Leah Mallen
Title: Producer, Camera Shy

Leah Mallen’s career and credits span over 15 years, producing award-winning films and television, including Shoes off! which was awarded Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival’s Critic’s Week. She currently helms the boutique production company Twofold Films in Vancouver BC. Her most recent production, Coast Modern, aired on Knowledge Network and is enjoying a successful theatrical release across Canada and the US. She also recently produced the feature film Camera Shy with director Mark Sawers which is premiering at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Leah has co-produced films with both France and the UK and has overseen production of many hours of both dramatic and documentary films which have sold to broadcasters all over the world, including HBO, BBC, ARTE, IFC and Sundance Channel. She has served on the board of the Hot Docs International Film Festival, and was the long-standing the Chair of DOC BC. Last year, she was one of six international producers selected to attend the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam as a Creative Producer in their script incubation lab.