EditCon 2024 in Review
Le CCE vient de conclure sa 7e édition de l’EditCon, avec trois jours formidables de tables rondes, de discussions en salles virtuelles et de réseautage avec plus de deux cents soixante-dix participant⋅es du Canada et de partout dans le monde. Nous avons tenu des événements dans quatre villes cette année : Toronto, Montréal, Edmonton et Vancouver.
We welcomed editors from CANADA’S DRAG RACE, HEY, VIKTOR!, THE DISHWASHER, FITTING IN, THE KING TIDE, WEDNESDAY, MOONSHINE, SHORESY AND FAKES. We also had a guest speaker who presented a panel on AI and the effects in post production.
For our in person events we welcomed the editor from the Oscar nominated documentary, TO KILL A TIGER in Toronto, a one on one with Amélie Labrèche in Montreal, Exploring Documentary in Edmonton and a Horror themed panel in Vancouver!
It wouldn’t be EditCon without wrapping up the weekend with a good old-fashioned giveaway, thanks to prize donations from our generous sponsors.
Vous n'avez pas pu être des nôtres?
Abonnez-vous à nos balados pour ne pas manquer les épisodes qui relaieront les conférences de l’EditCon 2024.
Présenté en anglais
Conférence en français
En exclusivité : balado
Barbie
BARBIE a été l’un des plus gros succès de l’été! Ne manquez pas ce balado en exclusivité le 1er janvier prochain : Sarah Taylor, CCE, s’entretiendra avec Nick Houy, ACE, au sujet de son expérience de travail sur un film ludique mettant en lumière ce personnage charmant et iconique qui existe depuis des décennies.
Nick Houy, ACE, is a film editor based in New York. Before editing BARBIE, Houy edited both of Greta Gerwig’s previous Oscar-nominated films, LITTLE WOMEN, and LADY BIRD for which he was nominated for the ACE award in 2017. Houy also won the Emmy Award in 2017 for editing the miniseries, THE NIGHT OF. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for editing MID90S in 2018, and in 2022 Houy edited the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary, STUTZ.
Sarah Taylor, CCE, a celebrated award-winning editor, is known for amplifying underrepresented voices through her work that has been showcased globally at TIFF, Tribeca, Sundance, Hot Docs, and the Imaginative Film Festival. Her talent spans across documentary, TV series, short and feature length films, making her a versatile force in storytelling. Beyond her editing expertise, she hosts THE EDITOR’S CUT and BRAAAINS podcasts.
Les tables rondes (virtuel)
Canada’s Drag Race : que la meilleure gagne
Makeup, fashion, and incredible performances are just a few aspects of this reality television competition. It’s the exuberance and the je ne sais quoi of the show’s queens that make audiences around the world tune in. Who will overcome their inner saboteur and rise to the challenge to win the judges’ hearts and earn the coveted title of “Canada’s Next Drag Superstar”? Now heading into its fifth season, the post production team at CANADA’S DRAG RACE will join us in a panel conversation to tell us about their experience working on such a glamorous and hilarious show. Shantay you’ll want to stay for this panel discussion!
Beth Biederman, editor with 17 years experience in Canada, New Zealand and Australia working on documentary, reality, current affairs and children’s programming. No matter the genre above all they strive to bring a sense of humour and realness to each story. When not editing you can find Beth biking, dancing or giving talks on important topics such as bagels. Credits include: CANADA’S DRAG RACE, BONDI VET, THE PROJECT, GABY’S FARM, STYLED and MY RESTAURANT IN INDIA.
Dean’s passion for visual storytelling has guided his more than 20 years in the film and television industry in the roles of editor and director. He began this journey creating experimental short films, performing arts shorts, and music videos. From there he entered the world of factual television working in various genres including competition, true crime and docuseries. The recipient of multiple production grants, and a CSA nomination for best editing, Dean is continually pursuing the next visual storytelling challenge.
Jonathan has been in the industry since 2001, both in Australia and Canada. He has cut everything from documentaries, animation, sports news, but his extensive experience has been in cutting reality TV. He has worked on many of the large format shows such as BIG BROTHER, DRAG RACE CANADA, TOP CHEF CANADA, THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and LOVE ISLAND and LOVE ISLAND GAMES. He is a 17 time CSA and 17 time CCE nominated editor and has won five consecutive CSA’s and five CCE Awards.
