Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Across Two Worlds (Surrey, BC)
• The Last Flight (Burnaby, BC)

Arnold Lim is a Korean-Canadian Independent writer, director and producer who won Telefilm’s Talent to Watch grant twice.

His past awards include the Director’s Guild of Canada’s Greenlight award for Obscura / 옵스큐라, which also won best screenwriting and best short film at the 2024 Leo Awards.

For more than a decade, Arnold has been a video journalist and photography manager for five Olympic Games.

He is a graduate of the NSI Features First program and has received awards from the BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, BravoFACT and the Harold Greenberg Fund.

He will direct his second Telefilm-funded feature film The Bryce Lee Story in 2025.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• A Bundle of B*s (Edmonton, AB)
• Bismillah (Edmonton, AB)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Farm to Table (Edmonton, AB)
• Practise As Ceremony: The Making of Community (Edmonton, AB)

Ava Karvonen is a second-generation filmmaker who loves to travel and holds two passports (Canada and Finland).

She produced the critically acclaimed feature documentaries Finding Bobbi, Wochiigii Lo: End of the Peace (screened at 20 festivals including premiering at Toronto International Film Festival) and Lessons from the Sunflower (which she also directed).

She directed seasons one and two of Chaos and Courage (APTN); Keeping Canada Alive (CBC); The Lie Detective; Homefront (taking her to Afghanistan); and Seeds of Change (taking her to China). Ava is an executive producer of the box office hit Skinamarink and documentary series How to Learn Anything.

She has sat on the boards of the Edmonton Arts Council, Alberta Media Producers Industries Association, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Filmmakers for Conservation, IATSE Local 210, Women in Film and TV Alberta (past chair), Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) and DOC Alberta (past chair).

She has mentored emerging talent with the Black Screen Office and supported 35 TELUS STORYHIVE teams to date.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Senior Discount (Victoria, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Beyond the Dungeon (Lethbridge, AB)
• FSJ Bayanihan Spirit (Fort St. John, BC)

Barbara Todd Hager (Métis/Cree) is a documentary producer, director and writer.

She is the creator of four television series 1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus, Down2Earth, All Our Relations and New Canoe, representing more than 150 episodes of television and series content.

Barbara has been a mentor with STORYHIVE Editions for dozens of projects.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Bowline (Campbell River, BC)
• Boy Meets Girl (Coquitlam, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Same Sky Collective (Kamloops, BC)
• Infinity in Concrete: Arthur Erickson’s Ross Street Gurdwara (Vancouver, BC)

Born and raised in Victoria, on the unceded traditional territory of the Lekwungen-speaking people, writer / producer Daniel Hogg is a storyteller at heart whose award-winning projects have been screened around the globe.

As a producer, his first feature, Two 4 One, picked up several best picture and audience awards from LGBTQ festivals.

His second feature, The Devout, won seven Leo awards, including best picture, and earned a nomination for the John Dunning Discovery Award from the Canadian Screen Awards.

In 2018, he was named to Telefilm Canada’s inaugural Talent to Watch program. He is currently developing a handful of screenplays and working as a story editor for several projects in development.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Cleaner on Call (Prince George, BC)

A prize-winning graduate of the University of Alberta’s playwriting department, Ian Barr began his career as TV writer and story editor on youth shows Mentors (Family Channel), MythQuest (CBC/PBS) and renegadepress.com (APTN), before moving to sitcoms Da Kink In My Hair (Global), She’s the Mayor (Vision) and four seasons running the writing room of Canadian Screen Award (CSA) nominated Tiny Plastic Men (Superchannel/Hulu).

Ian was also showrunner on seasons four and five of the CSA nominated sketch comedy show, CAUTION: May Contain Nuts (APTN). Prior to that, Ian was supervising producer / writer on the one-hour crime series, Shoot the Messenger (CBC).

Currently, Ian has a family-friendly feature film Skyhorse (MarVista Entertainment; Elevation Pictures; Neshama Entertainment) looking for production in summer 2025.

In 2023, Ian joined Fenix Film & Television, a Calgary based production company, as their head of scripted, and has been building their development slate with several one-hour projects under option and / or commissioned to pilot stage.

