp.

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