Rotterdam Lab

Shant Joshi

Shant Joshi is a queer Indo-Canadian producer based in Los Angeles and Toronto. His credits include the films Framing Agnes (Sundance), International Dawn Chorus Day (Berlin, TEDDY Award Winner), Porcupine Lake (Toronto), and Noor & Layla (BlackStar); the hit web series Teenagers (CSAs); and the Dekkoo original series, I’m Fine (Outfest). Shant co-founded the Future of Film Showcase as a launchpad for emerging Canadian filmmakers, and he previously worked at the United Talent Agency, Buchwald, and Lit Entertainment Group (fka Madhouse Entertainment). He is an alum of the Producers Lab at the Canadian Film Centre, holds a certificate in entertainment law from Osgoode Hall Law School, and was named one of York University’s inaugural Top 30 Changemakers Under 30.

Fae Pictures – Canada

Based in Los Angeles and Toronto, Fae Pictures is a film and TV production company focused on decolonising Hollywood by creating cinematic content for, by, and about queer, trans, and BIPOC people.

Our latest feature film, Framing Agnes, will have its world premiere at Sundance 2022, and we were recently awarded the illustrious TEDDY Award (informally known as the queer Oscar) at the Berlinale 2021 for our film, International Dawn Chorus Day. Our team’s work in film and TV has premiered at such festivals as Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Busan, BFI London, Outfest, NewFest, Inside Out, Black Star, and Bentonville, has earned multiple nominations for Canadian Screen Awards, and has seen theatrical releases and digital distribution worldwide.     

Projects in development
Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader by Rain Valdez (romantic comedy).
Ape Town by Kurt Orderson (graffiti heist).

Projects in production
Queen Tut by Reem Morsi (drag queen dramedy).
In Flames by Hamza Bangash (Pakistani thriller).
Streams Flow from a River by Christopher Yip (family drama).

Released films
Framing Agnes by Chase Joynt, 2022 (creative documentary).
International Dawn Chorus Day by John Greyson, 2021 (creative documentary).
Noor & Layla by Fawzia Mirza, 2021 (queer Muslim romance).
Porcupine Lake by Ingrid Veninger, 2017 (coming-of-age).

Shant Joshi