Festival Organizers
Organisateurs du festival
Tony Merzetti - Events, Finance & Eventive Website/
Événements, Finances & Site web d’Eventive
Tony Merzetti has been the long-time Executive Director of the NB Film Co-op for 40 years. He is an award-winning cinematographer, and teacher of film at the University of New Brunswick. Tony sits on the board of directors for the Canadian Independent Screen Fund. He won an Excellence Award for Community Cultural Development in New Brunswick in 2005 and was awarded the CBC Pioneer Award at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2010. In 2012, Tony received the Caisses populaires acadiennes Arts and Cultural Management Award. Most Recently Tony was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in January 2023.
Cat LeBlanc - Programming, Events, & Sponsorship/Programmation,
évènements, et
parrainage
Cat is the long-time Membership Services Director at the NB Film Co-op. She has worked in film, arts admin, and festival programming for over 28 years. Cat sits on the board for the Writers’ Federation of NB, is a member of Women in Film, and Television Atlantic, and is on the Linda Joy Media Arts committee. Cat was awarded the CBC Pioneer Award at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2010 and was presented with the 2011 Wave Award for film, television, and new media, honouring women in the industry for their accomplishments. Cat and her mother run the Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund.