05/27/2026
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๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ is an instructor, artist, designer, and q***r person of colour whose work explores the subtle magic of the natural world. Blending digital and traditional media with whimsy and surrealism, Lyndonโs art invites admiration and curiosity. A naturalist at heart, he celebrates natureโs influence on human stories and shares the enchanting myths that shape our connection to the living world.
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๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป has been a driving force in Calgaryโs film community since 1999. She is the Co-Founder, Festival Director, and Lead Programmer of the Calgary Underground Film Festival (2004), which now includes the annual documentary festival CUFF.Docs, entering its 14th year, alongside year-round programming initiatives. From 2007 to 2026, she also served as Programming Manager and Lead Programmer for the Calgary International Film Festival.
In addition to her extensive programming career, Brenda has experience in film production, is a long-standing member of IATSE 212, and has contributed to the launch of several other film festivals in Calgary. Her contributions to the arts community have earned her numerous accolades, including Avenue magazineโs Top 40 Under 40 in 2009 and the Distinguished Alumni Award from MacEwan Universityโs Arts and Cultural Management program in 2018. In 2020, she executive produced her first feature film, Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game.
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๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ is a Calgary-based animator, who has served on the programming committee for the GIRAF animation festival since 2018. After making her short animated film, Stache and the Inner Walk, she created animation for productions such as Cut Knife Creek and Songs of the Quickdraw Animation Society, and has taught several animation classes at Quickdraw. Her approach to making animation is hands-on, under-camera, experimental and usually messy.
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