Join us for an exciting talk with documentary filmmaker Ariel Nasr on April 2 from 1-3pm in PR Building room #100 (2100 rue Mackay, right next to the CUTV studio).
Ariel will be discussing his experience in the film industry, what the current state of documentary filmmaking is like in Canada; navigating funding and distribution; unique challenges faced in documentary filmmaking; ethics and conduct or how to navigate sensitive topics. Come with any questions you have about producing, directing, documentary or narrative filmmaking!
Ariel Nasr is a Montreal-based filmmaker and producer whose films include Hot Docs audience award-winner, The Forbidden Reel (2019) and Canadian Screen Award winner The Boxing Girls of Kabul (2011). Other directing work includes Good Morning Kandahar (2009), and La Mosquée (2018). As an independent producer Ariel was nominated for a 2013 Oscar for half-hour fiction, Buzkashi Boys, shot entirely in Afghanistan. As a producer at the National Film Board of Canada (2020-2024), Ariel produced and co-produced award-winning documentaries. A citizen of Canada, Afghanistan and the USA, Ariel was the recipient of the 2024 TIFF CBC-Films Screenwriter Award for his screenplay, Daudistan.
Please confirm your attendance by emailing outreach@cutvmontreal.org.
