Cassandra Paige

Statement

Cassandra is a multidisciplinary artist based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She attended four years post secondary in theatre and film, and has gone on to produce and direct a number of short films and music videos. Most notable, her experimental film ‘Fish Bone’ has screened at the Edmonton International Film Fest, Cinema Spectacular and more. Currently, she is in pre-production on ‘Secret Time’ a short film in collaboration with filmmaker Ryan Leedu, the second film between the pair. ‘No Bedroom’ their first, screened in April 2023 at the Canadian Film Fest where Cassandra won breakout performance for her role in the film. Cassandras practice includes collage, writing, filmmaking and acting. The Collage Series ‘Splitting’ was created during her time at Artscape Gibraltar Point Artist Residency with the Feminist Art Collective of Toronto in summer 2023. It went on to Exhibit at Vertigo theatre in Calgary, and in the winter issue of Room Magazine based out of Toronto. Her work explores the cycles of life and its impermanence, the daily intimacies we have with each other, and the lifelong relationship we have with ourselves.

GlogauAIR Project

To create a series of short experimental films exploring the theme of Body Dysmorphia. My proposed presentation would be to project the films into small mirrors, that would reflect onto walls in fragmented images for viewers to watch. The success of the project relies heavily on the presentation and technical aspects. I believe the residency can facilitate this presentation and it is my reasoning for choosing Glogauair. By using the medium of experimental filmmaking the images can represent a feeling in a non-linear and subtle way, creating more room for the audience to participate in the interpretation of the piece. During my three months I will film, edit, and create sound for the films. I intent to film using the new environment and living settings as my starting place. New mirrors in a new space always change the way we see ourselves, I hope to utilize this in my project.

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CV Summary

Education

• 2013-2015 Motion Picture Arts Program at Red Deer College
• 2011-2013 Theatre Performance and Creation program at Red Deer College

Films

• 2023 “Secret Time” Short film. Actor, Producer
• “If I Died” Short film. Producer, Writer
• 2022 “No Bedroom” Short film. Actor, Producer
• 2021 “Knives’” AFA funded short film. Writer, director
• 2020 “With Love, Tommy” Canada council funded short film. Writer, Director, Editor
• “On my Mind” Vissia – Music Video. Director, producer, Editor, Styling
• “B-Side Baby” King Bull – Music Video. Director, Producer, Editor
• “About Moving On” Vissia – Music Video. Director, Editor, Styling
• 2019 “Fish Bone” Micro short film. Writer, Director, Editor
• 2018 “AL” Haaze – Music video. Writer, Director, Editor
• “Ugly Girl” Short film. Writer, Director, Editor, Actor
• “Stillness” Stephan Palm – Live Music Video. Editor
• “Stereotypically Doomed” Haaze – Music Video. Director, Editor
• 2016 “The Annual” Feature Film. Grip, Sound Recorder, Background Actor
• “Inconvenient” Short film. Writer, Director
• 2015 “Mending With Gold”. Writer, Director, Co-Editor

Festivals and Screenings

• 2023 ‘No Bedroom’ Screens at the Edmonton Internation Film Festival
• “If I Died” Screens at GrrlhausCinema Berlin
• “No Bedroom” Screens at Canadian Film Fest in Toronto
• 2021 ‘With Love, Tommy’ screens at Mirror Mountain Film Festival
• ‘Fish Bone’ Screens at Cinema Spectacular
• 2020 ‘Fish Bone’ Screens at Edmonton International Film Festival
• ‘Fish Bone’ screens at Oregon Short Film Festival Winter
• ‘AL’ screens at GRRL HAUS CINEMA Film Festival in Berlin for their 2020 screenings.
• 2019 ‘Mending with Gold’ screened at K-Days Celebrations in Edmonton
• 2016 ‘Mending with Gold’ nominated for best Screenplay at Mirror Mountain Film Festival
• ‘Mending with Gold’ given an award of distinction at the Canadian and International Short film festival
• 2015 ‘Mending with Gold’ awarded best experimental film at the Edmonton Short Film Festival.

Grants and Awards

• 2023 Cassandra Wins Breakout Performance at Canadian Film Festival in Toronto for her performance in “No Bedroom
• Cassandra awarded Edmonton Arts Council funding to attend the Feminist Art Collective residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on the Toronto Islands
• 2021 AFA individual project grant to fund short film ‘Knives”
• 2020 Canada Council Digital Shorts Film Grant for short film “With Love, Tommy”
• 2018 Telus STORYHIVE grant for music video AL for Canadian band HAAZE
• Telus STORYHIVE grant for short film ‘Ugly Girl’
• 2016 Telus STORYHIVE grant for short film ‘Inconvenient’

Publications

• 2023 Zine – ‘Oh you are so Emotional’ Published independently
• 2019 Zine – Pansy’ Published independently
• 2018 Feet Bath and I Crawl (Poems)in Queer Core Zine
• Picking Skin (Poem)In Red Deer Magazine

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