To celebrate VIFF join us on October 6th at 7pm for our first in person pub night since 2019!
CCE members will receive their first drink for free (so be sure to RSVP). Non Members are welcome to attend as well!
Join us in Winnipeg on September 25th for our Offline Activity. We will be bowling!
Join us in Vancouver on September 24th for our Offline Activity. We will be Axe Throwing – It’s like editing but you’re making cuts with dangerous heavy projectiles instead.
Join us in Edmonton on September 18th for our Offline Activity. We will be going for a walk in the Botanical Gardens. A light snack will be provided.
Join us in Montréal on September 18th for our Offline Activity. Grab your plaid shirt and challenge your gang to channel their inner lumberjacks with axes, knives, spears and more!
Join us in Toronto on September 17th for our Offline Activity. We will be bowling!
Presented in English / Conférence en anglais
Join us on June 21st for a conversation with the editors Brooke Stern Sebold and Cecilio Escobar behind the genre-blending and awards-winning FRAMING AGNES which garners this year’s Sundance NEXT Audience Award and the NEXT Innovator Award, and recently screened at Hot Docs. This empowering and stylish documentary explores the legacy and impact that one trans woman left from the 1960s and onwards. With moderator Maureen Grant, we will dive into the intricate layers and structure of this innovative hybrid documentary.
Cecilio Guillermo Escobar is a video artist, editor, and technician who works and lives in Toronto. He is an original member of the Toronto Queer Film Festival and works as their Technical Media Director. His recent work as Editor on Chase Joynt’s documentary FRAMING AGNES premiered at Sundance 2022. The film won the NEXT Innovator Award and the Audience Award: NEXT at the festival. His work focuses on QTBIPOC stories that push the boundaries of documentary.
Brooke Stern Sebold (they/she) is a nonbinary filmmaker whose work investigates gender and identity in both doc and narrative spaces. Brooke co-produced and edited the feature documentary FRAMING AGNES, which premiered at Sundance in 2022, winning both the NEXT Audience Award and Innovator Award. Brooke also cut and co-produced FRAMING AGNES the short, which premiered at Tribeca and won the Experimental Award at Outfest. In 2007, Brooke co-directed their first feature doc, RED WITHOUT BLUE, which won the Audience Award at Slamdance and the Jury Award at Frameline and screened at 150+ festivals worldwide. Brooke’s narrative shorts have won awards at Palm Springs ShortsFest and the Florida Film Festival, and Brooke was the recipient of the Cine Golden Eagle Award for Excellence in Directing. When Brooke isn’t writing and pitching shows, they’re editing the Emmy nominated series, BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR, which airs weekly on PBS NewsHour. Brooke received their BA from Brown University and their MFA from Columbia University. Brooke grew up in the Sonoran desert and loves crystals, doggies, tiramisu and she or they pronouns.
Maureen Grant brings a background in visual art, film production, and an MA in Media Studies to her work as an editor for film and television. She is a five-time nominee of the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, and is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents 2019 and the 2013 Canadian Film Centre Editors Lab. She has worked with many notable directors on projects that have received international acclaim. PERCY was the top film in Canada on Apple TV iTunes. PYEWACKET premiered at TIFF 2017 and ranked amongst the year’s top horror films internationally. Recent work includes the Canadian Screen Award (CSA) nominated web series QUERENCIA, the CSA winning sketch comedy series TALLBOYZ, the Peacock / Family musical comedy series TAKE NOTE, and the Lifetime movie STOLEN BY THEIR FATHER. Forthcoming work includes Director V.T. Nayani’s feature film THIS PLACE, starring Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns.
Presented in English / Présenté en anglais
This two-day course will cover not only the procedural and logistical aspects of Assistant Editing, but will also include a holistic overview of the politics and psychology of the editorial process and how it affects everyone in the cutting room. Insights gleaned from over 20 years of Assistant Editing experience will be shared liberally accompanied by many war stories to illustrate lessons learned the hard way. Newcomers and those with experience will both benefit from this course. Please note: this is not a course that teaches Avid, Premiere or any other NLE.
The following bio is only written in the presenting language.
