Shasha Nakhai | Founder & Co-President
Shasha is a Filipino-Iranian writer, director and creative producer based in Toronto. She grew up in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Bacolod City, Philippines, before moving to Canada in 2003.
She is an alumna of TMU’s Journalism Program, Berlinale’s EFM Toolbox, Banff Spark, the DOC Institute’s Breakthrough Program, Hot Docs Doc Accelerator, Hot Docs Incubator, WIFT’s Ubisoft Toronto Mentorship, the Reel Asian First Feature Lab, and TIFF’s Talent Accelerator.
Shasha was named one of Toronto Life’s New Hollywood North, The Kit’s Power List of Canadian Women in Film, Canadian Immigrant’s Women of Inspiration, and recently nominated for RBC’s Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.
She is a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada (DGC) and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT).
When she isn’t making movies, she is an avid gardener and yogi, and fan of all things horror and kawaii.
Rich Williamson | Founder & Co-President
Rich is a writer and director with 20 years of experience as an editor and cinematographer.
Born and raised in London, Ontario, his body of work blends the best of fiction and documentary technique together with a focus on social-issue subjects.
Rich was named one of Toronto Life’s New Hollywood North, and his recent feature Scarborough was dubbed “a micro budget masterpiece of Canadian film.”
He is an alumna of TMU’s Image Arts Film Program, the Reykjavik International Film Festival’s Talent Lab and the Canadian Film Centre’s Cineplex Entertainment Film Program.
Rich is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) and the Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) guild.
In his spare time, he also creates fan trailers and mashup edits for his YouTube channel, Flash Sideways, which has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, AV Club, Slashfilm, Screenrant, Gizmodo, Mashable, Collider and Nerdist.