FENNELLA BRUCE 

Project Title: BackboneFennella Bruce is a successful media consultant and public relations manager at the helm of FKB Media Solutions – a media consulting business. She has been a part of many publicity campaigns, media literacy workshops and event consultations.

IYORE EDEGBE

Project Title: DiasporaBorn and raised in Southern Nigeria, Iyore Edegbe moved to Canada in summer of 2013. She later  graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in criminology and civil law. During her time  there, Iyore developed a strong passion for filmmaking and mastered skills to be a professional director.  Iyore has since…

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DAVID CROPPER

Project Title: The Main SourceAward-winning Producer/Showrunner and one of Canada’s most sought after urban music video directors who has established himself as a ground breaking Producer/Director in the creation of MTV Tempo. Since relocating back to Toronto, he set off urban TV channel FEVA TV and has received numerous awards including MMVA for Best Independent…

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GORDON CULLEY

Project Title: A Spy StoryBorn and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he credits his global perspective to growing up in a multicultural neighborhood where just about every ethnicity was represented. When it comes to storytelling and life in general, he has decided to take a new, no-excuses approach and is looking forward to telling stories through…

CTBISAP Participant 2022

TEDDY MULLINGS

Project Title: Mr. LonelyTeddy Mullings is a Filmmaker based out of Toronto. Some highlights of his career include working on Locke and Key, Umbrella Academy, Star Trek Discovery and What We Do In the Shadows.

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ROBLE ISSA

Project Title: Last ShotSomali-Canadian filmmaker focused on writing and directing dramatic features, documentaries, and one-hour dramas. He made his directorial debut with a short documentary entitled Mending a Crack in the Sky, which was an official selection at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival before being broadcasted on Crave Television.

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KARL HUTCHINSON

Project Title: Decisions, DecisionsFounder of TKJ Productions who has written, directed, and produced more than 12 stage plays in the GTA. He loves working with children and giving them the opportunity to identify and develop their communication skills through the arts. Productions he’s led with children have played in local theaters to sold-out audiences.

CTBISAP Participant 2022

DOROTHY A. ATABONG

Project Title: Zenzile’s JourneyAward winning Director, Writer, Producer, and Actor. Her short film Sound Of Tears, screened at over 45 film festivals worldwide and garnered multiple awards and nominations. She’s an alumna of the Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC), winner of the 2020 Cayle Chernin Award and has directed an episode on CBC’s 21…

CTBISAP Participant 2022

LU ASFAHA

Project Title: The Fly That Doesn’t Listen Follows the Corpse Into The Grave.Award winning filmmaker based in Toronto. In 2019, she was a Doc Accelerator Fellow at Hot Docs Film Festival and won the RBC Emerging Director Award at Regent Park Film Festival. Most recently, she was a ScreenCraft Finalist, a Charles Street Video Media…

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AISHA EVELYNA

Project Title: SeahorseActor, filmmaker, and festival programmer at Reelworld Film Festival. Acting credits include Slo Pitch, The Influencers, and Workin’ Moms. Her feature Seahorse was awarded the Indigenous Screen Office Solidarity Fund for radicalized creators. In addition to being a 2021 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab Resident, other accomplishments include Cayle Chernin Award for Media…