Paul Whitehead has been a fixture in the Toronto Post Production community for over 30 years. He has worked as First Assistant Editor on over 50 film and television productions, and now edits episodic television and feature films. His career began at the dawn of non-linear editing technology, which allowed him to witness and contribute to its development over the years. Paul has taught others the art of assisting throughout his career both one on one and at the college level, and believes strongly that experience must be passed on to maintain the high standards that Canadian crews are known for.
Danny Palmer – MATT & BIRD BREAK LOOSE: Ep. 101 – HUMANS TOGETHER
Ed Fuller – PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE
Orion McCaw & Mat Garneau – CARMEN SANDIEGO: Ep. 408 – THE DARK CAPER
Max Szentveri, Greg Canning, Ryan Jobling & Leland Miller – THE SNOOPY SHOW: Ep 01 – HAPPINESS IS A DANCING DOG
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Picture Shop
Anouk Deschênes – WINTOPIA
Ben Lawrence – MY TREE
Omar Majeed – THIS STAINED DAWN
Robert Swartz, CCE – DISPATCHES FROM A FIELD HOSPITAL
Sponsored by/Commandité par: JAM Post
Anouk Deschênes – LE SPECTRE DES ONDES
Chase Ashbaugh – BROWN ENOUGH
James Blokland – BORN BAD
Rick Bartram – IF SO, DO SO
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Boris FX
Ben Kaplan – HISTORY OF THE SITCOM: Ep. 02 SEX & THE SITCOM
James Hebbard – IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Ep. 201 – POPE FRANCIS
Ian Daly & Bill Towgood – WHILE THE REST OF US DIE: Ep. 201 – THE GAME IS RIGGED
Peter Denes – DARK SIDE OF THE 90’S: Ep. 102 – THE VIPER ROOM: HOLLYWOOD’S SANCTUARY
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Rolling Picture Company
Arthur Tarnowski, ACE – DRUNKEN BIRDS (LES OISEAUX IVRES)
Christopher A. Smith – DRINKWATER
Shaun Rykiss – WILDHOOD
Sophie Leblond – SIN LA HABANA
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Blackmagic Design
Michael Tersigni, CCE – HOME TOWN TAKEOVER: FIRST HAMMER SWING
Peter Hordylan – CELEBRITY IOU: JOYRIDE, OCTAVIA SPENCER – THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, KEANU!
Swapna Mella – THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW: CAKE WEEK
Wesley Finucan & Pat Fairbairn – GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN: DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT BAKES?
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Annex Pro
Chris Mutton, CCE – HOLLY HOBBIE: Ep. 303 – THE POSING PERFORMER
Courtney Goldman – GHOSTWRITER: Ep. 13 – THE GHOSTWRITER PART 3
Jamie Alain, CCE – THE BARBARIAN AND THE TROLL: Ep. 111 – I WILL SURVIVE
Patrick Carroll – RISE AND SHINE, BENEDICT STONE
Sponsored by/Commandité par: IATSE Local 891
Dominique Champagne – BÊTE NOIRE: Ep 01 – ÉTAT DE CHOC
Louis-Philippe Rathé – WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI): EP. 01 – I AM THE SOLUTION
Matthew Hannam, CCE – THE NORTH WATER: Ep. 02 – WE MEN ARE WRETCHED THINGS
Myriam Coulombe – WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI): Ep 05 – LA VÉRITÉ
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Take 5 Productions
Alexander Maxim Seltzer – 10-33
Anna Catley – LITTLE BIRD
Guillaume Marin & Anouk Deschênes – AU PLAISIR LES ORDURES ! (SEE YOU GARBAGE!)