Representation: Carl Liberman, Head of Literary, The Characters Talent Agency Bus: 416-964-8522 Mob: 416-948-7167, carl[at]thecharacters.com

Mentoring in Scriped Edition:

• Earth to Colby (Calgary, AB)

Jason Filiatrault is a passionate writer of feature film, television and awkward birthday cards.

His credits include writing and co-producing on two seasons of the cult Netflix drama The Order, the award-winning feature film Entanglement (WGC Best Screenplay 2018), as well as bits of genre fave A Christmas Horror Story (starring William Shatner), APTN drama Tribal, CTV comedy Jann, the CBC series Young Drunk Punk and his upcoming short film, Now I Am A Bear.

Jason has projects in development with Copperheart Entertainment (Ginger Snaps), Letterkenny producers New Metric Media, Jackass director Jeff Tremaine and a new upcoming feature, All Night Wrong, starring Zach Cherry (Severance) and Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova.

Jason is an alumnus of the Torino Film Lab (2023), the Toronto International Film Festival Writers’ Studio (2021), Whistler Screenwriters Lab (2024), the Sundance Institute (2023), the Canadian Film Centre (2010, 2018), the National Screen Institute (2013) and was chosen for Playback Magazine’s “5 to Watch” list.

Jason is also serving his second term as a Western region councillor for the Writers Guild of Canada. He lives in Calgary.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Ranger Jane (Kelowna, BC)
• Mother’s Hands (Vancouver, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Synthetica (Burnaby, BC)
• Harvesting the Power of Music (Armstrong, BC)

Jason Margolis brings years of experience in television production, documentary filmmaking, journalism and media education.

He served as the showrunner, supervising producer and writer for six seasons of the award-winning series EP Daily – The Electric Playground, which aired on networks like Rogers in Canada, Hulu in the U.S. and Sci Fi in Australia.

Jason has worked across various media, including documentaries, short films, web series and music videos. His directing credits include the documentary Ayaa: A Hero’s Journey and Tube Tales: TV’s Real Stories. He has directed music videos for artists such as Andrew WK and Great Lake Swimmers.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Feel the Burn (Coquitlam, BC)
• No One’s Really From Here (Vancouver, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• JUST BREATHE (Kelowna, BC)
• Underground Midwives (Sooke, BC)

Writer / director / producer Jessie Anthony is a proud Haudenosaunee woman from the Onondaga Nation, Beaver clan, born and raised in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in Ontario.

She was a Telefilm Talent to Watch winner for her first feature film Brother, I Cry, which won the 2020 BC Emerging Filmmakers Award at Vancouver International Film Festival, the audience choice award at imagineNATIVE and, in 2021, best screenwriting award at Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival and best screenwriting and direction in a motion picture at the Leo Awards.

Jessie is the producer of the Canadian Screen Award-nominated Indigenous Queer series Querencia, which won the imagineNATIVE pitch competition, gaining a broadcast deal with APTN/Bell Fund and Telefilm Talent to Watch.

She is currently in development with a television slate supported by Canada Media Fund, Amazon, Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), Creative BC and Bell Media.

Jessie recently wrapped a writer’s room for a brand-new Indigenous TV comedy series titled Acting Good with CTV and a director’s mentorship on The Handmaid’s Tale with Emmy award-winning cinematographer and director Dana Gonzales.

Jessie has produced shorts through her production company Pass-Through Productions, which ISO has funded, TELUS Optik and BravoFact.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• OASIS (Delta, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Disabled (Calgary, AB)
• Starting Anew (Medicine Hat, AB)

Working in the media of film, paint and interactive space, Emmy-nominated director Jill Sharpe is a multi-faceted visual storyteller.

As a director / writer /producer, Jill explores themes of human potential, social transformation and art. Early in her career, she focused on making documentary films with the goal of injecting radical ideas into mainstream media. She then moved into dramatic filmmaking with a desire to work with actors and experiment with form.

Her dramatic films have won numerous awards, screened at international film festivals and along broadcast waves in over 30 countries.

Her credits include the clip film celebration of Canadian cinema, Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche, where she interviewed Canada’s leading drama directors.

Jill has enjoyed mentoring on five past TELUS STORYHIVE Editions. She has taught filmmaking at the Vancouver Film School, Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the University of Ireland.

