Meaghan Brander holds a degree in Film Studies from Canada’s Queen’s University. She has worked at the Toronto International Film Festival Groups for seven years, most recently as a Film Circuit Manager, TIFF’s outreach programming division devoted to promoting Canadian cinema across Canada. In this capacity, she has had the opportunity to coordinate screenings of some of Canada’s best and most popular films at festivals and other venues as far-reaching as Australia and South America.

She has also been long immersed in the world of short films and short film programming. Her first film, I Got Sweet, screened at various short film festivals across Canada, and won several awards. Since she began her employment at TIFFG, she has been programming short films in over 200 markets, traveling as far north as Dawson City, Yukon to view short films at film festivals across the country.

Participating in the panel: Festival Strategies.