Lindsay Ragone is a Toronto-based editor with over 20 years of experience. She’s been nominated twice at the Canadian Screen Awards for her work on CANADA’S DRAG RACE and was an Emmy-nominee for the Scripted/Reality hybrid series THE QUEST on Disney Plus. Other recent credits include BLOWN AWAY for Netflix and ALL-ROUND CHAMPION for BYU.
With a keen eye for storytelling and a solid grip on the technical side of post-production, Zoya Rezaie, started her career in post-production with the NFB, spurring her fascination with factual programming by assisting various documentaries. Expanding her skill set, Zoya excelled as a social media editor, garnering over 50 million showcasing her diverse talents. Her career transitioned seamlessly into VFX editing, contributing to notable projects such as THE DESCENDANTS 2, FARGO’ SEASON 3, and CATCHER WAS A SPY. Uncovering a love for reality television, Zoya ascended from a junior editor on CANADA’S DRAG RACE to Story Editor to Judge Producer. She is also a Host-Producer on CANADA’S GOT TALENT utilizing her extensive post-production expertise to guide and support on-set talent.
Le meilleur de la comédie télévisée : Nominations aux prix CCE 2023
Comedy demands a mastery of pacing to make a story flow but most importantly make the audience laugh. Whether it’s solving mysteries in the coming-of-age comedy horror WEDNESDAY, the misfortunes of a dysfunctional family in MOONSHINE, the attempt to save a mediocre hockey team in SHORESY, or building a business of fake IDs with very real consequences in FAKES. This year we invited 2023 CCE nominees editors of these spectacular shows to tell us about the craft of editing in the comedic genre. Maybe they’ll tell us a joke or two.
Drew MacLeod is a Picture Editor based in Toronto with a resume that spans over 40 episodes of Comedy TV and counting. Recognized with award nominations for the Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE), Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), and Canadian Screen Award (CSA), Drew has made a mark on the industry early in his career. His recent accomplishments include cutting the series finale for the final season of Crave TV / Hulu’s LETTERKENNY and is currently in the editing room for the third season of SHORESY. Drew can often be seen sporting a warm smile, a fun attitude, and a healthy moustache.
While living in Halifax, Nova Scotia and collaborating with some of the finest directors and showrunners from across Canada, Kimberlee McTaggart, CCE has been remote editing since before it became cool. She has edited feature documentaries, music videos, and everything in between in her thirty year career. More recently, she has been working exclusively in the world of scripted shows – with a soft spot for comedy. Kim’s work has brought her several awards and nominations including a Gemini for CALL ME FITZ and five CSA nominations in the categories of comedy, drama and feature film, with the most recent for the comedy series MOONSHINE.
Sabrina Pitre, CCE, est une monteuse primée qui a un instinct naturel pour raconter des histoires dans une multitude de formats et de genres. Son dévouement envers son travail est infaillible et elle carbure aux défis créatifs que lui apporte chacun de ses projets. Armée d’un esprit avenant et coopératif, elle a forgé de nombreuses relations professionnelles. Elle travaille actuellement sur un film d’horreur indépendant, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, et s’attaquera bientôt au plus récent épisode de la série de films DESTINATION ULTIME. En plus d’être monteuse, Sabrina mène aussi une carrière d’actrice de doublage en dessins animés. Dans ses temps libres, elle s’entraîne secrètement pour devenir championne olympique en curling.
Jay Prychidny, CCE is a multiple award-winning producer and picture editor, including back-to-back CSA wins in 2017 & 2018 for ORPHAN BLACK and THE AMAZING RACE CANADA. His factual work includes THE WEEK THE WOMEN WENT, TOP CHEF CANADA, and CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, for which he won a Gemini and CCE award in 2010 & 2011. As a producer on ORPHAN BLACK, LOST & FOUND MUSIC STUDIOS, THE NEXT STEP and SNOWPIERCER, he supervised the editing, sound, music, and visual effects for every episode. He just recently finished editing his first feature, SCREAM VI. His latest project is BEETLEJUICE 2, which is his second time working with Tim Burton. He previously edited WEDNESDAY, for which he won a CCE award in 2023.