Today, she continues working on her own films as well as supporting the creativity of others.  Jill is also a SAG/AFTRA trained intimacy coordinator working on both union and indie productions.

www.jillsharpe.ca.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• The Spotlight Within (Red Deer, AB)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Okanagan Sasquatch Stories (Kelowna, BC)
• The Thin Orange Line (Penticton, BC)

Josh Epstein is an award-winning director, writer, producer and actor with a global footprint in the film industry.

His work has garnered 39 Leo Award nominations. Recently, he penned Astrid’s Deathlist for Paramount Pictures, Knight’s Camp in collaboration with Good Question Media and a re-imagining of Youngblood with Aircraft Pictures.

Josh has also re-written multiple studio features, served as an executive producer on film and TV projects and is developing television content predominantly with his long-time collaborator, Kyle Rideout.

As an industry mentor and educator, Josh is the producer facilitator for the National Screen Institute Series Incubator program and a mentor for the Whistler Film Festival Producer’s Lab and TELUS STORYHIVE. He has also hosted panels for Vancouver International Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival and Women in Film.

Additionally, Josh won the Ovation Award for directing Cabaret at Studio 58.

As an actor, Josh has won four Jessie Awards, been nominated for three Dora Awards and was recognized as the Most Promising Actor at the Stratford Festival.

@joshepstein1

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Fire Weather (Kamloops, BC)
• The Wild Times (Penticton, BC)

Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin (Attawapiskat) is an award-winning filmmaker, mother, writer, performance artist and academic.

With her background in community work, social justice themes emerge in her films, alongside bravery, healing, connection and humour. Jules honours her Cree-speaking grandparents who raised her, and her mother, a residential school survivor / warrior.

Relying on a creative eye, keen mind and strong heart, Jules’ accomplishments include raising four sons while pursuing academics and artistry.

After graduating from Concordia University’s theatre program, she went on to Ryerson University’s (now Toronto Metropolitan University) documentary media master’s program, receiving early recognition with an award of distinction and an academic gold medal for her thesis documentary film, Remembering Inninimowin.

She went on to do her Ph.D. in Indigenous documentary and protocols and processes, through the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice program at the University of British Columbia.

Jules is represented by The Characters Talent (acting) and Lucas Talent (writing, directing).

www.juleskoostachin.com

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• The Knitting Diaries (Vernon, BC)
• Life with Dotty (Victoria, BC)

Kate Green is an award-winning director and producer with a passion for storytelling across short and long formats. With expertise in factual, lifestyle, competition, and reality television, she brings curiosity to every project.

As creator of the sci-fi series NarcoLeap, the first season (TELUS OptikTV and CBC GEM) earned multiple nominations, including a Canadian Screen Award (CSA), and won awards at Miami Web Fest, Baltimore Next Media Web Fest, and the Asia Web Awards. The series reached 2.4 million people, generating 600,000 views. Season two (Highball TV) earned a second CSA nomination and won Leo Awards for best web series and performance.

Kate has worked for networks like HGTV, W Network, CBC, and History Channel.

Her documentaries Not a Stranger and Melting Stars received recognition, with Melting Stars winning Best Short at the International Wildlife Film Festival.

Her zombie western Murphy’s Law aired on CBC, winning Best Horror Thriller at the Wild Bunch Festival.

Kate is currently in post-production on Breakthrough, a WWII film slated for release in 2025.

She is an alumna of Women in the Director’s Chair and the Reykjavík Talent Lab, where she got to meet the president of Iceland and Björk!

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• My Big Fat Gay Wedding (Calgary, AB)
• NEMESIS (Edmonton, AB)

Katrina Beatty is an Edmonton based filmmaker working in varying formats, including short and feature films, web series, music videos and multi-media projections.

In 2019, she was awarded the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Multi-Media & Project Design for her work with Northern Light Theatre on The Cardiac Shadow.

Katrina produced the Telefilm funded feature film Before I Change My Mind, which premiered at the 75^th annual Locarno Film Festival in 2022. It was awarded the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association Award for best original screenplay, cinematography and scripted feature film. For her work producing the film, Katrina received the 2023 Edmonton Film Prize. The film was released on Crave in November 2024.

