The board of directors of the Canadian Independent Screen Fund for BPOC creators
are a strong and diverse group of talent from across Canada.
Racial Equity Media Collective, Toronto
Independent,
Toronto
Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver
Independent,
Fredericton
Creatives Empowered (CE), Alberta
Independent,
Halifax
Independent,
Montreal
Independent,
Vancouver
AND INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS FROM ACROSS CANADA.
Racial Equity Media Collective,
Toronto
Independent,
Toronto
Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver
Independent,
Fredericton
Creatives Empowered (CE), Alberta
Her company Atelier Culturati, EMPOWERS INCLUSION in arts + culture through strategic consulting, communications and creating social impact. Shivani is a 2021 Reelworld Trailblazer Award Recipient. This award recognizes talented Canadians who have set themselves apart as innovators and change-makers in the entertainment industry through their constant and committed efforts to improve and diversify our vibrant media landscape. Shivani is also the Founder of Creatives Empowered, the first non-profit organization in Alberta for film + tv, media and arts professionals who are Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
Independent,
Halifax
Sobaz Benjamin is an award-winning filmmaker, the Founder and Executive Director of In My Own Voice (iMOVe) Arts Association: a film production company and multi- purpose film training lab, Centre Stage Community Development Co-operative Ltd. and In My Own Voice (iMOVe) Media Production and Learning Co-operative Ltd. Sobaz is a filmmaker and social entrepreneur, community worker, advocate, mentor, program facilitator and educator. In 2009, he partnered with the Nova Scotia Justice Department to deliver his Life Story program: the (Kintsugi Monologues). Sobaz, currently in partnership with NSCAD University, is a director of a film production training program called Free Film School and the Community Media Mobile Lab.
He has also received a Humans Rights Award for his work with youth, a Multicultural Award in education, a Crime Prevention Award from the Provincial Government and film directing awards from the National Film Board and the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television. Sobaz has certificates in Compassionate Listening, Community Based Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (from the Coady Institute at St Francis Xavier University and the Compassionate Listening Project in Indianola, Washington), and Diversity and Restorative Justice training and facilitation. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Mass Communication from York University in Toronto and a BFA in Film and Video Production from York.
Independent,
Montreal
Independent,
Vancouver