Bryn Chainey is a British-Australian filmmaker whose work blends fantasy and reality to explore identity, lore, and our relationships with nature. His short films are watchable at brynchainey.com and have previously screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals including the Berlinale, Palm Springs Shortfest, Warsaw IFF, and Edinburgh IFF.

Lily Gontard is a filmmaker whose work focuses on telling stories from northwestern Canada. Lily is a settler grateful to be living in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.

Sina Moazzenizadeh is an emerging Iranian Canadian writer, director and student member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. He grew up in Tehran but moved to Vancouver and currently attends film school at Capilano University.

Simantini Chakraborty is a documentary filmmaker telling stories about people, places, issues and events that truly matter -- utilizing dramatic visual imagery, technology and sound design. Simantini has a unique background in filmmaking, photography, technology and world travel, which motivates her to explore universal aspects of human condition through film.

Kelly Conlin is a Canadian filmmaker who is passionate about bringing untold stories to life through her work as a cinematographer, director, editor and colourist. Her films have screened internationally at over forty film festivals and garnered multiple nominations and awards, including: Best Documentary, Best Short and Best Experimental Film.

Mike Morash started making impact driven films when studying Political Science at the University of Victoria. After finishing his degree, he founded One Island Media, a production company focused on supporting research institutions, non-profit organizations, and indigenous communities. New-Chah-Nulth: Reclaiming Tradition is part of his recent exploration into longer form content.

ƛaʔuukʷiatḥ (Tla-o-qui-aht): Dugout Canoe
Vancouver Island • 10 minutes • Steven Davies
After working as a clearcut logger in what is now known as the Clayoquot Sound, master carver and land defender Joe Martin reconciles his past by revitalizing the ancestral knowledge and artistic practice of the traditional Tla-o-qui-aht dugout canoe.
Steven Thomas Davies is a Coast Salish (Snuneymuxw/European-Canadian) filmmaker who was born and raised in the traditional territories of the Lekwungen speaking Peoples (now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt), W̱SÁNEĆ, and the Salish Sea. He makes films and media art that centre spiritual, cultural, and political themes, to reconnect with Indigenous histories and epistemologies to educate himself and share with others.

Water Logged
Vancouver • 11 minutes • Daniel J Pierce
The City of Grand Forks, BC has been inundated by monstrous spring floods three times since 2017. Local resident Jennifer Houghton recounts her harrowing experience with the floods. And a retired logger and forest ecologist connect the dots between clear-cut logging in watersheds, disrupted hydrology, and increased flooding.
Dan Pierce is a filmmaker, podcaster and storyteller. His documentaries have appeared on CBC Documentary Channel, Knowledge Network, and at film festivals around the world. For the past year, he’s been writing, producing and hosting a CBC podcast series called Pressure Cooker.

It's Time to Listen
Quadra Island • 7 minutes • Louisa Gilbert
Scientists capitalize on a rare summer without cruise ship traffic to hear how whales respond to a quieter underwater world.Louisa Gilbert has been part of creative teams producing global science and natural history documentaries for 10 years; her name is found in the credits for landmark series for BBC, National Geographic, PBS, Discovery Channel and Netflix. In 2019 Louisa founded Wild Bus Films; an adventurous, new breed of production company embedded in British Columbia’s wilderness, bringing science and nature stories to curious minds everywhere.

Before the Beauty is Gone
Vancouver Island • 14 minutes • Mackai Sharp
An unfortunate reality: our fish are disappearing. Not our Salmon or our Halibut, but those will soon follow. Forage fish, a key segment of the marine food chain, is vanishing off the coast of British Columbia.Mackai Sharp is a Maōri-Canadian filmmaker & photographer. Raised on Vancouver island, Mackai started making films when he was 8 years old. Since graduating from high school last year, his films have been awarded across North America, Europe & Asia. Adjacent to filmmaking Mackai is a published photographer working in both creative and documentary photography.

Martin Glegg is a Scottish-Canadian Writer and Director who draws from his education in both film production and human ecology. His curiosity in the natural world and the human condition combines a love for capturing social realism alongside imaginative tales of adventure.

Splish Splash
Indonesia • 9 mins • Andra Fembriarto

Two bickering siblings unite to fight pirates who want to steal their precious Sun Pearl necklace that’s needed for their family ritual.

Andra Fembriarto is a director, videographer and writer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Best known for his acclaimed short films The Raining Tree and the travel web series Jalan-Jalan Men, Andra’s passion is to celebrate Indonesian cultural heritage through moving pictures for a global audience.

Simantini Chakraborty is a documentary filmmaker telling stories about people, places, issues and events that truly matter -- utilizing dramatic visual imagery, technology and sound design. Simantini has a unique background in filmmaking, photography, technology and world travel, which motivates her to explore universal aspects of human condition through film.