Award winning, Creative Producer and Executive with over 15 years in the Animation Industry. With a passion for storytelling character driven narratives that speak to the preschool audience, Christina has produced multiple seasons of such evergreen brands as PAW Patrol, Franklin and Friends and Max & Ruby, all of which have enjoyed broadcast and consumer product success worldwide. 

 

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For over a decade Ian David Nsenga has worked in both the film and music industries of Canada, United States, China, Taiwan, and Europe. His passion for creative arts has helped shape quite a diverse career from acting to writing and running his own production company. Born in Nairobi, Kenya with Rwandan roots, Ian moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 1993 and to Vancouver in 2005. He studied Film and Communications at Trinity Western University. His work has been featured on Amazon Prime Video and festivals in the USA and Canada. With his company, Visionary production, his goal is to create original content.

 

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Zainab Muse is a Nigerian-Canadian producer, director and writer. She has produced and directed feature-length and series formats, along with art films, shorts, music videos, and documentaries for Canadian broadcasters, CBC and Bell. In addition, she supports many Canadian productions as a consulting producer, as well as a producer on international co-productions in Canada. She owns CREATORLAND, an independent production company with a mission to produce stories that advance and amplify the narratives of unheard voices and underserved people.

 

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Patricia Bebia Mawa is the Executive Vice President of Silvertrust Media and Afroglobal Television. She has directed and produced over 15 television programs including The Visionaries and Standing Ovation. She is the writer and director of a new drama series Omobella Palace. Patricia is the Associate Publisher of Excellence, Envision and Destiny Magazines. Chair of Reelworld Screen Institute, she is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth 11 Diamond Jubilee Medal. Patricia and her husband Moses have been featured on CNN International in a half hour special. In March 2016, the duo launched Afroglobal Television, a 24-hour television channel. In 2018, they co-authored the 150 Extraordinary Canadians Legacy book.

 

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Chris is a marketing professional with over 23 years of experience coordinating concerts, festivals, and providing branding and production for music artists and deejays. In the last eight years Chris has worked as the cultural/event director for the City of Thompson, and as the Marketing and Communication coordinator for the Town of Inuvik. His business ventures include creating, producing, branding, and marketing Urban Star which aired on all Shaw Media TV cable systems and direct satellite. Cell phone Girl’s video game demo design, two published books and a cartoon episode pilot. Chris runs the Motto Production studio in Winnipeg.

 

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Shanele has worked as a director, videographer and digital marketer for non-profit and corporate clients across Canada, the US, Qatar and Kuwait. She has recently begun focusing her creative efforts on writing and directing feature film and television projects, exploring authentic experiences of the intersecting demographics she belongs to.

 

Shanele's first feature film screenplay has been selected as a top 30 finalist for the Blacklist Cannes Film Festival residency and is in early development with notable EP attachment. She is also currently shopping two pilot series (scripts and bibles completed) in Canada and the US.

 

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