s the Vancouver hotel that houses the Sutton Place Lounge operates as a temporary residence to filmmakers, directors, and producers galore during VIFF, the lounge is the spot to meet a prospective future employer and work the couch in a PG arena (though it’s not to say R ratings don’t occur in the rooms upstairs). While after parties at the hotels themselves will be of the gala variety that you’re not invited to (a combination of eavesdropping/namedropping can remedy this), there’s nothing stopping you from lounging in the, well, lounge and waiting for the ultra cool that abstain from the rigid party atmosphere, to spill in for a beverage or two (and/or the local ladies).