WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD (NFB)
with KATE VOLLUM & CHANDA CHEVANNES

Sunday, Dec 18, 2022 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: DARC The Loop

This venue requires proof of vaccination and masking.

An informal session introducing filmmakers to the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Learn how to pitch the NFB’s Ontario Studio, how the Ontario Studio collaborates with filmmakers and the types of projects it supports. This session will help filmmakers have a better understanding of the NFB, but will also help filmmakers to prepare to submit their film projects for programming consideration and for the upcoming Filmmaker’s Assistance Program (April 1 deadline). This workshop will be especially useful for emerging filmmakers working in all genres and filmmakers at all levels working in documentaries. Please come with your questions!

Kate Vollum | Acting Producer, Ontario Studio
Kate Vollum is an Acting Producer with the National Film Board of Canada’s Ontario Studio. As an Associate Producer, she worked on many innovative projects such as the ground-breaking interactive project Highrise, the experimental Indigenous series Souvenir, and the NFB/CFC Open Immersion VR Labs. More recently she has been the Associate Producer for several projects: Ever Deadly, a collaboration between Tanya Tagaq & Chelsea McMullan; This is Not a Movie about journalist Robert Fisk, directed by Yung Chang; and Otherly, a series of short docs created for Instagram Stories co-produced by POV Spark & NFB. Kate has also worked on some recent VR projects including the Book of Distance by Randall Okita and Draw Me Close by Jordan Tannahill.

Chanda Chevannes | Executive Producer, Ontario Studio
Chanda Chevannes is the Executive Producer of the Ontario Studio of the National Film Board of Canada. She is passionate about creating more joy and justice in our world through documentary. Prior to joining the NFB, Chanda worked for two decades as an independent filmmaker, writer, and educator. She produced/directed 14 films, including the award-winning features UNFRACTURED and Living Downstream. Her films have been broadcast on six continents and have inspired tangible change. Chanda also produced or production managed 25 other documentaries. In service to her community, she has trained over 800 filmmakers and written 15 film-focused publications. Chanda is a mother and a queer woman of colour—identities that inform her work.