Maya Gallus is a

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documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Red Queen Productions with

Justine Pimlott Justine Pimlott is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Red Queen Productions with Maya Gallus. She began her career apprenticing as a sound recordist with Studio D, the women’s studio at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) ...

. Her films have been screened at international film festivals, including

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (), commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1977 to 2019.Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and Jun ...

Sheffield Doc/Fest Sheffield DocFest (formerly styled Sheffield Doc/Fest; abbr.Sheffield International Documentary Festival or SIDF) is an international documentary Film festival, festival and industry marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England. The festiv ...

, SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival,

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, This Human World Film Festival (Vienna) and Women Make Waves (Taiwan), among others. Her work has also screened at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Donostia Kultura,

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and

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UK, as well as theatrically in Tokyo, San Francisco, Key West and Toronto, and been broadcast around the world. She has won numerous awards, including a

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for Best Direction for Girl Inside, and has been featured in

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(Magazine),

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(Magazine), Bust (Magazine),

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(Magazine), POV and The Walrus, among others. She is a Director/Writer alumna of the

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and a participant in Women in the Director’s Chair. She will be honoured with a "Focus On" retrospective at the 2017 Hot Docs festival. She is the daughter of artist

Agnes Gallus Agnes Szentgyörgyi Gallus (May 15, 1930 – August 8, 2010) was a Hungarian Canadian painter who immigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1957. Early life Agnes Szentgyorgyi was born in Ópályi, Hungary on May 15, 1930. She was the fifth of si ...

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Atlantic Film Festival The Atlantic International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada since 1980. AIFF is the largest Canadian film festival east of Montreal, regularly premiering the region's top films of ...

*1997: Best Narration: ''

Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Ann Gilmour (née Smart; born November 3, 1987) is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News. She gained national attention at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City by Brian David Mitchell. ...

: On The Side of the Angels''

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*1992: Best Direction in a Documentary - ''

: On The Side of the Angels'' (Nomination)

Genie Awards The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculpt ...

*1998: Best Documentary: ''Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality'' (Nomination)

Hot Docs The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June ...

*1998: Best Arts Documentary: ''Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality'' (Nomination)

Yorkton Film Festival Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in we ...

, Golden Sheaf Awards *1991: Best Production: ''

: On The Side of the Angels'' (Award) *1991: Best Documentary: ''Elizabeth Smart: On The Side of the Angels'' (Award) *1991: Best Editing: ''Elizabeth Smart: On The Side of the Angels'' (Award) For additional awards - see Red Queen Productions

References

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Women Make Movies Women Make Movies is a non-profit feminist media arts organization based in New York City. Founded by Ariel Maria Dougherty, Ariel Dougherty and Sheila Paige with Dolores Bargowski, WMM was first a feminist production collective that emerged from ...

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