MIFF News

Jörundur has been in Visual Effects for 20 years, performing various roles, but primarily as a Visual Effects Supervisor and Compositor. Jörundur has collaborated with many international companies and productions through the years, such as Star Wars, ILM, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Game of Thrones, BBC, Blackmirror, HBO and Netflix. As the on-set Visual Effects Supervisor...

After completing his service as a military photographer Asher decided to pick up his camera and follow his dream of becoming a traveling photographer. Since then, his main body of work as a photographer has been published in a variety of magazines, newspapers, and media outlets all around the world. Most notably of which...

Claire specializes in the area of gender identity. Her practice focuses on providing psychotherapy for trans, non-binary and gender questioning individuals. This includes working with adults, teens and children to help navigate a potential social and medical transition. Claire is a registered Psychotherapist (Msc, RP, CCC) , and will be our special in-person guest...

Belgian Director Véronique Jadin Joins MIFF to Discuss Her Film Employee of the Month July 18, 2023 – The Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF) is thrilled to announce that Belgian movie director and writer Véronique Jadin will be joining this year’s festival via zoom to discuss her film, Employee of the Month. “I am...

Stephanie Price has owned and operated The Dam Pub since 2005. Price caught the hospitality bug when she started slinging breakfasts at the old Flapjacks on Highway 10 in Caledon at age 14. Now, she is the proud owner of this wonderful gastropub that happens to have the finest whisky collection in North America,...

Loly is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the FCJ Refugee Centre, and has been working to advance justice and equity for precarious migrant populations for more than 30 years. Loly has received many awards including City of Toronto Constance E. Hamilton Award, the YMCA Peace Medallion and the YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction award. Loly will be...

Student films are an important part of the MIFF experience. They showcase the talents of our local youth, while allowing young people the opportunity to represent their work. This year’s student films and guest speakers will be: Thursday, September 1st Time Goes By – Wyatt Lougheed Friday, September 2nd Stop Motion Battle/ Unfortunate Assault...

Fabienne Michelet is Assistant Professor of medieval literature in the Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Her teaching and research focus on medieval English literature, especially Old English poetry. Much of her recent work has focused on the links between place, identity, and collective memory, on the...

The Reverend Judy Walton Judy has made the Georgian Triangle her home since 1991.  Previous to that, she was a Registered Nurse working at Mississauga Hospital (now Trillium Health Care). She entered Wycliffe College, University of Toronto in 1988 to seek a Degree in Divinity.  Once she had her Masters of Divinity, she was...