Gillian McKercher

With roots in analogue experimental film, Gillian McKercher chose to dedicate herself to cinema after she left a career as an engineer. Most recently, she directed the feature film, Circle of Steel, which won an Audience Award at the Calgary International Film Festival and screened at festivals internationally. Her broadcast work includes music videos, documentaries and the webseries, The Calgary Collection, and she also won a Young Artist Prize from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Gillian was a 2019 resident of the Canadian Film Centre, where she completed her short film "With Feeling".