Industry Day: DOCUMENTARY Panel (FREE)

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Anna Jane (AJ) Edmonds is producer, director, actor, and creator working in Toronto and Los Angeles. AJ has over 15 years of experience in the entertainment, film and commercial industry. She is credited as a Producer and Associate Producer on features such as THE DROWNSMAN, THE HERETICS, SCARECROWS and the Best Canadian Feature award winning film POOR AGNES. She has produced over 70+ commercials and short films, in which a number of them she was a supporting or lead actor.

AJ’s foray into the directing and documentary space started in 2016 when she was invited to GSG College in Umarkhed, India. More recently she worked with the National Space Society to create a documentary and series of short videos about its “SPUN” (space policy and universalization) debates. Other engagements, include designing a pilot documentary series entitled “Frontiers” which further explores the frontiers of new spaces and directing a narrative short film about dementia that was featured on the CBC Short Film broadcast.

Pat Mullen is the publisher of POV Magazine, Canada's destination for documentary culture. He has also contributed to outlets including The Canadian Press, Xtra, Complex, Sharp, BeatRoute, and That Shelf. Pat is the vice president of the Toronto Film Critics Association and a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. He is a proud graduate of Queen's Department of Film and Media (Class of '09) and lives in Toronto, Canada.

Zack Russell is a Canadian Screen Award-winning writer and director. His films have played at film festivals worldwide including SXSW, DOC NYC, and the Toronto International Film Festival. His debut short She Stoops to Conquer won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short in 2016. Most recently, Zack directed and executive produced the Crave Original docu-comedy I Have Nothing with Carolyn Taylor. His debut feature documentary Someone Lives Here premiered at the 2023 Hot Docs Film Festival where it went on to win the Audience Choice Award and the Best Social Impact Award. The film has since played at festivals across the country, recently winning the Best Canadian Documentary Award at VIFF. The film had its U.S. Premiere at DOC NYC in November 2023, and was selected as one of TIFF Top 10 Canadian films of 2023.

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