Jason Pope has been working in film and television since 1997. He started as a floor manager, camera operator and producer’s assistant for QVC’s “The Shopping Channel” in London, England. He has had many roles as a director, director of photography, and as a segment producer for online content. While maintaining his freelance career, Jason also worked as a film consultant for Kaleidoscope, an employment program that uses film to help young adults gain employment. Continuing his passion for film, Jason regularly works on corporate videos and documentary-style content. He enjoys doing freelance for companies from all over North America, giving him the opportunity to create exciting new work as a satellite cinematographer. Jason also has a wealth of experience in producing and editing.

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Joella Cabalu is an award-winning Filipino-Canadian Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker. Her first credit as a producer and director was for her own personal family documentary It Runs in the Family (R2R ’15), which won Audience Choice Awards at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival and Vancouver Queer Film Festival and an honourable mention for the Loni Ding Award for Social Justice Documentary at CAAMFest. Since then, she has developed a track record as a creative and collaborative producer working with emerging women directors on compelling short documentaries, including the uplifting environmental film FIXED! (2016) and Do I Have Boobs Now? (2017) a fascinating portrait of a trans activist which screened in festivals worldwide, including Slamdance, BFI Flare, and OUTFest LA. She recently produced a CBC Docs short Biker Bob’s Posthumous Adventure (2019), about a community of strangers coming together after discovering a message in a bottle containing human ashes.

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