LE CINÉMA CANADIEN EN 2024
Les films canadiens trouvent toujours leur place sur nos écrans grâce à des thèmes fascinants. FITTING IN touche à des notions sociétales en examinant la relation entre le corps et la féminité. HEY, VIKTOR! s’attaque à la quête de la célébrité et de la fortune qui se transforme en épopée menant à la découverte de soi. THE KING TIDE réfléchit à l’idée de communauté, au fondamentalisme et au rejet d’un monde plus vaste. Le heavy metal, la violence, la dépendance au jeu et une pile infinie de vaisselle sale tissent la toile de fond du PLONGEUR qui nous emmène avec lui sur le chemin cahoteux de la rédemption. Joignez-vous à une conversation avec les monteur·euses de ces films qui nous dévoileront comment ils et elles ont façonné ces histoires.
Maureen Grant, CCE, is an award-winning film and television editor based in Toronto. She takes pride in being part of projects that are changing and challenging onscreen representation. Her recent work in feature film includes director Molly McGlynn’s FITTING IN (SXSW ‘23, TIFF ‘23), and director V.T. Nayani’s THIS PLACE (TIFF ‘22). Recent television credits include season 3 of SORT OF, STOLEN BY THEIR FATHER, which won a DGC award for Best Editing in MOW, and I HATE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HATE ME, which premiered at Tribeca.
Isabelle Malenfant, CCE is a talented and passionate film editor based in Montreal. Over the years, she has worked on a variety of films and television series, earning a reputation for her exceptional collaboration with Francis Leclerc and other renowned filmmakers, such as Yves Simoneau, Louise Archambault, Quentin Dupieux, Olivier Asselin and Mélanie Charbonneau. Isabelle’s talent for storytelling and meticulous editing brings out the best in actors’ performances, earning her several award nominations, including Gémeaux, Jutra, and Iris. Additionally, she has won two CCE awards. Isabelle is also committed to the CCE board of directors, where she serves as Québec representative.
Justin Oakey is a bilingual filmmaker from rural Newfoundland raised on hunting, fishing, and storytelling. His award-winning short films brought his atmospheric vision of Newfoundland to festivals around the world before his feature debut RIVERHEAD – a micro-budget drama about small town feuding, nominated at the CSAs after a number of festival accolades. A FIRE IN THE COLD SEASON – a rural noir set against remote highway towns, was also nominated at the CSAs. He currently has several features in development – with feverish seal hunt thriller HANGASHORE. Also an accomplished editor of film and television, Justin has most recently worked on the acclaimed fantasy drama THE KING TIDE and the highly-anticipated crime thriller BLOOD FOR DUST.
Sarah Taylor, CCE, a celebrated award-winning editor, is known for amplifying underrepresented voices through her work that has been showcased globally at TIFF, Tribeca, Sundance, Hot Docs, and the Imaginative Film Festival. Her talent spans across documentary, TV series, short and feature length films, making her a versatile force in storytelling. Beyond her editing expertise, she hosts THE EDITOR’S CUT and BRAAAINS podcasts.
Chandler Levack lives in Toronto, where she studied cinema at the University of Toronto and screenwriting at the Canadian Film Centre. She has directed numerous music videos, earning two JUNO nominations, and is a film critic for the Globe & Mail. In 2022, her debut feature I LIKE MOVIES premiered at TIFF, was selected for Canada’s Top Ten and won prizes around the world. She is currently working on her second feature ANGLOPHONE, a portrait of the 2011 Montreal music scene, with Zapruder Films.
Art & IA: Les histoires de demain
Joignez-vous à Valentine Goddard pour sa présentation sur l’IA qui inclura de l’information au sujet :
• The use of AI in post-production, editing and workflow
• What the critical social, economic and legal implications are
• The broader context of AI
Cette présentation se fera en anglais et en français.
A lawyer and an artist, Valentine Goddard is a member of Canada’s AI Advisory Council and a UN expert on AI policy and governance. Valentine is the Founder and Executive Director of d'AI Impact Alliance, une organisation interdisciplinaire qui intègre des approches basées sur l'art à l'étude des implications sociales de l'IA. Elle analyse les réglementations et les politiques émergentes en matière d'IA et conçoit des programmes qui relient l'engagement citoyen, la mobilisation des connaissances et l'innovation politique. Ses meilleures pratiques en matière de commissariat ont pour but de faciliter l'IA responsable. Elle est lauréate du Mozilla Creative Media Award et dirige la Coalition Art Impact AI, dont près de 2 000 signataires demandent d'être présents à la table de la réglementation générative de l'IA.
