About

Multi-disciplinary content creator, Rachel Cairns has written, directed and produced multiple award-winning web series and short films that have screened at festivals internationally. Her digital series Mom & Me has had over 7 million views on YouTube and is followed by 15K subscribers. She resonates most with stories that capture the humour and the tragedy of the human experience; to encourage our compassion for each other by finding familiarity in the seemingly unfamiliar. Last year, Rachel earned her first professional writing credit on the CBC digital series Save Me and shadowed director Paul Fox on Anne with an E. Earlier this year she was selected as a producer for the National Screen Institutes prestigious Totally Television Program and recently received support from the Harold Greenberg Fund for the development for her first feature film, Glo, In the Dark. Rachel is also developing a one-woman show about abortion and has directed five audiobooks for Penguin Random House.