Every 4th Wednesday of the month join us for our Monthly Mixer at Harlem Restaurant! In an effort to create an on-going community of talent connecting, ReelWorld hosts a Monthly-Mixer at Harlem Restaurant every 4th Wednesday. This is your opportunity to keep in the loop with the happenings of the entertainment industry. Each month features a special guest, and gives you the opportunity to share any upcoming projects you’d like circulated. This is your chance to get the inside scoop on the issues and trends, while you mingle. When: Next Monthly Mixer: October 28, 2009 Where: Harlem Restaurant, 67 Richmond Street East, Toronto For more info click here.

Celebrating 10 years of the best in Diverse Filmmaking! April 7 - 11, 2010 marks the 10th Anniversary of ReelWorld Film Festival. This five day festival screens features, shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and other multi-racial communities. This unique Canadian based film festival truly reflects the racially diverse cultures of the World around us. Founded by actor Tonya Lee Williams, this festival has garnered support from the likes of Telefilm Canada, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Astral Media, The Harold Greenberg Fund, National Film Board of Canada, Citytv, CanWest Media, TD Bank Financial Group, NBC Universal, Cineplex Entertainment, Cineplex Media, Kodak Canada and others. Some key industry professionals who have attended the festival are Danny Glover, Shabana Azmi, Eriq LaSalle, Adam Beach, Charles Burnett, Kaushik Roy, Ernest Dickerson, Vivica A. Fox, Gul Kirat Panag, Robert Townsend, and Deepa Mehta.

Tonya Lee Williams - Founder & Executive Director Actor Tonya Lee Williams, best know for her role as Dr. Olivia Winters on The Young and The Restless, founded ReelWorld Film Festival in 2001. Having started her career in Toronto, Canada, Tonya wanted to create something that would help diverse filmmakers in Canada achieve their goals. She also wanted to create something that would increase Canadian audiences to support indigenous work. In an effort to help Canadian filmmakers Tonya also sits on the Toronto Film Board. Tonya splits her time between Toronto and Los Angeles where she lives. She continues to act and can been seen regularly on Y&R and the CBC drama The Border. She recently wrapped on a Lifetime film Double Wedding airing summer 2010.