PROGRAMMING JURY

JILLIAN GROENING

Jillian Groening is a dance artist, writer, and arts worker. They are currently the Distribution Manager at the Winnipeg Film Group.

ABBY FALVO

Abby Falvo is a multi-disciplinary artist from Winnipeg. She began her career in film writing and producing sketch comedy videos for sketch comedy troupes President Bear and Meagre Joys. She performed stand-up comedy for 12 years and is a regular in the Winnipeg Comedy Festival since 2019. She did sound design for the 2018 Winnipeg production of Evil Dead: The Musical, then wrote and performed live sound foley for COMMANDO: The Radio Play in the 2019 Winnipeg Fringe. Her recent short film *666 has screened in multiple genre film festivals including Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, and Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas.

IYUNADE JUDAH

Iyunade Judah is a Nigerian-Canadian photographer based in Winnipeg, Canada. Drawing on his Nigerian heritage, his photographs and films explore history, sexuality, identity, and love as a way of centring the African diasporic experience. His unique style regularly incorporates elements of west African studio photography in his portraits often capturing vulnerable and intimate moments. In 2020, was one of the PLATFORM Photography Award winners.