FILM & TELEVISION
Banff World Media Festival 2021, Top 25 Banff Diversity of Voices Participant
Banff World Media Festival 2022, Spark Fellow
Mixed Up (co-creator, writer/producer) (CBC/Radio-Canada and Canada Council for the Arts, Creation Accelerator) (2019-Present)
“Paved Paradise” Short Experimental Video (Co-Writer/Co-Director/Editor), Toronto Urban Film Festival (2016)
“Castles on the Ground” Short Experimental Video (Writer/Director) (2015), Toronto Urban Film Festival, Berlinale, Images Film Festival, VUCACU
Masters of Cinema and Media Studies, York University (2011)
"Eating Cake" Art Video (Writer/Director), Pleasure Dome (2010)
"Our Journey - How We Know Caste", Short Documentary (Writer/Director), UNICEF (2008)
CONSULTING & SENIOR ARTS ADMINISTRATION
Consulting in areas of research, programming, financial management, grant writing, project management and community engagement for various clients including Media Arts Network of Ontario, York Region Arts Council, UKAI and Black Screen Office. (2020 - Present)
Home Made Visible (Founder/Artistic Director) Regent Park Film Festival (2017 - 2019)
Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) (Executive Director) (2011 - 2018)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Board Member – South Asian Visual Arts Center, Feb 2019 - 2021
Advisory - Toronto Outdoor Picture Show, Nov 2018 - 2020
Fundraising Committee - Walking With Our Sisters - Toronto, 2017
Board Member – South Asian Visual Arts Center, Jan 2010 – 2014
Programming Advisory – Daniels Spectrum, March 2013 - 2014
Advisory Board – Liberation Cooperative (LCO), Media Co-op, Kenya, 2011 - 2013
AWARDS & HONOURS
2020 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming (Honourable Mention), Home Made Visible, Regent Park Film Festival
2020 Lieutenant Governor General's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation, Home Made Visible, Regent Park Film Festival
Fellow - Toronto Arts Council’s Cultural Leaders Lab (2016)
Winner of Best Film (2015) - “Castles on the Ground” Short Experimental Video (Writer/Director), Toronto Urban Film Festival
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
“Personal Archive” (Short Essay), Home Made Visible Program Tour (2019)
Documenting Diverse Histories (Panel), Myseum of Toronto (2019)
“You Don’t Find Passion, It Finds You” (Panel), CivicAction (2018)
Banff World Media Festival 2021, Top 25 Banff Diversity of Voices Participant
Banff World Media Festival 2022, Spark Fellow
Mixed Up (co-creator, writer/producer) (CBC/Radio-Canada and Canada Council for the Arts, Creation Accelerator) (2019-Present)
“Paved Paradise” Short Experimental Video (Co-Writer/Co-Director/Editor), Toronto Urban Film Festival (2016)
“Castles on the Ground” Short Experimental Video (Writer/Director) (2015), Toronto Urban Film Festival, Berlinale, Images Film Festival, VUCACU
Masters of Cinema and Media Studies, York University (2011)
"Eating Cake" Art Video (Writer/Director), Pleasure Dome (2010)
"Our Journey - How We Know Caste", Short Documentary (Writer/Director), UNICEF (2008)
CONSULTING & SENIOR ARTS ADMINISTRATION
Consulting in areas of research, programming, financial management, grant writing, project management and community engagement for various clients including Media Arts Network of Ontario, York Region Arts Council, UKAI and Black Screen Office. (2020 - Present)
Home Made Visible (Founder/Artistic Director) Regent Park Film Festival (2017 - 2019)
Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) (Executive Director) (2011 - 2018)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Board Member – South Asian Visual Arts Center, Feb 2019 - 2021
Advisory - Toronto Outdoor Picture Show, Nov 2018 - 2020
Fundraising Committee - Walking With Our Sisters - Toronto, 2017
Board Member – South Asian Visual Arts Center, Jan 2010 – 2014
Programming Advisory – Daniels Spectrum, March 2013 - 2014
Advisory Board – Liberation Cooperative (LCO), Media Co-op, Kenya, 2011 - 2013
AWARDS & HONOURS
2020 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming (Honourable Mention), Home Made Visible, Regent Park Film Festival
2020 Lieutenant Governor General's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation, Home Made Visible, Regent Park Film Festival
Fellow - Toronto Arts Council’s Cultural Leaders Lab (2016)
Winner of Best Film (2015) - “Castles on the Ground” Short Experimental Video (Writer/Director), Toronto Urban Film Festival
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
“Personal Archive” (Short Essay), Home Made Visible Program Tour (2019)
Documenting Diverse Histories (Panel), Myseum of Toronto (2019)
“You Don’t Find Passion, It Finds You” (Panel), CivicAction (2018)
