Board
ROBIN RIAD
Board Chair
Robin Riad is an Egyptian-Canadian Toronto-based experimental filmmaker. Robin works primarily with analogue mediums, and enjoys creating potions in the darkroom
HELEN LEE
Treasurer
Helen Lee is a film archivist and programmer currently based in Toronto. She is passionate about experimental analogue film practices. Helen received a BA from the University of King’s College, Halifax, in 2018 and has since worked at various arts organizations such as C Magazine, Vtape and the Toronto International Film Festival. She completed her MA at Toronto Metropolitan University in Film Preservation and Collections Management in 2022.
ANGUS O MACDONALD
Secretary
Angus O Macdonald is a film archivist and preservationist with a long history of supporting local art events. He is a member of the Association of Moving Image Archivists and a researcher for the Archive/Counter-Archive project, advocating for the re-emergence of under-recognized and unorthodox films by way of artist interventions and curated screenings. He is currently a board member of the8fest small gauge film festival and has aided with film screenings and installations in Peterborough, Ottawa, and Toronto.
ANNITA ADAMI
Board Member
Annita Adami trained as a film archivist in Toronto. Currently, she is based between Toronto and Athens where she works as a freelance researcher and translator writing about film, history and memory. In her free time Annita shoots Super8 film and experiments with different manipulation techniques that foreground the medium’s materiality. She is also an avid reader of anarchist theory.
Annita holds an MA in Film Preservation and Collections Management from TMU.
JUSTINE McCLOSKEY
Board Member
Justine McCloskey is a filmmaker, photographer, artist, and writer. She graduated with honours from Toronto Metropolitan University’s BFA Film Studies program in 2013, specializing in directing and production design. In 2012 she won the prestigious Norman Jewison Award for Innovation in Filmmaking. She was also nominated for the 2013 Dean’s Essay Award for her essay “Grete Suffraunce: Dysentery and The Crusades.” After working as a Photographer and Video Producer at THP Agency, Justine went on to attend the University of Toronto where she received her MA in Art History while TA-ing media and photography courses with both UofT and OCADu.
EMA WALTERS
Board Member
Ema is a visual artist, filmmaker, producer and documentarian. Exploring the intersection between art and social commentary, they have a BA in Media Studies specializing in Journalism, a diploma in Mass Communications and further studies in Sociology and Political Science. With a commitment to social justice Ema’s work has been noticed for its authenticity and empathy. They run their own creative outlet by the name of Eachother, focused on harmonizing the “We” and the “I”.
Ema believes that art and storytelling have the power to create a better world and is committed to making a difference. They currently live with their grandmother as they believe intergenerational housing is a way of the future. You’ll find her observing nature, with camcorder in hand.
MATTHEW SILVA
Board Member
Matthew Silva is zinemaker, video artist, and filmmaker based in Oshawa. Educated at Thompson Rivers University and Centennial College in the fine arts, he has advised programming and shown works at film and video festivals in both Canada and the United States. He is also the founder and programming director of the Videodrunk Film Festival, which since 2014 has emerged as one of the most noted festivals in underground and alternative film in North America