Please note this program is exclusively online. This event is a part of the Reel Ideas Symposium: Specificity Drives Authenticity programme.
Considering the need to keep creating within Asian Canadian cinema, this panel gathers filmmakers and artists to discuss the implications, complexities, and pressure one might face when delivering their second artistic work. Together, they offer tips, anecdotes, and lessons learned in bringing their stories into the foreground for the second time around.
Anupa Mistry
Producer, Writer
Anupa Mistry is a writer and producer, and partner at Scenario Media in Toronto. For a decade she worked as a music critic, editor, and occasional talking head with The FADER, Pitchfork, and Red Bull Music Academy. As a filmmaker she looks for stories at the intersection of radical history, culture, and human ingenuity.
Aliya Kanani
Actor, Comedian, Writer
Aliya is a Toronto-based comedian, actor and writer. Her solo show, “Where You From, From?”, sold out at festivals internationally, including Just for Laughs, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and World Fringe.
Her first role in a feature film, Scarborough, got her nominated for a Canadian Screen award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress. Her second role in film Concrete Valley, just premiered at TIFF.
She has written for the sketch tv-series, Abroad and her web series, Juicy.
Jasmin Mozaffari
Writer, Director
Jasmin Mozaffari is an award-winning film & television writer/director. Her debut feature, FIRECRACKERS, premiered at TIFF in 2018. In 2019, Jasmin took home the award for Best Director at the Canadian Screen Awards and FIRECRACKERS was named a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Jasmin has branched out into directing television for networks like Netflix, HULU, Global, CBC, as well as commercials and music videos. She most recently directed the pilot for the Netflix series FAKES, and also completed 2 episodes of ROBYN HOOD, created by Director X.
Albert Shin
Filmmaker (Timelapse Pictures)
Albert Shin is a Korean-Canadian filmmaker based out of Toronto, Canada.
16 Nov, 2022 4:30 pm
OnlinePlease note this program is exclusively online. This event is a part of the Reel Ideas Symposium: Specificity Drives Authenticity programme.
Challenging norms, paving the road, and telling fresh stories, our Canadian Spotlight Artist program is dedicated to a member of the dynamic and talented Asian Canadian film community. This program celebrates a selected artist by activating their journey, process, and future works.
Asian Canadian comics will discuss the ways they’ve broken down barriers to tell their jokes to a wide audience on stage, in sketches, and on film and TV. Together, they’ll discuss their individual approaches to the craft, how they navigate stereotypes, personal experiences in their work, and how comedy has allowed them to challenge, explore, and find comfort in their identities.
This year’s Reel Ideas Conference gathers industry professionals, filmmakers, and performers to reflect on the specificity in their works, representing their own nuances along with their communities' lived experiences.