Événements en personne
Edmonton : Explorer le documentaire
Join us in Edmonton, Alberta, for an enlightening afternoon as documentary editors share their insights and experiences. Explore the art of storytelling through the lens of editing and gain a deeper understanding of the creative process behind these captivating Alberta-made documentaries; THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA, SEND KELP, PUSH, BLIND AMBITION: WOP MAY and ARTHUR ERICKSON’S DYDE HOUSE.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with industry professionals and fellow enthusiasts in the Alberta film community.
With over 15 years of award-winning experience, Krystal strives to inspire, educate, and captivate her audiences through exceptional documentary editing. Born and raised in Edmonton, she developed a love for editing while studying Design & Motion Image at MacEwan University, and has since become a sought-after collaborator in the Alberta Film & TV industry. Her work has been featured on CBC, PBS, UnisTV, in film festivals and concert halls across Canada. Noteworthy projects include EQUUS: STORY OF THE HORSE, FRICK I LOVE NATURE, PUSH SEASON II and SEND KELP. In addition to being an editor, Krystal is francophone, a dancer, and mama.
Sarah Taylor, CCE, a celebrated award-winning editor, is known for amplifying underrepresented voices through her work that has been showcased globally at TIFF, Tribeca, Sundance, Hot Docs, and the Imaginative Film Festival. Her talent spans across documentary, TV series, short and feature length films, making her a versatile force in storytelling. Beyond her editing expertise, she hosts THE EDITOR’S CUT and BRAAAINS podcasts.
Weyme [way-mee] is an award winning, freelance video editor based in Edmonton, Alberta. Her range of experience includes corporate video, documentary, indie film and broadcast television projects. Weyme has been professionally editing since 2013 and has been part of several award-winning projects including: BLIND AMBITION: THE WOP MAY STORY (EIFF 2021), and was awarded Best Editor for an episode of the APTN docu-series RODEO NATION (AMPIA 2022) and the Storyhive short film ONE, ONE THOUSAND (AMPIA 2017). With her love of storytelling and digging for the truth, Weyme brings a fresh and unique voice to each project she works on.
Colin Waugh is an Alberta based documentary filmmaker and editor. As part of the creative team at Sticks & Stones, his work shares the stories of mountains, prairies, and the people who live there. Colin’s previous projects have received a CSC Award (2019), CCE Award (2020), 8 AMPIA Rosie Awards – including Best Documentary Over 30 Minutes (2023), and nominations at the Banff World Media Festival (2018) and Webby Awards (2018 and 2020). Beyond commercial and documentary work, Colin teaches an intro to video production course at MacEwan University.
Guy Lavallee is a music industry survivor, TV veteran, cat lover and award-winning documentary filmmaker. His previous films include MAKING THE TOUR, GENERATION NEXT, RIDE ANOTHER DAY, A MATTER OF PRIDE and the Edmonton Film Prize winning FAMILY EVER AFTER. He is currently in production on a feature length passion project music doc, GODS OF RADIO. In addition to his filmmaking pursuits, Guy is a creative producer for Bell Media, feature film programmer for CIFF, and is lead programmer for the NorthwestFest Documentary Festival, Rainbow Visions Film Festival and NorthwestFEARFest Genre Film Festival.
Montréal: In Conversation with Amélie Labrèche
Join us for a conversation with Amélie Labrèche, a prolific editor from Montreal whose recent filmography has taken wide recognition across Quebec and the world. From feature film NOÉMIE SAYS YES(NOÉMIE DIT OUI), RICHELIEU and YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER to short films GABY’S HILLS (GABY LES COLLINS) and DEAD CAT (CHAT MORT), she stands behind some of Quebec’s most prominent emerging filmmakers who got international attention at festivals. Highly in demand in the field, her recent work on award-winning TV show BEFORE THE CRASH (AVANT LE CRASH) also expands her career landscape. Let’s go deep into the inspiring mind behind all these stories.
