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Alum’s award-winning documentary premiers at Toronto International Film Festival

Dal alum and current Interdisciplinary PhD candidate shalan joudry (MES'17)’s short film, welima'q, also screened at the Atlantic International Film Festival, where it won Best Atlantic Short Documentary.

Posted: August 22, 2024

joudry in nature and film poster.

Dal alum and current Interdisciplinary PhD candidate shalan joudry (MES'17), a L’nu (Mi’kmaw) and European-descent storyteller, has worked as a playwright, podcast producer, oral storyteller, actor, and cultural interpreter. Now, shalan is a director and producer, and her first short film, welima'q, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It also screened at the Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax in September, where it won Best Atlantic Short Documentary.