Most recently, Katrina premiered the long-form documentary The Wounds Within: An Endometriosis Story at the 2024 NorthWestFest International Documentary Film Festival. It placed as the number one audience choice selection of the festival.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Never Use Alone (Kamloops, BC)

Kevin Eastwood is an award-winning writer, director and producer based in Vancouver.

Recent credits include writing, directing and producing The Society Page, a half hour documentary about newspaper columnist and photographer Malcolm Parry that won a 2024 Leo Award for best direction.

Before that, Kevin wrote and directed British Columbia: An Untold History, a critically acclaimed history series that won five Leo Awards (including for best direction and best screenwriting) and was nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards (CSA).

Previous credits as writer / director include Humboldt: The New Season and After the Sirens (both CBC Television, both nominated for best documentary program CSAs), The Death Debate for TELUS (CSA nominee for best direction), and Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (CSA nominee for best direction and documentary series).

Kevin’s producer credits include the award-winning documentaries Haida Modern and Haida Gwaii: On The Edge of the World, Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, The Romeo Section (CBC) from creator Chris Haddock; Elijah (CTV) (Gemini Award winner for best TV movie), and the feature films Preggoland, Fido and The Delicate Art of Parking.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Hyponaut (Prince George, BC)
• Hospice (Duncan, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• An Ounce of Flesh: Does Theatre Even Matter? (Penticton, BC)

Kyle Rideout is a director, writer and producer.

He has written an action / comedy feature, Astrid’s Deathlist, for Paramount Pictures, a remake of the 1980s film Youngblood, a medieval thriller, Knight’s Camp for Good Question Media that he is set to direct, producing are Daniel Bekerman (The Apprentice, The Witch) and Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back), along with Josh Epstein.

His most recent directorial credit is Adventures In Public School, which starred Judy Greer, Russell Peters, Andrea Bang, and Grace Park. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and opened TIFF Top Ten Festival before landing on Netflix.

His directorial debut, Eadweard, won five audience choice awards and multiple best feature film award special jury prizes at festivals worldwide.

Kyle is also an established actor, most recently guest starring on Happy Face (Paramount+), The Good Doctor and working with companies such as Legendary, Marvel, 20th Century, Hasbro, Netflix.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Where We Landed (Calgary, AB)
• Limerance (Edmonton, AB)

Lora Campbell is a Canadian Screen Award nominated, disabled, trans-nonbinary filmmaker from Newfoundland.

They have created award winning content for over a decade. They have directed the Emmy Award-winning television series Odd Squad (PBS), Canadian Screen Award-winning The Fabulous Show with Fay And Fluffy (Family), Auntie B’s Place (CBC) and more.

Lora has created, written and directed on digital series including Yoga 101 (CBC), Soul Decision Comedy (CBC), The Beaverton Digital (Comedy Network) and Calico Chats (Family Channel).

In 2018, they received Canadian Screen Award and Canadian Comedy Award nominations for The Beaverton Digital and Soul Decision Comedy respectively.

Since 2020, they completed the Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Career Advancement Module program, Breaking Through The Lens Directing Lab and Attagirl development program.

Lora has also facilitated short film production programs for the Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival, St. John’s Women’s International Film Festival and was previously the artistic director of the ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto.

Recently, they were selected for the Diversity Showrunner Bootcamp where they will continue to hone their comedy and dramatic film and television projects which focus on authentic disabled and transgender experiences.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• The Lion, the White Flower, and Hope (Calgary, AB)
• The Rejects (Lethbridge, AB)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Arts Inc. (Fort McMurray, AB)

Matt Watterworth is an Alberta-based filmmaker, producer and seasoned mentor with over $2.5 million in project budgets and extensive success in grant-funded productions.

Known for his work on the feature films, In Plainview, Cold Road, and Jonesin’, Matt brings a wealth of hands-on experience to emerging storytellers. As the founder of No Cap Content and co-creator of the Stinger Awards, he’s passionate about helping creators develop impactful, authentic projects.

