Team

Devon has made nine short films about farm economics, dance, and media culture. His most recent, a short film version of this project called The Hands that Feed Us: Amara Farm played at a half dozen film festivals, including Planet in Focus, and was acquired for streaming on The Green Channel.

Walter is a producer, writer and director. He produced the award-winning dramatic feature, The Disappeared and two seasons of the digital series, Everyone’s Famous, both nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards. He produced three feature documentaries including Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing by John Scott now on GEM. Walter has produced three digital series and several short films including There’s a Flower in My Pedal (TIFF Honourable Mention). He has participated in the TIFF Talent Lab, the Banff CTV fellowship, TIFF Producer’s Lab and the Trans Atlantic Partners Co-Production Program. He also produces film festivals and surfs year-round for fun.

Tanya Preyde is a Nova Scotian producer, writer and story editor. She is in post-production with the narrative feature DANCING ON THE ELEPHANT, the feature documentary THE HANDS THAT FEED US for Super Channel and THE LAST WALT, for CBC. She is writing and developing the narrative feature ROBIE STREET WITCH (Telefilm and NS Screenwriters Development Fund), and she is developing and story editing the dramatic series Zero Day Threat (with CMF support). She is in production on the feature doc, A LIFETIME IN PHOTOBOOTHS, a co-production with EyeSteelFilm. Tanya runs The Hellifax Horror Film Festival.

Arzeena is an organic farmer, agronomist, and former elected government official in the traditional, unceded territory of the K’omoks First Nation on Vancouver Island. She and her husband manage Amara Farm, a 26-acre certified organic vegetable and fruit farm.

Dr. Leanne Ejack is a resident physician completing a rural family medicine residency program through the University of Calgary. Most of her medical training has been in rural and remote communities. She also has a Master’s degree from McGill University in soil ecology and has published 13 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter (to date) based on her research in soil science and agronomy. She is co-creator of The Hands That Feed Us: Amara Farm, her first short film.