Amélie Labrèche is an editor based in Montreal. She has edited 13 narrative feature films, including NADIA, BUTTERFLY by Pascal Plante, selected at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, and various documentaries, series and short films. Recognized for her dedication to each projects, directors and producers appreciate her sensitivity, attention to detail, speed, sense of rhythm, rigour and sincere point of view allowing her to push the work to its apogee. A film buff, her desire is to deepen the creative process of editing and to contribute to profound and innovative works through the narrative and emotional power of film editing.
Xi Feng is a Chinese-Canadian film editor based in Montreal. Having lived in China, Canada and France, she has cultivated a unique blend of cultural and artistic sensitivity. Feng has worked as an assistant editor and editor on several award winning documentaries, including CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival; and the Crystal Bear winning short film CLEBS (HOUNDS), premiered at the 2020 Berlinale Generation 14 plus section. She’s also an editor alumna of CFC 2019 and Berlinale Talents 2020.
Toronto: To Kill A Tiger: Mike Munn, CCE & Nisha Pahuja
La réalisatrice Nisha Pahuja et le monteur Mike Munn, CCE, nous parlent de leur expérience lors du montage de TUER UN TIGRE, un documentaire maintes fois primé. Le film raconte l’histoire d’un père indien qui demande courageusement justice pour sa fille, survivante d’une agression sexuelle. Le film plonge dans les dynamiques d’une famille, d’un petit village et d’un système de justice national, tout en touchant aux thèmes plus larges de la culture du viol, de la culpabilisation des victimes et du musellement des femmes.
Mike has edited several award-winning scripted and documentary features, including STORIES WE TELL for director Sarah Polley, BATATA for Noura Kevorkian, winner of a 2023 Peabody Award, and TO KILL A TIGER for Nisha Pahuja, winner of the 2023 Canadian Screen and DGC Awards for best feature documentary and editing. As well, TO KILL A TIGER won the 2023 Canadian Cinema Editors award for documentary.
Films edited by Mike have played at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Telluride and Sundance, with 13 features accepted into TIFF. Sarah Polley’s STORIES WE TELL was short listed for the documentary Oscar as well as being voted in TIFF and CBC polls as one of the 10 best Canadian films of all time.
Nisha Pahuja is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto. Her latest film, TO KILL A TIGER, had its world premiere at TIFF where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Since then, it’s won 21 awards including Best Documentary Feature, Palm Springs International Film Festival and three Canadian Screen awards. The film grew out of a long career of addressing various human rights issues, notably violence against women in India. In 2015, she won the Amnesty International media award for Canadian journalism after making a short film about the Delhi bus gang rape for Global News. Pahuja’s other past credits include the multi-award-winning THE WORLD BEFORE HER, the series DIAMOND ROAD and BOLLYWOOD BOUND.
Nick Hector, CCE, BFE, is a Canadian Screen, HotDocs, Canadian Cinema Editors, Directors Guild of Canada, and Gemini Award-winning documentary film editor, producer, and professor. His research explores the possibilities of constructed narrative in observational documentary and actuality drama. Nick’s work has been included in the Criterion Collection and screened at most major international festivals, including the Berlinale, Sundance, and TIFF. He is perhaps best known for his work on the feature documentaries DYING AT GRACE, FORCE OF NATURE, SHARKWATER EXTINCTION, and PREY. Nick is an Associate Professor of film production at the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts.
Vancouver : De quoi avez-vous peur? Une exploration des films d'horreur, de suspense et de tension
Qu’est-ce qui rend un film effrayant? Qu’est-ce qui nous pousse à les regarder? Comment le montage influence et manipule notre expérience de l’horreur, du suspense et de la tension? Est-ce que monter un film d’horreur donne des cauchemars? Rejoignez-nous pour une discussion avec :
Jon Anctil, CCE (50 STATES OF FRIGHT, VAN HELSING, TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES)
Cindy Au Yeung (JONAH, SHADOW OF THE ROUGAROU)
Graham Kew (SATAN WANTS YOU, L’ GE DE L’IA, PUNK)
Justin Li (THE TERROR, SNOWPIERCER, LUCKY HANK)
Trevor Mirosh (LE JOUR DES MORTS-VIVANTS, V FOR VENGEANCE, TRUE JUSTICE)
Nicole Ratcliffe, CCE (CREEPSHOW, TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES, VIRGIN RIVER)
Cindy Au Yeung is a Vancouver-based editor with over seven years of experience in both scripted and documentary content. Even though she didn’t sleep well for weeks after watching Hereditary, she does enjoy horror films and thrillers. Her recent horror-related works include an independent sci-fi thriller
JONAH, an APTN Lumi web-series SHADOW OF THE ROUGAROU, and a short film ITSY BITSY SPIDER. Cindy’s additional projects range from producing and editing stand-up comedy shows to her own documentary projects featuring Asian-Canadian musicians. Outside of work, Cindy serves as a Board of Director at the Vancouver Post Alliance and is the co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion committee.
