• contact

    • Box 343, Station B
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • M5T 2W2
    • gisele@urbannation.com

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Gisèle Gordon is an award-winning filmmaker and multi-media artist whose works have screened at such venues as the Berlin International Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Images Festival and the São Paulo International Film Festival. She also curates film programming for such festivals as Hot Docs and the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. More

  • Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

    Gisèle has been programming the Canadian section of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival since 2007. Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market. Each year, the Festival presents a selection of more than 150 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programs, Hot Docs also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals.

  • imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

    Gisèle began programming with the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2002. imagineNATIVE is the world’s largest festival of film, video, radio, and new media works by Indigenous filmmakers and artists. The festival's screenings, parties, panel discussions, and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of Indigenous art and culture in contemporary media.

  • Independent Curation

    Her independent curation includes a programme of Canadian films for the Salekhard Northern Nomadic Film Festival in Russia in 2005.

  • The Land that Dreams

    Gisèle’s independent art projects include writing and video installation works inspired by her filmmaking, creative collaboration and curation. Her most recent work is the video installation, The Land that Dreams. An investigation into the 12,000 year history of land, history and memory using one slice of land in Toronto as its canvas. More