In a recent study on women in the British Columbian film industry, statistics showed that women are significantly underrepresented in the positions of writer, director, and director of photography. What are the barriers facing women in filmmaking? This forum puts the issue of gender squarely on the table for discussion with veteran, mid-career, and emerging documentary filmmakers.
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Rina Fraticelli is an independent documentary producer and writer whose credits have garnered multiple awards. As Executive Producer of Studio D, the National Film Board’s groundbreaking women’s studio, she oversaw the production of numerous landmark films. From 2002 to 2006, she was Executive Producer of the NFB Pacific and Yukon Studio. Fraticelli currently produces Women in View 2010, a global multi-disciplinary forum and festival of women in media.
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Karen Cho is a Montreal-based filmmaker interested in documentary and other narrative forms. Karen’s films often recount untold histories and explore themes of immigration, activism, identity, and social justice. Karen is interested in using film as a tool for social debate. She has received several awards for her work and her recent film Seeking Refuge has its Western Canadian festival premiere at DOXA this year.
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Moira Simpson’s work as an award-winning freelance director, cinematographer and editor spans thirty years. The subjects of her films range from strife in Kosovo, to youth drug addiction, to aid in Africa. She was recently Director of Photography on Finding Dawn, on the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada. As filmmaker in residence with Fearless City Mobile and W2, Mo is currently exploring mobile phone video technology.
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Kamala Todd is a Métis-Cree/German filmmaker, community planner, and mother, with a Master’s degree in urban geography. She was Aboriginal Social Planner for the City of Vancouver for six years. She writes and directs for the APTN children’s Cree television series Nehiyawetan. Her most recent film, Indigenous Plant Diva (NFB), premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Kamala is creator and director of Storyscapes, a multimedia Aboriginal community arts project.
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Aerlyn Weissman has worked on films from Hollywood to the Himalayas. As a writer/director she has won two Genie awards and made films on a wide range of topics from forensic archaeology and digital technologies, to censorship and social issues. She recently received a Master’s degree in digital media. Whether she is creating data visualizations or shooting historical recreations, her signature approach involves a seamless blend of documentary, digital and dramatic elements. |
