Karin Hazé

As a teenager, Karin Hazé set a Guinness World Record for watching the longest silent film in the world, by Gérard Courrant, Les Cinématons. She graduated from Concordia University in Film Studies & Film Production with a minor in Photography, and at Parson's University, in multi-media computer graphics. She was a dj and promoter at the legendary, Sticky Mike's Frog Café in NYC. Amongst the 13 films she has produced, Cercles , toured around the world in 30 bienales and was awarded & selected to represent Canada in the One Minutes Film Movement in the Netherlands and as part of the One Minutes Anthology. With over 20 years of experience within the non-profit sector, Karin has worked as the Founder, Executive Director and Curator to several international film festivals. (see below) She is currently the Founder & Executive Director of 75 SHOTS POCKET CINEMA, a non-profit film production organization for marginalized lgbtq+filmmakers from the Global South.
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Massimadi Afro Caribbean LGBTQ Film Festival (Sponsorship/Partnership Officer)
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Rencontre du documentaire de Montréal, RDIM (Guest Panelist)
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Cinema Politica (Guest Curator)
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Bermuda International Film Festival (Guest Curator)
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World Wide Short Film Festival (Guest Curator)
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Canada Council for the Arts (Jury Member)
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Ontario Arts Council (Jury Member & Guest Curator)
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Regent Park Film Festival (Executive Director/Artistic Director)
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Les Nomades: Toronto International French Short Film Festival (Executive Director/Artistic Director)
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ReelWorld Film Festival (Guest Curator)
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Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival (Guest Curator)
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ImagineNative (Jury Member)
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Toronto Arts Council (Jury Member)
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Women on the Verge (Executive Director/Artistic Director)
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Haida Gwaii's imagineNation (Executive Director/Artistic Director)