CV Bootcamp

Swapna Mella, CCE, is a Toronto-based picture editor with over 75 broadcast credits, known for her emotional nuance, visual elegance, and people-centered storytelling. She’s cut Emmy-nominated and award-winning shows including The Great Canadian Baking Show, Canada’s Drag Race, Celebrity IOU, and documentaries for CBC, CNN, and Vice.  Originally from South Africa, Swapna began her career as a journalist covering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission before retraining as an editor in Canada. A thoughtful collaborator with a strong ethical core, she brings curiosity, clarity, and kindness to every edit. She lives with her husband and son, and their goldendoodle, Ripley.

Holden Mohring is a Toronto-based Canadian Editor with over 13 years of experience as an Assistant Editor, along with three years in visual effects. A graduate of York University’s Film Production program, he has worked across feature films, TV series, documentaries, and commercial content. His recent credits include XO Kitty Season 2 (Netflix), Jane (Apple TV+), and Racewalkers, winner of the Slamdance Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize. Holden has led teams of Assistant Editors, trainees, and interns, and is passionate about mentoring emerging talent. He brings honest, practical insights to help others navigate their own careers in post-production.

Ajeeth Parkal is a Canadian Screen Award winning Producer & Post Supervisor with 20+ years of experience. As Post Supervisor, Ajeeth has worked on a wide variety of genres including scripted narrative, documentary, animation, variety specials and competition-reality; including the Emmy Award Winning Odd Squad as well as the Canadian Screen Award winning series Just Like Mom & Dad and Splatalot.   Ajeeth is a member in good standing with the Director’s Guild of Canada in the Post Production Caucus. He also serves on the DGC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Andy Levine is a Post-Producer, Co-Executive Producer and Post Production Supervisor known for Longlegs, Heretic, The Monkey, Invincible, Little Fish, Child’s Play among many other Feature, Series, Live Action and Animation credits. With over twenty years of experience, he hails from Montreal, Quebec and was one of the original AVID reps in Vancouver, BC. Upcoming credits include Eternity from A24, a comedy starring Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller, and Fuze, an action thriller starring Theo James and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. In his spare time, he is known to cook delicious latkes to his friends and neighbours.

Jane was 10 years old when she started her first editing gig by hooking up two VCRs to cut the commercials out of her favourite TV shows. Since then, she’s been fortunate enough to find some folks to trust her with their own projects, and she now has over 15 years’ experience in feature films and series. She has been nominated for three CCE Awards and two Canadian Screen Awards for editing, and her work has screened at festivals around the world. She loves to aim for projects across all genres, and can usually be talked into working when she should be taking time off.