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Aisling Chin-Yee is a filmmaker based in Montreal. In 2016 she produced the series Lost Generation, and the documentary, Inside these Walls. She produced award-winning feature films, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, The Saver, and the documentary Last Woman Standing. 2014 she wrote, directed and produced the film, Sound Asleep, that premiered at the Lucerne International Film Festival, CBC, and the Marche du film a Cannes. In 2015, she wrote, directed the award-winning films Synesthesia and the NFB short film, Five Stories. She also produced the feature film, The Saver. She is currently in development on her feature film debut, The Day Between, her feature documentary, Lit Up, and the television comedy Sharing Sharon.

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Leah Johnston has directed four award-winning short films that have played at over 40 festivals worldwide and been broadcast on Air Canada flights and CBC television. Her most recent, Ingrid & The Black Hole was the recipient of the $35,000 WIFT/Bravofact Pitch Prize. It won Best Canadian Short at both Edmonton International and Silver Wave Film Festivals and swept the awards at Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Technical Achievement). Some Things Won’t Sleep received the 2013 National Screen Institute Drama Prize and racked up prizes across the country for direction, design and performance, including the Corus Fearless Female Filmmaker award; My Younger Older Sister which she also stars in, earned her a nomination for both her performance (ACTRA Maritimes awards) and her filmmaking (Best Short- Silver Wave Film Festival, Remi Winner- Worldfest Houston) and was broadcast on CBC. Leah divides her time between Halifax and Toronto, where she is represented for television directing by Greenlight Management. She holds a BFA in Drama from New York University and is a graduate of National Screen Institute and the Reykjavik Talent Lab.

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JJ Neepin is a Cree First Nations filmmaker living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba. With her sister and producer Justina Neepin, she runs her own production company called JJNeepinFilms INC. JJ has written and directed several short films; her most recent documentary short film Headdress had its world premiere at the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival. Growing up, JJ had a natural inclination towards the arts and she has training in theatre, dance, singing and graphic art. In between projects JJ can be found reading manga, scrolling Tumblr or binge watching Netflix.

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