Elissa is mid-way through her English and Creative Writing Degree at York University and is also taking a Digital Marketing Certificate. She has taken several screenwriting courses and writes regularly. An avid movie nerd since high school, she loves all films and finds that every genre has a unique experience for the viewer, each with its own subtleties and nuances. Elissa is keen to meet new people, help, try new things, gain experience, and make friends. 

Cloey Kinney wishes she was born on a tropical beach, but instead grew up in a New Brunswick potato town. Kinney is a Toronto Film School graduate and the author of the fantasy series The Kings Guard. Kinney’s accomplishments include being a nationally ranked author at just 13 years old, as well as having interviewed personalities such as NYT bestsellers and Netflix screenwriters along the way.

Tracey Lavigne is a writer, director, and producer of several award-winning short films have screened across Canada and beyond, and is the producer of the upcoming Ry O'Toole feature fantasy Further Than The Eye Can See. Tracey is an alumnus of the FIN Atlantic Script Development Program, the Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab, and a past winner of the CBC Women Making Waves Pitch Competition.

Tracey has credits as picture editor and production designer on several co-op short films, garnering multiple awards for her work. 

Tracey serves on the board of directors of the NB Filmmakers Co-operative and Women in Film and Television Atlantic.

Cat has been a volunteer and Film Co-op staff member for 28 years. She assists members with their film/video productions from development to distribution. Cat coordinates the Co-op’s ongoing programming and activities.

Cat sits on the board for the Writers’ Federation of NB, Linda Joy Media Arts committee, and is co-lead for programming and events for the Silver Wave Film Festival. In addition, Cat and her mother run the Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund outside of her job at the Film Co-op.

Cat was awarded the CBC Pioneer Award at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2010 and was presented with the 2011 Wave Award for film, television, and new media, honouring women in the industry for their accomplishments, vision, leadership, and dedication.

Cat creates free-flowing hypnotic songs and musicscapes for film, commercials, and gallery installations. In addition, she has done music artist residencies at The Banff Centre and in Italy. She has received artsnb, Banff Centre, and Canada Council grants to create her music.

Stephen Leggatt is a filmmaker and photographer, a recent graduate of the Broadcasting: Television and Film program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, also a graduate of the Business Administration: Management class of 2021 at NBCC (New Brunswick Community College).

Currently working out of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Stephen has worked on multiple different types of productions, (Documentary, Experimental, Commercial, Television, Narrative Short Film) and looking to expand on the skills he learned at both institutes by working with others within the industry and help foresee others visions into a reality.

Interests being making compelling stories through stills and film, writing a narrative from scratch, making each shot individually striking using different techniques of cinematography, how the lighting affects the shots look, as well as how the project comes through in the edit.

Happy and proud to be working within such a creative space with others in the field.