Joshua Dorsey - Director

Joshua Dorsey is a Montreal-based film director, producer and writer.

For nearly a decade, Dorsey has worked with at-risk teens through 02 "Oxygen for Creativity" - an organization he co-founded to provide arts education and opportunities in the creative arts for kids in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

His work with the group resulted in the dramatic feature One Day. Performed by non-actors, and with an improvised story, the film follows a group of teenagers trying to get to their last school dance. It premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois film festival, and was selected in the feature competition at the Slamdance Festival in Utah. The film was also broadcast on the Arte network in Germany and France.

Dorsey's first dramatic film, which he co-directed and co-produced, was the 1996 release A City of Tongues. It garnered a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Drama over 30 Minutes at the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival. Dorsey then co-produced, wrote and directed his first 35 mm feature film, Here Am I, during a 20-month stay in Sofia, Bulgaria. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2001.

His other credits as a producer and director include a series of films profiling artists for Bravo!, and the narrative short Breath, which played at international festivals including Odensa, Huesca, Victoria, Montreal and Madrid. He also produced the award-winning A Day So Beautiful, directed by Danny Parr, one of the kids featured in One Day.

Recently, Dorsey directed two 10-episode seasons of the documentary television series Webdreams, which follows the aspirations of young entrepreneurs seeking fame and fortune in the online adult entertainment industry.

He holds a degree in philosophy from Harvard University and a master's degree in film from Columbia University's Graduate Film Program.

Germaine Ying Gee Wong - Producer

Germaine Ying-Gee Wong's distinguished career with the National Film Board of Canada spans three decades, with numerous credits in documentary and feature film.

In 2001 she was a producer on the landmark Canadian feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Co-produced by the NFB, this first Inuit-language drama was hailed as a masterpiece by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott and won many international awards, including the prestigious Camera d'Or for Best First Feature Film at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival. The film also took home five Genie Awards (Canada's top film honour) including Best Picture.

In 2004, Wong received a Genie nomination for the documentary Mr Mergler's Gift. Directed by Academy-Award-winner Beverly Shaffer, the film is a moving account of a student and her mentor, and a lyrical reflection on the transcendent power of music.

Other documentary credits include the award-winning Okimah, about the Cree goose hunt, and Music for A Blue Train, which follows the struggles of subway musicians in Montreal.

Melissa Malkin - Producer

Melissa Malkin has been producing film, television and multimedia projects for the last 10 years. She started on large-scale features and television series with companies such as Tristar Pictures, CBS Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis, and recently produced two feature films - Steel Toes and Rage de l'ange - with Montreal's Galafilm.

A champion of independent Quebec cinema, Malkin founded Silo Films in 1999, producing several works that have garnered critical acclaim both at home and abroad. The animated production She Had the Sunny Head has been shown in dozens of prestigious international festivals and was selected for competition at Annecy and Anima Mundi.

Luc Otter's film La La La L'Amour, which she produced, was selected at over 30 festivals worldwide and was in official competition at Annecy , Elephant Film Festival in India, Berlin International Short Film Festival, Sitges in Spain, Future Film Festival in Bologne and Chicago Children's Festival, among many others. Her feature Katryn's Place was selected for screening in Montreal's World Film Festival in 2002, and Le Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 2003.