| Melanie Jones | | A graduate of the Langara College Film Arts’ Directing Stream, Melanie Jones has directed over a dozen short films and other short-form projects. Her films have screened worldwide, and garnered numerous awards and nominations, including her short film ‘Rest Stop’ which played on the En Route in-flight entertainment system on Air Canada for a year. Melanie attended the highly competitive Women in the Director’s Chair program in 2013 and wrote and directed her first feature film, ‘FSM‘ after being selected as the BC Winner of the Indiecan 10K Challenge in 2014. FSM celebrated its World Premiere at the Whistler Film Festival and has since screened at several festivals in the US, Canada and abroad. FSM has been nominated for several awards including a Leo Award nomination for Best Directing in a Motion Picture and has been lauded by critics, finding a spot on nine “Top Films to See” lists. |
| Kristyn Stilling | | Born and raised in the lower mainland Kristyn Stilling has immersed herself into the Canadian film community. She works full time as a Production Coordinator at the National Film Board Vancouver office and is also the Shorts Programmer at the Whistler Film Festival, Programming Director for the webisode festival VanChan, and the Chair of the Board for VSFF. Additionally for the past 2 years she has been a Co-Producer with Crazy8s Film Society, producing 12 short films all made within 8 days. |
| Rhona Rees | | Rhona is a seasoned performer with more than 22 years of experience in front of the camera and behind the mic. She enjoyed a busy career as a young performer in Australia, with lead and supporting roles in dozens of TV series. A Vancouver resident since 2012, her recent credits include a guest star on ABC’s The Good Doctor and a lead in the animated series Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own. Rhona is passionate about telling unconventional female stores, and she is thrilled to be collaborating with the talented Melanie Jones on Shuttlecock. |
| Amelia Morris | | Amelia Morris is an actor and producer from Sydney, Australia. Her first short CARDED, which she co-wrote and produced, won Best Picture at the inaugural No Small Stories Film Festival. Since moving to Vancouver in 2016, Amelia has produced several shorts including a HI HONEY (A Semi-Finalist in the Hollywood Screenings Film Festival) and PEARLY NIGHTS (in post-production) with producers Amanda Verhagen and Amy McLeish. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Acting and a Masters of Public Relations and Advertising and sits on the board of directors for Ode Movements, a non-profit arts society in Vancouver. Her most recent project, Storyhive funded webseries pilot LUCHADOR, will be released online in early February. |
