KAREN CHAPMAN (Writer/Director/Producer)
At the service of every story, award-winning filmmaker Karen Chapman strives to center work that is grounded in storytelling and impact. Chapman holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University and is an alumnus of the Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre’s - Director’s Lab, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Women in the Director’s Chair, and the CaribbeanTales Incubator Pitch Winner, HotDocs Accelerator, The TIFF Talent Lab, TIFF Accelerator and Every Story Accelerator. She is also a recipient of the 2023 Micki Moore Fellowship.
Her Canadian Film Centre’s thesis film, Measure, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 and won the International Hollywood Foreign Press and Residency Award at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards as well as the CineFilm’s Best Overall Film, and Best Directing in 2020 at the Women in Film and Television - Toronto Showcase. Chapman’s Quiet Minds Silent Streets premiered at the 2022, Toronto International Film Festival and received the award for best Documentary at the Canadian Film Festival along with winning Best Mental Health, Non-Fiction Film at the Yorkton Film Festival and a Silver Medal at the 2024 Anthem Awards.
Catch Karen Chapman's feature film Village Keeper (2024), showing Friday, March 7 at 4:00PM at GEMFest!
This session will be moderated by Sabine Daniel, guest moderator from Black Women Film Canada. As a Canadian award-winning bilingual producer and on-air personality, Sabine has expanded the horizons of Canadian media by shepherding high-quality, impactful productions that celebrate the country’s rich cultural and linguistic diversity while driving the industry forward. With over 15 years of diverse experience both in front of and behind the camera, Sabine is deeply committed to telling stories that resonate with all Canadians and to creating more opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in television.
GEMS is delighted to partner with Black Women Film! for this Reel Talk in honour of Black Futures Month.
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For emerging and seasoned filmmakers, producers, directors, screenwriters, actors and everyone who wants to know more about the industry, GEMS Reel Talks feature moderated conversations with special guests and are often a great way to hear and meet a variety of different people in the film community in Vancouver.
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Past Reel Talks
Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, “NiiMisSak: Sisters In Film (November 28, 2024)
Laura Adkin & Krista Rand, Re:Uniting (August 13, 2024)
Director, Writer, Artist Radha Mehta (June 11, 2024)
Filmmakers Josephine Anderson and Shannon Walsh (May 21, 2024)
Alison O’Daniel and GEMFest Programmers (February 20, 2024)
Filmmaker Meredith Hama-Brown on her debut feature, “Seagrass” (October 17, 2023)
Filmmaker V.T. Nayani on her debut feature “This Place” (August 9, 2023)
Filmmaker Kim Albright on her debut feature With Love And A Major Organ (July 18, 2023)
Ukrainian Filmmaker Khrystyna Syvolap on rebuilding her life and career in Vancouver (June 20, 2023)
Meet Documentary Filmmaker Ali Grant (May 15, 2023)
Meet the VIWFF Programmers and Festival Sneak Peek (February 21, 2023)
How I Became Director Without Film School (January 17, 2023)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival Highlights (November 8, 2022)
Storytelling Runs Deep with Asia Youngman (October 18, 2022)
Directing Crazy8s and Beyond! (September 20, 2022)
In Conversation: Indigenous Screen Office and Black Screen Office (August 26, 2022)
Working Across Disciplines with Nya Lewis from VQFF/Out On Screen (August 16, 2022)
Getting Into the Industry with Katannya “Kat” Yee from Creative BC (July 19, 2022)
The Power of Mentorship & Networking with Eva Thomas and Sarah Kelley (June 21, 2022)
Creating Documentaries with Social Impact with Jen Sungshine (May 17, 2022)
Watch all of our Reel Talks here!
Costs
Our Reel Talks are free and open to the public!