With deep industry knowledge and a track record of navigating funding opportunities, Matt is here to guide you through your TELUS STORYHIVE journey, offering practical advice, funding strategies and insider insights that empower you to make the most of your grant and bring your vision to life.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• RAW HEEL (Dawson Creek, BC)
• Recognition (Vernon, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• My Grandfather & Me (North Vancouver, BC)
• Sage Advice (Williams Lake, BC)

Mike Wavrecan is an award-winning producer having worked in almost every role in television for over the past twenty plus years. He has credits in numerous countries with broadcasters such as Bravo!, Much, APTN, Netflix, Knowledge, CityTV, Global, History, Discovery, VisionTV, Movie Central, AMI, OutTV, Evasion, AWE (USA), AB Groupe (France), and Maori TV (New Zealand) – garnering recognition from the Canada Screen Awards, Leo Awards and many others.

He recently completed post-production on the seventh and final season of APTN’s Moosemeat & Marmalade as co-creator / producer.

He has finished a lengthy film festival circuit with the multiple award-winning TELUS Originals feature documentary Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun which premiered on Paramount+ and TELUS Optik in Canada.

Select credits include line producer on two award-winning TELUS / Bell Fund web series – Hospital Show and Spiral, producer / director on multiple episodes of Accessible Media Inc’s series Our Community and original documentaries Across the Line and The Road Ahead. He also directed and produced on the APTN award-winning short form doc series Food For Thought.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• The Eldest Daughter (Edmonton, AB)

Nimisha Mukerji is an award-winning producer, writer and director whose films have premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Her breakout feature, 65_RedRoses, was selected by Oprah Winfrey for her documentary club and acquired by Netflix and Hulu.

Other notable works include Blood Relative and Tempest Storm, released by Mongrel Media.

Founder of Shotglass Productions, Nimisha has written and produced segments for PBS/HBO’s Sesame Street, Historica Canada’s Heritage Minute: The Discovery of Insulin (over 1 million views) and the Tribeca Festival-premiering Jacinta, which won the Albert Maysles Award and earned a 2022 IDA Award nomination for best feature.

As a Directors’ Guild of America / Directors’ Guild of Canada episodic director, Nimisha has worked with Apple TV+, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Freeform, Disney+, ABC, CBS, and Peacock.

Recent credits include Hulu’s Emmy-nominated Under the Bridge, Big Sky, My Life with the Walter Boys and Gotham Knights. She is also executive producer and director of Allegiance (NBCU/CBC).

Nimisha has won multiple Leo Awards and earned nominations for three DGC Awards, a Gemini and a Canadian Screen Award.

She co-created New Country, in development with Warner Media Discovery, and is set to direct See Jane Fight for Alcina Pictures.

She chairs the DGC BC Advisory Committee and sits on the executive board.

www.shotglassproductions.com

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Crumbs (Calgary, AB)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Fringe Movements: Ethnic Dance in White Alberta (Calgary, AB)
• Sticks & Sikhs (Chestermere, AB)

Nina Sudra is a filmmaker working in the industry for over 25 years. She is committed to creating dialogue about social issues revolving around the multicultural experience.

She has embraced her passion of filmmaking and storytelling as a powerful tool to build bridges between people of different ages and cultures.

Nina has developed and created films through the National Screen Institute and the National Film Board of Canada.

Her films have travelled the globe, been broadcast internationally and touched many lives. These works have encouraged conversations between a varied spectrum of people; from children in impoverished villages to graduate students in universities.

Nina’s films have received national and international accolades and have won several awards.

Recently, Nina has directed a documentary called Bridging the Gap about refugee and newcomer families navigating the school system. It has been picked up by Moving Pictures Distribution.

She has also released a short film Travels with Miranda which was filmed in Cuba along with a documentary she co-produced called The Gateway about hip hop culture in Calgary.

Currently, she is directing a documentary called Gandhi’s Threads and is developing a feature narrative comedy called My Heart is a Marshmallow.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• On Gordon Alley (Kelowna, BC)
• Green is the colour of evil (North Vancouver, BC)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Casting Shadows (Dawson Creek, BC)
• Small Town, Big Sound (Terrace, BC)

Ryan Mah is a documentary director, producer and founding member of Black Rhino Creative.

He amplifies diverse voices and transforms onscreen representation in his work, which has been featured by CBC, AMI TV, Knowledge Network and TELUS Optik.

He is currently producing Seeking Saltwater (Knowledge Network), a series about contemporary Chinese immigration directed by Mina Shum.

