Advisory Committee Members
The Advisory Committees support the decision-making processes for many of Telefilm’s programs. They are comprised of external and internal experts who evaluate the projects submitted to the programs, and make recommendations to Telefilm.
Telefilm is committed to fostering and supporting a diversity of voices in the industry. The external Advisory Committee representatives are chosen to reflect regional and cultural diversity, and gender parity.
The following external representatives were part of the Advisory Committees for the Development Program, the Production Program, the Talent to Watch Program and the Theatrical Documentary Program for the 2024-2025 fiscal year (including the Indigenous Stream and the Stream for Black and People of Colour):
- Aaron Balachandran
- Amélie Couture-Telmosse
- Christopher Yip
- Claude Carrier
- Claudia Medina Culos
- Debosmita Acharyya
- Dena Razapoor
- Dipti Gupta
- Dorothy Woodend
- Elyse Friedman
- Emile Hertling Péronard
- Erin Burke
- Fraser Robinson
- Helen Faradji
- Isaac Clements
- Jacky Mills
- Jamie Whitecrow
- Joanna Miles
- John Dippong
- Jordan Molaro
- Julian Carrington
- Justin Rawana
- Kate Kung
- Lydia Ogwang
- Mahalia Verna
- Marlene Rodgers
- Maureen Mondin
- Maxence Bradley
- Michèle Bélanger
- Mounia Aram
- Myriam Rafla
- Paige Galette
- Renee Robinson
- Rohan Fernando
- Sara Fauteux
- Sasha James
- Zach Feldberg
- Zeyneb Taspinar