PAST EVENTS
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January 2020
BIPOC TV & Film presents "The Script Coordinators Panel"
Jessica Meya ( Holly Hobbie, creator of Working The Scene in Colour). Justin Rawana (Mary Kills People, The Next step, Dhaliwal '15), Amber-Sekowan Daniels (The Trickster), Keavy Lynch (The Beaverton, Coroner). Moderated by Nathalie Younghali ( Coroner, Bellevue, 16 Hudson)
In Partnership with Regent Park Film Festival and Artscape
May 2019
Asian Heritage Month Panel
With Warren P. Sonoda (Director), Vivian Lin (Writer,Producer,Director), Samantha Wan (Actor,Filmmaker,Writer), Gabe Grey (Actor), and Melanie Le Phan (CBC Digital Production Executive).
Moderated by Romeo Candido (Writer,Director,Producer)
*In Partnership with Reelworld Film Festival
January 2020
BIPOC TV & Film presents "Inside The Coroner Writing Room"
Morwyn Brebner (Showrunner), Noelle Carbone (Co-Executive Producer), Seneca Aaron (Co-Producer), Shannon Masters (Co-Producer), Nathalie Younglai (Co-Producer), Motion (Executive Story Editor) In Partnership with The Writers Guild of Canada
February 2018
Black Panther Opening Weekend
Black Panther Opening Weekend, the BBPA hosts 350 youth and adults for a special
screening of Black Panther at Cineplex Yorkdale. BIPOC TV & Film partnered with the
BBPA to host this event and provides the youth in attendance with first opportunity to
sign up for a series of BIPOC workshops.Representing BIPOC TV&FILM at the event Nathalie Younglai & Shonna Foster.
Through our partnerships with ACTRA Diversity and Angelica Lisk-Hann, BIPOC TV & FILM gifted tickets to December's ACTRA AWARDS to one very special youth, Jameila P. and her Mother. The two were moved to tears at the opportunity to partake in this experience.
February 2020
BIPOC TV & Film presents "Making Black History Now"
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Writer, Director, Activist) (Haven (SXSW 2018) Black Bodies, and Summer of the Gun) R.T. Thorne (Filmmaker) Karen Chapman (Filmmaker) Sasha Leigh Henry (Producer) Tamar Bird (Producer)
In Partnership with Regent Park Film Festival
December 2019
BIPOC TV & Film with POV 3rd Street "How to Be A Good Assistant Panel"
With Sarah Yacobi Harris, (Executive Assistant CBC Unscripted), Nancy Yeboah(Office P.A/Sound Assistant), Eduardo Lemus (Media Manager, Radke Films) and Jamal Alexander (Set Production Assistant) Moderated by Gillian Mueller (Writer) *In Partnership with POV 3rd Street