He is working on the third season of the AMI travel series Postcards From…, hosted by Christa Couture, which explores whether accessibility and adventure can coexist.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Tides of Longing (Nanaimo, BC)
• Good Intentions (Victoria, BC)

Sara Blake is an award-winning producer (Indiescreen Awards Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award) with a focus on director-driven works and refreshing stories.

Her company Ceroma Films produces noteworthy features including: Seagrass (award winner at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2023 and Festival du nouveau cinéma 2023), Swiss-Canadian co-production Until Branches Bend (screened at TIFF 2022, PÖFF 2022, SXSW 2023, Locarno Film Festival 2023), Raf (screened TIFF 2019), and Be Still (screened at Vancouver International Film Festival 2021).

She is a Banff Spark alumnus, has mentored through the National Screen Institute and Screen Production Yukon Association.

Sara is the co-founder of non-profit Filmable – a casual networking space to uplift the amazing talent in British Columbia.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Fort MacBeth (Forth McMurray, AB)

Sara Corry is an independent producer and production coordinator currently residing in Alberta.

Sara has built a diversified freelance career in the Alberta production world, with recent credits including Netflix, MGM+, Crown Media, FX, and Polyscope Productions.

Alongside this work, Sara is also a proud, long-standing member of the independent production company, North Country Cinema (NCC). Her contributions include co-producer on frequent collaborator Kyle Thomas’ critically acclaimed debut feature-film, The Valley Below.

Her feature film producing credits include Range Roads (awarded best scripted feature from the Alberta Media Production Industries Association) and Alberta Number One (released in 2024).

Sara is a producer on the feature film co-production Hey, Viktor! with Lightning Mill Inc, which had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival 2023 and its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Most recently, NCC and Lightning Mill Inc have teamed up again and are currently in pre-production for their next feature, Smudge the Blades, which Sara will produce.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Junk Boys (Red Deer, AB)
• There Are No Squirrels In Lethbridge (Lethbridge, AB)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Calgary Unfiltered: Melody Makers (Calgary, AB)
• Living Well With Schizophrenia (Edmonton, AB)

Scott Lepp has over 200 episodes of network television experience. He was most recently the producer of APTN’s hit series Tribal and is the executive producer of three feature films set for release in 2024: Hailey Rose, Cold Road, and Faultline.

Previously, Scott served as associate and digital producer for CBC’s Heartland and was on the board of directors for the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (AMPIA). He continues to serve on the board of the Okotoks Film Society.

As president of Iylond Entertainment, Scott’s latest feature, Hailey Rose, premiered at Cinefest Sudbury and will be released theatrically and on Super Channel in 2024.

Iylond’s first feature, Ice Blue, won several festival awards, including Best Canadian Feature at Regina 2018 and Best Feature Director at LA Femme Los Angeles 2017. The company also produced two digital series in 2019: Hudson for CBC Gem and Realization for TELUS Originals.

In his free time, Scott enjoys learning about finance, psychology, and filmmaking. He is passionate about mentoring emerging filmmakers and spending time with his family.

Scott graduated from Vancouver Film School and now lives in Okotoks, Alberta with his wife, Crystal and their two children, Iyla and London.

Mentoring in Scripted Edition:

• Gas Money (Calgary, AB)

Mentoring in Anniversary Documentary Edition:

• Sharing the Dream – Chasing Athletic Greatness (Lethbridge, AB)

Scott Westby is a Calgary filmmaker who has been making films for over 20 years.

He is an alumnus of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) film and video production program and the National Screen Institute’s Features First program.

He has written, directed and produced scores of short films and web series and has produced / directed two feature films.

He produced the feature In Plainview in 2016 with support from the Telefilm Micro-Budget Production Program, and he directed the feature film Jonesin’ in 2018 with support from the Calgary Film Centre’s Project Lab.

His documentary series Opera Labs won the AMPIA Award for Best Web Series in 2022, the same year he won the AMPIA for Best Director for Jonesin’.

Scott recently produced, wrote and directed the film Low in partnership with Diabetes Canada and the University of Calgary.

He is committed to the growth and health of the Alberta film industry, has served on numerous committees and boards around the province and has mentored many students and TELUS STORYHIVE projects throughout the years.