Justin is a CCE award-winning film editor based in Vancouver with a diverse portfolio in film and TV, including contributions to shows like LUCKY HANK, DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY and THE TERROR all on AMC, and ANOTHER LIFE, the second season of SNOWPIERCER, and THAI CAVE RESCUE, all on Netflix. Currently immersed in the world of feature films, Justin is collaborating on the A24 project HERETIC with directing duo Scott Beck & Bryan Woods.
Jon is an award-winning editor based in Vancouver who’s found joy, creativity, and glory working across a wide range of genres and formats. A graduate of Capilano University’s School of Motion Picture Arts, Jon clawed his way up through the ranks of the editing department and has happily plopped himself in the Big Chair editing on shows like VAN HELSING, 50 STATES OF FRIGHT, TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES, and FAKES.
Graham Kew crafts compelling and emotionally-driven documentaries. Selected credits include SATAN WANTS YOU, exploring the origins of the Satanic panic; WOMEN WHO ROCK, a tribute to iconic female musicians; and PUNK,a deep dive into the history of punk culture. His work extends to AGE OF AI, discovering the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, and I AM RICHARD PRYOR, a nuanced depiction of the iconic comedian. In SOMEONE LIKE ME, he wove together the story of 11 strangers uniting to help a gay youth escape life-threatening violence in Uganda. His CV’s most unsettling horror project is THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF VANCOUVER.
Born and raised in Vancouver, Nicole graduated from the Foundation Film Program at the Vancouver Film School in 1997 and went straight into post production as an assistant editor for a local film production company. She began Editing on the Sci Fi drama Gene Roddenberry’s ANDROMEDA and has consistently worked in scripted drama on major US and Canadian television series and MOW’s such as ENDGAME, YOU ME HER, THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE SAN FRANCISCO, TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES, and most recently CREEPSHOW and season 5 of VIRGIN RIVER for Netflix.
Trevor Mirosh, ACE, is a Canadian born picture editor specializing in action and thriller films. He has been creatively influenced by Thelma Schoomaker’s editing style in films like RAGING BULL and THE DEPARTED. He also has a fetish for monster-in-the-house films from watching JAWS and Jordan Peele/Guillermo del Toro films. Trevor had an auspicious start to his editing career being mentored by long-time film editor Dede Allen (BONNIE AND CLYDE, DOG DAY AFTERNOON and THE BREAKFAST CLUB). Whatever the project, Trevor relishes his role in shaping the final product.
Greg Ng, CCE, is a film and television editor based in Vancouver, B.C. and is a proud member of the Canadian Cinema Editors. Greg tries to maintain a balanced diet of both narrative and documentary editing, and periodically writes about himself in the third person. Some recent credits include LONGLEGS, BONES OF CROWS, and I’M JUST HERE FOR THE RIOT.
Salles de discussion (virtuel)
Qu’est-ce qu’une salle de discussion?
Hosted by post-production professionals these rooms offer the opportunity for participants to engage and ask questions on specific topics. Each session will run consecutively, so you won’t need to choose! You can attend them all if you want.
BARBIE: Nick Houy, ACE
Réécoutez le balado puis rejoignez Nick dans la salle de discussion pour poser toutes vos questions sur le montage de BARBIE!
Nick Houy, ACE, is a film editor based in New York. Before editing BARBIE, Houy edited both of Greta Gerwig’s previous Oscar-nominated films, LITTLE WOMEN, and LADY BIRD for which he was nominated for the ACE award in 2017. Houy also won the Emmy Award in 2017 for editing the miniseries, THE NIGHT OF. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for editing MID90S in 2018, and in 2022 Houy edited the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary, STUTZ.
