Ana was our partner in the Future of Cinema Salon in Cannes (and Locarno Film Festival).
Check this article from Cineuropa about one of our panels.
Academy Chair Martin Katz had the following to say about the six award recipients, "Each of these outstanding Academy Special Award winners has made innovative and stellar contributions to our Canadian screen-based industries. We are extremely proud to celebrate them and their ongoing achievements at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards."
Ana is also the founder of CFC Media Lab, world-renowned and award-winning institute for interactive storytelling that was created in 1997. Ana is driving the digital transformation of the CFC into a unique blend of talent, product and company accelerator, and creative production house. Most recently, she launched Canada’s first digital entertainment accelerator,IDEABOOST, with founding partners Shaw Media and Corus Entertainment. To date, Ana has directed the development of more than 130 digital media projects, mentored 50+ startups, and has received numerous awards from the digital media, film, and theatre industries in both Canada and the U.S., including a DigiAward for Visionary of the Year, a Best Canadian Feature Film Award from the International Reel Asian Film Festival for her own transmedia production Prison Dancer: the Musical, and a Jim Blackaby Ingenuity Award for Body/Mind/Change. We are so proud of Ana’s many accomplishments, and we look forward to celebrating her success at the Canadian Screen Awards in March 2016.