Rick Bartram – WISH
Yvann Thibaudeau – LES MONSTRES
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Formosa
Isabelle Malenfant, CCE – LES BEAUX MALAISES 2.0: Ep. 09 – FLORENCE A 18 ANS
Justin Lachance, CCE – M’ENTENDS-TU?: Ep. 30 – DRAME DISCO
Sam Thomson – SORT OF: Ep.101 – SORT OF GONE
Yvann Thibaudeau – LES MECS 2: Ep. 09
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Company 3
Ana Yavari – THE HANDMAID’S TALE: Ep. 407 – HOME
Christopher Donaldson, CCE – THE HANDMAID’S TALE: Ep. 409 – PROGRESS
Jamie Alain, CCE – SNOWPIERCER: Ep. 206 – MANY MILES FROM SNOWPIERCER
Myriam Coulombe – PORTRAIT ROBOT: Ep.10
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Vanguarde Artist Management
Mahi Rahgozar & Chris Mutton, CCE – THE COMMUNIST’S DAUGHTER: Ep 01 – OPIUM FOR THE MASSES
Richard Schwadel – THE NOW: Ep 102 – DON’T SHUSH YOUR MOTHER
Shelley Therrien – SOMETHING UNDONE: Ep. 101 – TWO MINUTES AND FORTY NINE SECONDS
Steven Patoine & Juan Mendoza – CHASING WINTER: Ep. 103 – I WANNA GO THERE AND DO WELL
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Canadian Cinema Editors / Les Monteurs et Monteuses de cinéma canadien
Winner(s)/Lauréat.e.s:
Izabelle Langendoen – RUNS THROUGH THEIR BLOOD: A LIFE IMPACTED (Weengushk Film Institute)
Jéremie Mazan – AUX TRAVERS (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Justin Dong-Hyuk Im – WHY DO ANTS GO BACK TO THEIR NEST (York University)
Matthew Williams – ALFIE (Sheridan College)
Teleri McGuire-Astolfo – SOLITUDE (Sheridan College)
Sponsored by/Commandité par: Insight Productions
Ron Sanders, CCE, ACE began his career as a feature film editor in Toronto in the mid-1970s. Since then he has worked with directors including Rex Bromfield, Mark Lester, Yves Simoneau, Robert Longo, Daniel Petrie Jr., Sturla Gunnarson, Norman Jewison, Stephen Silver, Henry Sellick, Nathan Morlando, Miranda de Pencier and Viggo Mortensen.
He collaborated with director David Cronenberg on a total of nineteen films, for which he received nine nominations for Genie Awards for Excellence in Film Editing and four awards for DEAD RINGERS (1989), CRASH (1996), EXISTENZ (2000) and EASTERN PROMISES (2007).
Ron also received seven Best Editor nominations from the Directors Guild of Canada and received five awards for A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2006), EASTERN PROMISES (2008), A DANGEROUS METHOD (2012), MEAN DREAMS (2016) and FALLING (2020), In 2010 he was nominated for an American Cinema Editors Award for his work on CORALINE.
Throughout his career Ron has actively supported emerging talent in the editing room and welcomed students and others interested in learning more about this aspect of the business.
Jean-Marc Vallée (1963-2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including STÉRÉOTYPES, LES FLEURS MAGIQUES, and LES MOTS MAGIQUES.
His debut feature, BLACK LIST, was nominated for nine Genie Awards, including nods for Vallée’s direction and editing. His fourth feature film, C.R.A.Z.Y., received further critical acclaim. Vallée’s follow-up, THE YOUNG VICTORIA, garnered strong reviews and received three Academy Award nominations.
His sixth film, CAFÉ DE FLORE, was the most nominated film at the 32nd Genie Awards. Vallée’s next films, the American dramas DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and WILD continued this acclaim and the former earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and Best Picture.
Vallée ventured into television by executive producing and directing two projects BIG LITTLE LIES and SHARP OBJECTS. For the former, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
Vallée was a keen collaborator in the edit suite, with editing credits on many of his own projects, often under pseudonyms that played on his initials.
He fought for two main things on his projects. Firstly, he stipulated that he did not wish to work before 9am or after 6pm. Secondly, he always wanted a good music budget, as he believed that music was at the centre of good storytelling.
Richard Crouse is the regular film critic for the 24 hour news sources CTV’s News Channel and CP24 and is a frequent guest on many national Canadian radio and television shows. His nationally syndicated Saturday afternoon radio show, THE RICHARD CROUSE SHOW, originates on News Talk 1010 in Toronto. He is also the author of ten books on pop culture history including Who Wrote the Book of Love, the best-selling “The 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen”, its sequel “The Son of the 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen”, the best selling “Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmasking of The Devils” and “Elvis is King: Costello’s My Aim is True”. He also writes about pop culture and cars for The Toronto Star.
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On May 14 and 15, members and non members gathered at locations all across Canada as we took a break from our screens and got outside!
Vancouver participants met at Pacific Spirit Regional Park.
Edmonton participants met at Hawrelak Park.
Halifax participants met at Shubie Park.
Montreal participants met at Lachine Canal.
Toronto participants met at Brickworks.
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