Producers Table Talk

Shreya Patel
Actress, Filmmaker, Producer (Window Dreams Productions)

Model-turned-actress and filmmaker, Shreya Patel is the honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30, Top 100 Most Powerful Women of Canada, and Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award. Her debut documentary, ‘Girl Up’, about domestic human trafficking, was partnered with Toronto International Film Festival and the Civic Action Summit. Her viral music video directorial debut, Freedom Dance has over 1.2 million views on YouTube. During COVID, she gathered 66 countries and made a documentary called Unity- #LOVESPREADS Faster Than Virus showcasing the plight of the human spirit. Currently, she is working on a comedy series, Layla is Relevant, as well as writing a film about trafficking.

Rua Wani
Producer and Co-President, Adani Pictures

Shant Joshi
President, Executive Producer, Fae Pictures

Shant Joshi is president and executive producer at Fae Pictures, an award-winning media company based in Los Angeles and Toronto on a mission to decolonize Hollywood. Credits include Framing Agnes (Sundance), International Dawn Chorus Day (Berlin), Diaspora (TIFF), Scaring Women at Night (TIFF), and I’m Fine (Outfest). The company is in post-production on 2 features and 1 series, set to premiere in 2023 and are developing projects in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, India, and Pakistan. Shant is Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for BIPOC TV & Film and sits on the Restructuring, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Committee at the Canadian Media Producers Association.

Priscilla Galvez
Producer and Co-Founder, Silent Tower Inc

Priscilla Galvez is a Toronto-based filmmaker, producer and co-founder of her production company Silent Tower. Her producing career launched with the short THE DROP IN, directed by Naledi Jackson, which premiered at TIFF ’17. Recently, she produced the feature film, ISLANDS, directed by Martin Edralin, which was a SXSW ’21 award winner for Best Breakthrough Performance. She is a fellowship recipient of the TIFF Accelerator Lab ‘20 and was nominated for the CMPA Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award ’22 for her work on ISLANDS.