As the Senior Program Manager at Chicken & Egg Pictures, Elaisha oversees the Chicken & Egg Award and the Research & Development grants for mid-career filmmakers. She believes that the documentary craft is a means to increase gender diversity and inclusion, both in the arts and in the zeitgeist. Prior to this position, Elaisha served […]
Megan Gelstein is the Co-Director / Chief Program Officer of Catapult Film Fund. Catapult is dedicated to supporting nonfiction filmmakers with critical early stage funding and mentorship to launch distinctive, story-driven, and cinematic films. In her role, she supports and cultivates independent cinematic non-fiction filmmakers globally, and provides creative, strategic, and editorial advice to supported […]
A veteran of unscripted filmmaking, Geeta Sondhi‘s recent directing credits include docs The Art of Downsizing on aging (CBC, POV, Doc Channel, NHK-Japan, SBC-Sweden); Stand Up Toronto! on the politics of race and comedy (TVO, DOC Channel), and her acclaimed viral hit with 27 million social media views 100 & Counting: Secrets to a Long […]
Nisha Pahuja is Academy Award and Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto. Her latest film, To Kill a Tiger, had its world premiere at TIFF where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Since then, it’s won 27 awards including Best Documentary Feature, Palm Springs International Film Festival and three Canadian Screen […]
Francesca Sharper (she/her) is an emerging editor based in Brooklyn, New York. After working as an assistant editor in ads and reality TV for the early part of her career, Francesca has been working in documentary for five years. Her credits include the Peabody award winning Netflix series High On The Hog, the SXSW 2022 […]
Milton Guillén is a visual artist, filmmaker, and the senior programmer at CIFF/Points North Institute. Their work explores the cinematic intersections of radical collaborative non-fictions and political dreamscapes, focusing on human rights and aesthetics. Milton’s films and installations have screened globally at the Venice Biennale, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, True/False, CIFF, and several dozens […]
Stephanie Jenkins has over a decade of experience seeing documentary films from development to delivery. She has worked with Ken Burns and Florentine Films since 2010, on multiple projects including their eight-hour series Muhammad Ali (PBS, 2021), The Central Park Five (2012), Jackie Robinson (2015), and East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020). She […]
Ephraim Kirkwood is an Emmy nominated filmmaker whose editing credits include the Peabody award winning Netflix series High On The Hog and the SXSW Grand Jury Award-winning feature film Master Of Light. His other editorial contributions include ESPN’s 30 For 30, HBO’s original special Between The World And Me, and the Hulu award winning docu-series […]
Annina Wettstein is a Zurich and Berlin-based programmer, curator and consultant on festival strategies and project development. Since 2018, she has been on the selection committee for DOK Leipzig. She has worked with international film festivals in various roles for 15 years, including as head of program at Solothurn Film Festival. She was a programmer […]
Sylvia Desrochers is currently EVP, Film and Entertainment at MPRM Communications. During her two decade career, she has worked with lauded filmmakers such as Academy Award winners John Ridley, Freida Mock, James Moll, Susanne Bier, Sofia Coppola, Curtis Hanson, and Alfonso Cuaron – as well as Liesl Tommy, Lauren Hadaway, Tig Notaro & Stephanie Allynne, […]