This program helps keep women in the film industry. Research has shown that there are high numbers of women in entry-level film positions. The interest is there, but most never make it up the ranks. Building community and feeling supported helps us to feel that our goals are achievable. I think I will look back on this program as having been a game changer in 5 years’ time.
Brit Kewin is a Toronto-based filmmaker who directs, shoots, and edits documentary and narrative fiction. With her brother, Nick, she comprises one half of a sibling team who are interested in creating mutually concocted realities that veer just south of normality. Their films concern families, couples, and communities on the edge of dark truths and painful open secrets. Brit loves using genre to slide sideways into topics that matter.
Brit comes from a documentary film background with a M.A. in visual anthropology from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is a recipient of a Women In The Director’s Chair program scholarship, is a companion member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers and has had her films screened at a number of festivals.