About

GIA MILANI is a director, writer and executive producer. Her feature All the Wrong Reasons had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.  She won several major awards for directing and writing the film, including the Discovery Prize at TIFF and the Script Accessible Award at Slamdance. Gia was also named as one of the top Canadian film talents to watch. Recently, Gia was awarded a prestigious “A Grant” from ArtsNB for directing her experimental comedy short At the Back which premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival Gala and was picked up by CBC Gem. Gia was honoured by WIFT-Atlantic with a 2021 WIFT-AT WAVE Award. Previously, in 2018, she was honoured by WIFT-Atlantic with a Salute to a Woman Working in Entertainment in New Brunswick. In 2018 Gia was chosen by Women in View to be a spotlighted director in their Five in Focus program. Gia’s feature screenplay, Strathcona, was shortlisted in December 2017 for the TIFF/CBC Diverse Screenwriter’s Grant (top 6). Gia has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Arts from the University of New Brunswick and an honours diploma from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. She is a full member of the DGC and the WGC.