Emily Graves is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and editor. Her first short documentary ‘The Goats of Monesiglio’ (2022) was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary and screened internationally at numerous festivals including DOC NYC, SIFF, Sebastopol and RIFFA, where it won best “Canadian Documentary - Short Form.” She is currently in development of her first feature documentary ‘Becoming A Landscape’ (working title), being produced by Aeyliya Husain of November Films. Emily was selected to participate in Breakthrough Development Lab by the DOC Institute in 2022.

Emily studied at Central Saint Martins in London, UK, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is also an alumnus of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection internship program in Venice, Italy.

ABOUT EMILY

Filmography

THE GOATS OF MONESIGLIO, 2022 | Short Documentary [25 minutes]

BECOMING A LANDSCAPE, [In Development] Feature Documentary | Producer: Aeyliya Husain , November Films

Awards & Honours

Canadian Screen Awards 2023 - Nominee for Best Short Documentary - The Goats of Monesiglio

Lindalee Tracey Award 2023 - Finalist

Regina International Film Festival and Awards 2022 - Winner of Canadian Documentary - Short Form - The Goats of Monesiglio

Yorkton Film Festival 2022 - Nominee for Emerging Filmmaker Award

Education

Foundation Studies in Art and Design | Central Saint Martins - University College London | London, England | 2006

Bachelor of Fine Arts | Gerrit Rietveld Academie | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 2008

Diploma in Photojournalism | Loyalist College | Belleville, Ontario, Canada | 2014

Pitch Markets

Planet In Focus, 2024 Green Pitch WINNER - October 18, 2024 - Toronto, Ontario | Pitched ‘Becoming A Landscape’ (Feature Documentary - Early Development) with Aeyliya Husain

Nordic Co-Production Market, The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund - New Nordic Films , 23 August , 2023 - Haugesund, Norway | Selected as one of 24 project to present. Pitched ‘Becoming A Landscape’ (Feature Documentary - Early Development)

Planet In Focus, 2023 Green Pitch - October 20, 2023 - Toronto, Ontario | Pitched ‘Becoming A Landscape’ (Feature Documentary - Early Development) with Aeyliya Husain

Grants Awarded

Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Abroad Grant 2023

National Film Board - Filmmaker Assistance Program 2020

Toronto Arts Council - Media Arts Grant 2019