2024 Team
Staff
Program + Administration
Grace Chin
- Executive Director
Akiko Cheng
- Program Manager
Karen Cowl
- Graphic Designer
Stripe Graphics
Karen Leung
- Web Manager
Karen Wong
- Accountant
Nicola Pender
- Publicist
Pender PR
Matthew Broughton
- Registration & Submissions Coordinator
Nancy Kamar
- Sponsorship Coordinator
Jeanne Chen
- Communications Coordinator
Brian Cheung
- EPK Director
Social Media + Digital Marketing
Development, Production + Post-Production
Nic Altobelli
- Line Producer
Erik Mortensen
- Vendor & Equipment Manager
Julia Niendorf
- Post Production Manager
Dawn Mackenzie
- Post Production Supervisor
Cody Kearsley
- Production Manager
James Mattagne
- Production Manager
Kat Montagu
- Story Editor Coordinator
Sophie Caird
- Script Coordinator
Kenneth Tynan
- Casting Coordinator
Luka Cyprian
- Stills Photography Coordinator
James Proctor
- Vendor & Equipment Coordinator
Marena Dix
- Credits Coordinator
Sierra Wilson-Furr
- Video Archival Coordinator
Gala Screening + Afterparty
Regina Leung
- Gala Event Producer
Emily Bignell
- Front of House Manager
Vincent Gan
- Box Office Coordinator
Chandni Sharma
- Sponsor Reception/Volunteer Coordinator
Louis Poulain
- Afterparty Front of House Manager
Amy Tsai
- Afterparty Event Coordinator
Khanh Nguyen
- Afterparty Volunteer Coordinator
Mentors & Interns
DIRECTOR MENTOR(S) / Aubrey Arnason, Jem Garrard, Allan Harmon, Karen Lam, Mina Shum, Jonathan Tammuz
PRODUCER MENTOR(S) / Aaron Au, Ingo Lou, Raymond Massey, Phil Planta, Paul Telner, Amanda Verhagen
LEAD DIRECTOR MENTOR(S) / Allan Harmon
CINEMATOGRAPHER MENTOR(S) / Danny Nowak
STILLS MENTOR(S) / Bettina Strauss, Carole Appleby
PRODUCTION DESIGN MENTOR(S) / Siobhan O’Keefe
EDITOR MENTOR(S) / Daniel Krieger
INTERN(S) / Donald Belliveau, Tristan Hinder-Hohlweg
Past Program Leadership
Richard Stevenson
- Founder
Andrew Williamson
- Founder
- /Past Executive Director
1999–2006
Kevin Pavlovic
- Past Executive Director
2007–2008
Erik Paulsson
- Past Executive Director
2009–2013
Paul Armstrong
- Past Executive Director
2014–2022
Erin Mussolum
- Past Executive Director
2019–2022
Board of Directors
Marc Stephenson
- President
Leah Mallen
- Treasurer
Allan Harmon
- Member-At-Large
Amanda Tapping
- Member-At-Large
Dylan Akio Smith
- Member-At-Large
Ines Eisses
- Member-At-Large
Jayme Pfahl
- Member-At-Large
Jem Garrard
- Member-At-Large
Sabrina Furminger
- Member-At-Large
Tyson Hepburn
- Member-At-Large