Trailblazer Award
Honorees
Jorge Camarotti
Photographer/Director
Barbara Ka Yee Le
Founder & President, Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Sonya Carey
Animator
Joel Ouelette
Actor
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Director/Screenwriter
Shant Joshi
Producer
Carson Ting
Artist
Amber Sekowan-Daniels
Screenwriter/Comedian/Creator
Alicia K. Harris
Filmmaker/Director
Gyimah Gariba
Visual Artist/Illustrator
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Director
Shivani Saini
Producer/Consultant
Iris Ng
Cinematographer
Anand Ramayya
Producer
Thyrone Tommy
Director
Karen Chapman
Executive Producer
Lisa Meeches
Head of Studio Operations
Cash B. Lim
Visual Effects Artist
Winnifred Jong
Director & Filmmaker
Marie Ka
Producer & Co-Founder of Inaru Films
Fawzia Mirza
Director & Writer
Farid Yazdani
Actor, Producer & Writer
Andrew Phung
Actor, Writer, Producer
Amanda Strong
Filmmaker & Media Artist and Stop-Motion Director
Farah Merani
Actor/Filmmaker/Advocate
Nathalie Younglai
Writer/Director
Albert Shin
Director
Mohit Rajhans
Film Critic
Nyla Innuksuk
Director
Emmanuel Kabongo
Actor
Zarrar Khan
Writer, Director, Producer
Ryan Moccassin
Comedian, Producer, Author
Omayra Issa
Journalist, CPAC Anchor
Aisling Chin Yee
Producer, Writer, Director
Anthony Q. Farrell
Writer, Producer
Leena Minifie
Producer
Lyriq Bent
Actor
Huse Madhavji
Actor
Tracey Deer
Writer/Director
Marsha Greene
Screenwriter
Samantha Wan
Actress/Writer/Producer
Simu Liu
Actor/Writer/Producer
Jeff Barnaby
Filmmaker
Lisa Berry
Actress
Cara Gee
Actress
Narine Dat Sookram
Producer/Author/Host
Abby Ho
Producer
Shannon Kook
Actor
Roy T. Anderson
Writer/Director/Producer
Kim Roberts
Actress
Ins Choi
Actor/Playwright
Ellen Wong
Actress
Waawaate Fobister
Actor/Playwright
Sangita Patel
Report
Michelle Latimer
Actress/Filmmaker/Curator
Naveen Prasad
Distributor/Producer
Omari Newton
Actor
Arthur Yeung
Composer
Hayley Philips
Finance
Karen Williams-Posival
Casting Agent
Nathaniel Arcand
Actor
Heidi Tao Yang
Producer
Shernold Edwards
Screenwriter/Director
Tushar Unadkat
Director/Producer
Lisa Jackson
Director
Rupinder Nagra
Actor/Producer
Vinessa Antoine
Actress
Tricia Lee
Producer/Director
Cle Bennet
Actor
Lee Kim
Producer
Sarah Podemski
Actress
Vikas Kholi
Composer
Vincent Galvez
Writer/Producer/Director
Kevin Pennant
Publicist
Mpho Koaho
Actor
Jeffrey Remedios
Record Producer
Lalita Krishna
Filmmaker
Darlene Naponse
Filmmaker/Producer/Poet
Karla Bobadilla
Business and Legal Affairs
Warren Sonoda
Filmmaker
Diego Fuentes
Actor
Mark Taylor
Actor
Zacharias Kunuk
Filmmaker
Lisa Ray
Actress
André Beraud
Producer
Austin Wong
Producer
KC Collins
Actor
Byron Wong
Composer
Jani Lauzon
Actress
Lisa Mahal
Producer
Zarqa Nawaz
Filmmaker
Awaovieyi Agie
Actor
Tamara Podemski
Actress/Singer/Dancer
Richie Mehta
Director/Writer/Producer
Elizabeth St. Philip
Producer/Filmmaker
Millie Tom
Casting Director
Priya Rao
Actress/Filmmaker
Hubert Davis
Filmmaker
Julia Kwan
Filmmaker
Floyd Kane
Screenwriter/Producer
Annie Frasier Henry
Writer/Filmmaker/Musician
Sadia Zaman
Journalist/Producer
Walter Alza
Actor/Filmmaker
Firdaus Kharas
Producer/Director
Noura Kevorkian
Filmmaker
Alison J. Duke
Writer/Director
Jason DaSilva
Filmmaker
Annmarie Morais
Screenwriter
Bobby Del Rio
Actor/Writer/Producer
Ngozi Paul
Actress/Producer
Richard Leacock
Actor/Producer
Sook-Yin Lee
Filmmaker/Producer/Actress
Romeo Candido
Filmmaker
Dawn Wilkinson
Filmmaker
Wesley Williams
Actor/Musician
Richard Fung
Ruba Nadda
Lawyer
Jason Ebanks
Director
Vanz Chapman
Screenwriter
Mary Jane Gomes
Filmmaker
David ‘Sudz’ Sutherland
Writer/Director
Kara Russell
Video Artist/Writer
Jennifer Holness
Filmmaker/Producer
Andrew Rosen
Producer
Ann Shin
Filmmaker
Deco Dawson
Filmmaker
Lillyann Goldstein
Producer
Naomi Hiltz
Director
Jason Tan
Cinematographer/Filmmaker
Charles Officer
Filmmaker
Kevin De Freitas
Director
Nathan Morlando
Director/Screenwriter
Steve Whitehouse
Filmmaker