Wednesday October 14, 7pm
DARC Microcinema, 2 Daly Ave. (1st floor)
Pay-what-you-can
Suggested admission $10
Co-presented by The Feminist Conversations
A discussion focusing on some of the challenges facing women in the field of independent media creation, in Ottawa and beyond, featuring experienced local filmmaker Pixie Cram and VJ / media artist Annie Socoria. Participants will walk away with practical tips for 3 things women in the arts can do to mitigate some of the barriers they face. Open to artists at any stage of their career, including emerging filmmakers, and to anyone interested in exploring their creativity and discovering the artist within. Moderated by Amira Nasser from The Feminist Conversations.
Pixie Cram
Pixie Cram is an independent filmmaker and a writer-director based in Ottawa-Gatineau. She creates fiction, stop-motion animation, and small gauge experimental documentaries (16mm). Pixie has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa, and the NFB FAP to produce her work. She is the 2018 recipient of the Peter Honeywell Mid-Career Artist Award. Since 2022, she has taught a third-year Screenwriting course in the Creative Writing program at Carleton University. Pixie’s films have screened on CBC Gem and at festivals around the world, including The Ottawa International Animation Festival, Interfilm Berlin, GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation (Calgary) Animafest Cyprus, Beijing Animation Week, Filmfest Dresden, Planet in Focus (Toronto), Currents New Media (Santa Fe), Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Artists’ Television Access (San Francisco), Sommets du cinéma d’animation (Montreal), Anibar (Kosovo), Fluxus (Hamilton), Media City (Windsor), Antimatter (Victoria), WNDX (Winnipeg), Gimli (Manitoba), Montana Film Festival and Mirror Mountain (Ottawa).
Annie Socoria
Annie Socoria is an Ottawa-based experimental audiovisual artist. She creates atmospheric ambient soundscapes and dynamic abstract video using a variety of methods (custom electronics, synthesizers, “no-input” mixing, feedback and glitch, tape loops, field recordings and more). In addition to the Mirror Mountain and Electric Circuits festivals, she has been a regular performer at Pique, and presented a Masterclass at Carleton University. In 2022, she created a free-running audio/visual installation at Daimon for Radio Hull. Building on an established career in electronics and as a musician, her work uses a multidisciplinary approach focusing on exploration and discovery of unconventional techniques.
Amira Nasser
Amira Nasser is a communications and digital media professional with a background in journalism, visual storytelling, and community engagement. As Program Coordinator at The Feminist Conversations, she designs and moderates public conversations that bring together artists, advocates, and community leaders to explore issues of equity, creativity, and social change. Drawing on her experience in media production and digital communications, Amira is passionate about creating welcoming spaces where creative voices can be heard and where audiences leave feeling informed, inspired, and connected.