BEHIND THE LENS - Screening & Talkback Series

Breakthroughs Film Festival presents Behind the Lens - a series of screenings and talkbacks with women & non-binary filmmakers that look at the intersections of art, identity, community and social justice through the medium of short films. Four Canada-based IBPOC filmmaking teams will guide us through the making of a selected short film - screened through BFF - and answer audience questions about their ethos as artists as well as the specifics of treatment/script-writing, casting, finding crew, pre-production, directing, producing, post-production, distribution and screenings with their selected short film. Filmmakers in this series are committed to crafting narratives that question systems of oppression, create an awareness of erased histories and seek to fundamentally change the way we see and move through the world.

Have questions for the filmmakers? Email them in advance to festivalcoordinator@breakthroughsfilmfestival.com

FREE Registration through Eventbrite/BFF website (suggested donation $10)

*once you register for an event, you will receive a code to watch the film through our online viewing platform one week in advance of the talkback and you will also receive a zoom link to join the talkback.

Want to get involved with the festival in other ways? Email info@breakthroughsfilmfestival.com

PAST EVENTS

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Sep 29
Behind the Lens x REPERCUSSIONS

Join director Terril Calder in conversation with Ariel Smith from Native Women in the Arts about the making of REPERCUSSIONS, an animated film that examines the link Indigenous people have to the Canadian lands history.

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Sep 15
Behind the Lens x WHITEWASH

Join director Nadine Valcin and director of photography Chris Romeike in moderated conversation with Debbie Ebanks Schlums from Archive/Counter-Archive about the making of WHITEWASH, an experimental film that examines slavery in Canada and its omission from the national narrative.

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Aug 25
Behind the Lens x MARATHON

Join director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall and producers Tamar Bird and Sasha Leigh Henry in moderated conversation with Alica Hall, Executive Director at Nia Centre for the Arts about the making of MARATHON, a film that focuses on the never-ending race that people of colour and marginalized communities are perpetually running.