Former PLAYBACK MAGAZINE’S 10 to Watch, alumni of WOMEN IN DIRECTOR’S CHAIR, and CINEFAM’s Limitless program, Asis Sethi is a South Asian Canadian filmmaker with 15 years of experience as a producer, creator and a host on lifestyle shows. Her REMI Award-winning short on menstruation, A BLOODY MESS, was screened at 30 film festivals. Asis has…
Nicholas Davis is an accomplished journalist and writer. He’s currently the Executive Director of Engagement and Inclusion at CBC. Previous to that he was Manager of Program Development for CBC, where he was responsible for the ongoing development of local programming in radio, television and online. Nick has worked in radio, television and print for…
Christopher Laird has produced over 300 documentaries, dramas and other video productions with Banyan Ltd. over the past 40 years garnering a score of national, regional and international awards. He has overseen the establishment of what is arguably the world’s largest collection of Caribbean culture on video in the Caribbean Film and Video Archive. In…
Nicole Brooks is a Toronto-based filmmaker, director, performer, singer, playwright, composer, curator, teacher and ‘art-ivist’. She has developed the concept of “harmonized storytelling”; blending media and performing arts, Brooks has spent over 15 years envisioning narratives that illuminate the peoples of the African Diaspora. Through her company Asah Productions Inc., founded in 2005, Brooks has…
Frances-Anne Solomon is an award-winning filmmaker of Caribbean heritage and a writer, producer and director in film, TV, Radio and New Media. She was born in England to Trinidadian parents and educated in Trinidad, Canada, England and France. She then went on to build a successful career over thirteen years in England with the BBC…