Un coup de pouce de mon agent·e
Vous en avez assez de vous battre en solo et vous êtes curieux au sujet du travail des agente·s? Ou peut-être y avez-vous déjà recours mais vous vous demandez comment en profiter pleinement? Comment trouver la bonne personne, quels sont les avantages et comment utiliser ces ressources?
Jane MacRae et Roderick Deogrades, CCE, seront là pour discuter des différents aspects de la représentation et des façons de bâtir une relation solide avec son agent·e.
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.
Roderick is an award-winning Picture and Sound Editor who has worked in the film industry for over 25 years. His experience in feature films, TV series and documentaries has established him as one of the industry’s most sought-after collaborators.
Côté cinéma, il est connu pour son travail sur JUSQU’AU BOUT, VICTORIA DAY et SEPT JOURS. Pour la télévision, il a monté THE EXPANSE, CHAPELWAITE, TEGAN ET SARA AU SECONDAIRE et HALO. Il a monté des documentaires salués par la critique comme 100 FILMS & A FUNERAL, THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE, DAVID ET MOI et SILAS.
En montage sonore, il a notamment travaillé sur NOUVELLE ESPÈCE, LA BATAILLE DE PASSCHENDAELE et SILENT HILL.
Être assistant·e-monteur·euse : tour d’horizon
Join Assistant Editors Victoria Cho and Adam van Boxmeer as they look back on their time assisting on Netflix’s GINNY & GEORGIA Season 2. They’ll discuss their time working together and their assistant journeys since, from working with common editors on separate projects to the differences between remote and office workflows and their impacts on training assistants.
Adam van Boxmeer has been assisting for the last 6 years on various scripted formats from 10-minute children’s television to hour-long episodic and feature films. He began his career at Sinking Ship where he was first introduced to heavy-VFX workflows on their live action shows ODD SQUAD: MOBILE UNIT, ENDLINGS, and GHOSTWRITER. Most recently he assisted on the shows GINNY AND GEORGIA and THE LAKE which he wrapped in March 2023.
Victoria Cho est une assistante-monteuse en cinéma et télévision qui a une formation en littérature. Elle allie une attitude décontractée et une solide éthique professionnelle et elle adore la collaboration et le travail d’équipe. Elle se voue à raconter des histoires qui façonnent de nouvelles manières de voir le monde et l’appartenance. En 2022, elle a complété le programme de stage de la GCR Ontario en travaillant sur GINNY ET GEORGIA ainsi que MON PETIT CÔTÉ VAMPIRE. Plus récemment, elle a collaboré à ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES et I HATE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HATE ME.
Parents in post (english)
Ever wondered how parents in post juggle work and home life? How do they handle a busy workload, an even busier home life and the expectations from colleagues for timelines that don’t always align with family time! We can’t do it all, but we try our best!
Rejoignez Kathryn Dickson et Eugene Weis dans notre salle anglophone pour leur demander leurs secrets et astuces.
Eugene Weis is an award winning film editor. His keen sense of storytelling has allowed him to craft films tackling important social issues (CATEGORY: WOMEN) as well as covering some of the most prolific pop icons in history (REVIVAL69). Eugene’s work has gone on to receive numerous awards and accolades including a nomination for a CSA (WHO THE F**K IS ARTHUR FOGEL) and two nominations from the CCE (HOWIE MANDEL: BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME and METAMORPHOSIS). Tackling such a diverse range of films (OUR DANCE OF REVOLUTION), Eugene strives for excellence on each project he works on (DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: THE JEFF WITTEK STORY) and is committed to bringing an unbiased approach to his storytelling (PAIN WARRIORS). Eugene most recently completed the upcoming film BAM BAM, THE SISTER NANCY STORY
For more than 20 years, Kathryn has proven herself to be an industrious, creative storyteller, and post-production supervisor who has the versatility to jump from factual programming to reality, to experiential reality-docs and even old-school documentary, without losing her mind (unverified). Kathryn comes to a post-supervisory role after many years in the cutting room on almost every different kind of show you can imagine. Most recently, Kathryn has been the post-production supervisor for FULLY AND COMPLETE; The Tragically Hip doc series for Amazon Prime, and will soon be returning to her role as post-production supervisor for BIG BROTHER CANADA, one of the biggest and longest-running competition shows in Canada.
