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Kim-Sanh Châu is a Vietnamese-French contemporary dance artist based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). Her dance practice takes the form of choreographic and video installations; focusing on the emergence of imaginary landscapes through the body; distilled from distant dreams, buried memories and psychotropic reminiscences. Her work has been presented at MAI, l’Arsenal, Tangente, and through several international festivals, including SIDance (Korea) and Krossing-Over (Vietnam). In her video work, Châu is interested in contemplative composition, highlighting the body in motion. Her approach is technical yet radically spare. Her work has been shown at several festivals, most recently the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. She regularly works for other artists, the most recent being George Stamos, Kimura Byol and Catherine Lavoie-Marcus. (Photo: Kinga Michalska)

Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :

_ screendance theory
_ pre-production
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ post-production

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Marlene Millar is a filmmaker (writer, director, editor, producer and mentor) who has created dance films, documentaries and experimental media productions for over 30 years. In 2019, her career was honoured at a retrospective exhibit at Threshold Artspace, Perth, UK, premiering her installation WITNESS that captures metaphoric histories with docu-fiction resonances. The process-driven continuum of the MIGRATION DANCE FILM PROJECT directed by Millar comes to life as she transposes Sandy Silva’s choreography to the screen, revealing the intricacies of issue-driven, performative stories. The films have garnered over 30 awards and prizes internationally. Since 2000, Marlene has co-created an acclaimed collection of dance media work with Philip Szporer through their company, Mouvement Perpétuel. A prolific educator and mentor, Millar has taught filmmaking across continents at institutes such as Centre Imagine (Burkina Faso), Malakta (Finland), Impulstanz (Vienna) and throughout the Canadian Arctic. (Photo: Marites Carino)

Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :

_ pre-production
_ screenwriting
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ post-production
_ contracts and rights (basic)
_ distribution, presenters and festivals

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Sonya Stefan’s specialty is 16mm film and dance documentary. Her artistic journey has garnered prestigious recognition, including the 2021 Best National Medium-Length Film award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) for her work titled ‘The Truss Arch.’ Subsequently, in 2022, she was awarded the title of Best Experimental Film at Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. Sonya’s creative work extended to the 2022 Iris Awards, where her film earned a nomination for Best Short Documentary. Her work has graced the screens of renowned festivals such as the Ann Arbor Film Festival and other international venues. During her residency in Argentina with ArtlabPro, Sonya collaborated with Amplify D.A.I. sound artist Lain-9, resulting in the debut of their creation, ‘IK Pegasi,’ crafted with Touch Designer. Sonya’s artistic pursuits have led her to collaborate with esteemed entities, including the multimedia dance company Animals of Distinction and the experimental music act Group A from Berlin, composed of Tommi Tokyo and Sayaka Botanic. In partnership with artist Stephanie Castonguay, their collective, known as ‘Technologies of Consciousness,’ became the first-ever artists-in-residence at Biosphere Montreal. Here, they delved into research on bioplastics, setting the stage for their forthcoming work, ‘The Intimacy of Strangers.’ Sonya Stefan’s artistic footprint continues to evolve, pushing the boundaries of multimedia artistry and paving the way for innovative expressions of creativity. (Photo: Sonya Stefan)

Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :

_ pre-production
_ roles and relationships within a small film crew
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ editing (introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro)
_ cameraless filmmaking technique – drawing on film
_ introduction to 16mm shooting
_ DIY development methods
_ post production
_ introduction to grants program
_ distribution, presenters and festivals

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Claudia Chan Tak is a multidisciplinary artist trained in visual arts (Concordia, bachelor’s degree 2009) and contemporary dance (UQAM, bachelor’s degree 2012 and master’s degree 2017). Her first short film La Buvette des carnivores received the Cinémathèque québécoise prize for best direction at the Quartiers Danses Festival in 2015, while Norma, produced in 2016, was part of the official selection of FIFA. As a visual artist, she is programmed at the Festival TransAmériques (FTA) in the summer of 2016 to present at Place des Arts her very first solo exhibition entitled Hydra, which archives with poetry and originality intergenerational choreographic creative processes through photographs, videos and drawings. To underline the quality of her work, she received the William Douglas University Prize in 2015, then in 2018 the prestigious Patrons of the Arts prize to highlight the artistic innovation of a project that continues the search for her memory-creation around the links between documentary film, cultural identity and contemporary dance. For the past few years, she has been offering screendance workshops to teenagers and emerging artists. (Photo: Julie Artacho)

Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :

_ pre-production
_ preparing a presentation document and a pitch
_ screenwriting
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ teaser
_ archiving
_ movement with the camera
_ live arts video projection
_ post-production (editing with Final Cut Pro)
_ screendance workshops with teenagers and dance students

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Priscilla Guy is a performer, choreographer, filmmaker, curator and researcher in the arts based in Marsoui (Canada). She presents her scenic creations, site specific performances and screendance works on a local and international scale. In 2012, she founded Regards Hybrides, now a world-wide reference in screendance through its online platform, its international biennale and several screenings every year. Her academic research is published regularly, notably with The International Journal of Screendance and The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Lille (France).

Services offered — coaching, advising or mentoring in :

_ screendance history
_ screendance theory
_ pre-production
_ screenwriting
_ roles and relationships within the team
_ directing
_ movement with the camera
_ choreographic editing
_ post-production
_ contracts and rights
_ distribution, presenters and festivals

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