Luke Parnell - Remediation (BC)
Luke Parnell is Wilp Laxgiik Nisga’a from Gingolx on his mother side and Haida from Massett on his Fathers side. His traditional training originated through an apprenticeship with a Master Northwest Coast Indigenous carver and his classical training was achieved through a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art and Design University and a Master of Applied Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Northwest coast Indigenous art is the basis of his practice and praxis, centering on transformation narratives. Parnell explores the relationship between Northwest Coast Indigenous oral histories and Northwest Coast Indigenous art.
Rheanna Toy - Serisa 26 (BC)
Rheanna and Brandon run the Vancouver-based video production and marketing company See Together Media. When they’re not creating videos for their clients—who are mostly impact-driven companies—they’re on the hunt for film and other art projects. Currently Rheanna is planning a docu-webseries and Brandon a podcast. They first met up-and-coming artist Serisa Fitz-James while filming a promotional video for the Vines Art Festival, where she was performing. Brandon contacted her about creating a video of her performance, and Serisa 26 was born.
Tina Korki - Intimate Fears (BC)
Tina Korki is an Iranian-Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. The short film, “Intimate fears”, which she wrote, directed and helped produce marks Tina's official film debut. Since her first student short film, “Failing to See the Truth Within the Lies”, which she wrote and directed, Tina has gone on to support many talented Canadian filmmakers. She is most notably known for casting the Leo award-winning television comedy series, “The Switch”, which debuted on OUTtv, in 2016. The series was the first transgender-themed series to be produced in Canada. Tina has also worked on award-winning shows such as the independent feature "Floating Away" and the short independent film "Bamboozle". In addition, she was the director and the associate producer on "Tell Me What It Takes", a short video produced for the Canadian charity, Whitecrow Village. Tina now hopes to make more films that give voice to those who need it the most.
Linnea Ritland - Everything's Great! (BC)
Linnea Ritland (Violet and June, Everything's Great!, Amateur Dramatics) holds a BFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia, and specializes in queer, comedy and youth content.
Cassandre Émanuel - ROAD GANG (QC)
Cassandre Émanuel is an actress, author, director and director from Amos, Abitibi. Since her theatrical performance at Collège Lionel-Groulx in 2012, she has been involved as an actress in several short film projects. On screen, she plays Coralie in the "O" series, directed by Éric Tessier, Sister Marie-Rose in Léa Pool's "La Passion d'Augustine", an employee in the experimental film "Que ta joie demeure" by Denis Côté, as well as Maya in the web-series "Trak "on Vrak.tv directed by Simon Barette. With the collective Salut Poivre, she co-directed the short film "Dents" and "Couvre-feu" as part of the Festival des DocuMenteurs de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue. More recently, she has also directed Elixir de Gumbo "Gang de rang" and "Wâwâte" clips, "Longtemps" by Mauves and "Comme douze" by Simon Kingsbury, all nominated at GAMIQ 2017.
Gloria Mercer - All Happened Before (BC)
Gloria Mercer was born and raised in East Vancouver. She is a writer/director/editor. All Happened Before is the inaugural project of See Horse Films, the production company founded by Gloria and her partner and collaborator Aidan West.
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Guillaume Comtois - 15 (QC)
Graduated from University of Montreal in 2011 and studied at INIS in Montreal in 2017. Works as a TV Producer for news channel and makes films whenever he feels the urge to do so. Many of which have had a great career in festivals around the world.
David N. Bernatchez - Raven's Memories (QC)
David N. Bernatchez is a carpenter of knowledge, images and sounds. Active in research and teaching for years, he currently lives and works in film production and performing arts. Whether they focus on music (Rumba in fragments (2018)), sport (Temps temps (2009)) or more widely, on history and memory (Ludovica (2018), Joseph Samuel Jacques Julien (2015)), Berntachez's films constantly questions social and narrative structures. His images, performances and lectures had been presented in various contexts and countries.
Meeshelle Neal - Check (BC)
Meeshelle ‘Meesh’ Neal is a Canadian filmmaker best known for writing, producing, and acting in Therapy, and Mental, as well as directing Check, and Ladies Don’t Wear Slacks. She adapted Mental to the screen from a one-woman stage play. The short received BravoFACT funding, various awards, and national/international acclaim. Meeshelle has atttended workshops such as the STORYHIVE ‘Career Accelerator Program’, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), ‘Career Advancement Module’, and the WIDC immersive ‘Story and Leadership’ program. Through the WIDC she is developing her magical realism feature film, ‘Sweet Release’. She served a full term on the board of Women in Film and Television Vancouver and is mentored by Gary Harvey.
Gabriel Gueiros - Insomnia (BC)
Gabriel Gueiros was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He studied cinema in Buenos Aires and five years ago moved to Vancouver to work on Visual Effects. He was a Compositor in movies like Guardians of the Galaxy vol.02, Black Panther and Deadpool 2 amongst other things. In his spare time, he works on small and independent personal projects.
Sydney Southam - That's Why I Like It (BC)
Sydney Southam is a visual artist, filmmaker, performance artist, and professional pole dancer. She often works with archival 16mm film, exploring themes of nostalgia, death, memory, and identity. Her current work explores the backstage and domestic lives of exotic dancers and how their private and professional lives are defined through ideas of Feminism, objectification, power, and love. Sydney is one of the founding members of Vancouver-based Iris Film Collective, and the curator of the potluck dinner and artist talk series Special Sunday Supper. Her films and artwork have shown across Canada, Europe and Asia, at venues such as MOCA Taipei, Gabriel Rolt Galerie (Amsterdam), Athens International Film and Video Festival, Antimatter Media Art Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Access Gallery, Emmedia Gallery, Yinka Shonibare Guest Projects, Vivo Media Arts Centre, Cinema Spectacular, Western Front, Cinemateque Vancouver and the Haida Heritage Centre. She graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA Fine Art First Class Honours in 2011 and from the University of Toronto with a BA in English, Philosophy and Cinema Studies in 2007.