Parents in post (French)
Ever wondered how parents in post juggle work and home life? How do they handle a busy workload, an even busier home life and the expectations from colleagues for timelines that don’t always align with family time! We can’t do it all, but we try our best
Rejoignez Catherine Legault et Arthur Tarnowski, CCE, dans notre salle francophone pour leur demander leurs secrets et astuces.
Arthur Tarnowski, ACE, CCE is a prolific, award winning editor whose work ranges from auteur cinema to popular comedies – with a penchant for action films. His feature credits both in French and in English span many genres and include; TESTAMENT, IRENA’S VOW, DRUNKEN BIRDS, BEST SELLERS, THE DECLINE, THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, THE TROTSKY, BRICK MANSIONS, DEADFALL, WHITEWASH and COMPULSIVE LIAR. His television work includes THE STICKY, 19-2, BAD BLOOD, BEING HUMAN, MOHAWK GIRLS, THE MOODYS and VIRAGE. He has also created over 150 film trailers, including some of the biggest Box-office hits in his native Quebec.
Catherine Legault is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and film editor. She graduated from Film Production at Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, in Montreal. Over the past 20 years, she has worked on several films that have screened internationally in theatres, festivals, and on television. Her collaborations have included PilgrIMAGE, by Peter Wintonick and Mira Burt-Wintonick, Mort subite d’un homme-théâtre, by Jean-Claude Coulbois, Fair Sex, by Martin Laroche, Family Demolition by Patrick Damien, My Mother’s Letters, by Serge Giguère, and Rebels on Pointe and FANNY: The Right to Rock, by Bobbi Jo Hart. Recipient of two Gémeaux awards for her TV series editing work, she received the Iris award for Best Documentary Editing at the Gala Québec Cinéma for Family Demolition, in 2017. She was nominated again for My Mother’s Letters and Fanny: The Right to Rock. In 2019, Catherine directed her first feature documentary, Sisters: Dream & Variations, which was awarded at the IndieFEST Film Awards in five categories, including editing, and at the Gala Québec Cinéma for Best Documentary Original Score. Catherine is currently in post-production for her next film, LARRY (they/them), which will be released in 2024.
ART X AI: Valentine Goddard
Vous ne trouverez pas de réponses générées par l’IA dans cette salle de discussion! Rejoignez-y Valentine Goddard pour poser toutes vos questions sur le sujet de l’intelligence artificielle!
A lawyer and an artist, Valentine Goddard is a member of Canada’s AI Advisory Council and a UN expert on AI policy and governance. Valentine is the Founder and Executive Director of d'AI Impact Alliance, une organisation interdisciplinaire qui intègre des approches basées sur l'art à l'étude des implications sociales de l'IA. Elle analyse les réglementations et les politiques émergentes en matière d'IA et conçoit des programmes qui relient l'engagement citoyen, la mobilisation des connaissances et l'innovation politique. Ses meilleures pratiques en matière de commissariat ont pour but de faciliter l'IA responsable. Elle est lauréate du Mozilla Creative Media Award et dirige la Coalition Art Impact AI, dont près de 2 000 signataires demandent d'être présents à la table de la réglementation générative de l'IA.
Billets de tirage des l'EditCon
Félicitations aux gagnant.e.s du tirage !
- 1 clavier de montage Davinci Resolve - Graham Kew
- 2 x 1 Davinci Resolve Speed Editor - Sharvari Barfi & Yuen Violet
- 3 x 1 year subscription to Boris FX Suite - Adriane German, Mike Munn & Steven Budd
- 2 x 1 year Adobe Creative Cloud subscription - Christian Jacobsen & Sarah Taylor
- 2 x 1 year AVID Media Composer subscription - Chris Lazar & Patrick Carroll
- 2 x 1 year CCE Membership - Malcolm Taylor & Mikaela Bodin
Thank you to our board & volunteers:
Comité des l'EditCon CCE
Mikaela Bodin
Xi Feng
Alejandro Tello
James Tracey
Adam van Boxmeer
Bénévole
Idriss Askour
Mac Dale
Jonathan Dowler, CCE
Scott Lalonde
Merci à toute l’équipe du CCE :
Responsable des opérations du CCE :
Alison Dowler
Spécialiste des communications du CCE :
FR 
EN