ALT Two campers gesture towards a camper holding a clap board while shooting their short film.

ALT A camper films with a camera while another marks the scene with a clap board.

ALT Two campers gather around a camera on a tripod while three actors wait to start filming an outdoor scene.

ALT Two campers gather around a camera pointed towards two actors costumed with swords, shields, and a donkey mask.

ALT Tanner Bushell attended the Alberta University of the Arts from 2013-2015, then transferred to the University of Calgary, where theoretical studies helped to hone his film review skills, and where he also learned to critique and improve his writing craft. Tanner completed his Bachelor's degree in Film Studies in 2020. Since then, he's worked on locally-shot short films in Calgary and was a locations PA on the set of "The Last of Us." Tanner's scripts were honoured at France's Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (BCIFF) and the Swedish International Film Festival (SiFF).

ALT Gillian McKercher is a filmmaker best known for directing the feature film, Circle of Steel, an Audience Award winner at the 2018 Calgary International Film Festival. She studied directing at the Canadian Film Centre, where she developed her next feature film, Lucky Star, which also received support from the Harold Greenberg Fund and CFC/Netflix Development Accelerator. Her documentary about oil and gas cleanup, Orphaned, is streaming on CBC Gem.

ALT Rick Garbutt was born at a very early age, in order to be with his parents at that important time. Just before his fifth birthday, he finagled getting into a projection booth at a drive-in, beheld a pair of fire-snorting (literally) 35mm carbon arc projectors, and he was hooked. Rick got a Province of Alberta First-Class Projectionist license and spent too many years in the theatre-end of show business, but learned from screening hundreds of films. Segueing to the role of Camera Operator, he has worked for Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, PBS, Paramount, NCRV Television (Netherlands), and independent features. Rick joined SAIT Polytechnic, first as a contract instructor, then for eight years as full-time faculty, teaching film production with a band of wonderful colleagues. Rick knows his alphabet all the way up to six and is delighted to be joining you all for this writing adventure!

ALT Mike Czuba is a writer with a BFA and MFA in Playwrighting. Originally from Montreal, he is currently an instructor at the University of Calgary and co-founder of the performance collective Dancing Monkeys Laboratories. Most recently, he released a book called NO SHORTCUTS — The Five Chambers, a Practical Guide to Finding Your Own Creative Process. His play I AM I (Original Works Publishing) has been internationally produced. A scene from his play REPRISE is published in Playwrights Canada Press' new anthology, Refractions: Scenes (2020). Multiple plays have been presented in Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Texas and Amsterdam. His most recent play AFTER MOURNING, about Johanna Bonger, the woman who saved van Gogh's art, has had staged readings in Calgary, Red Deer, Beaumont, Texas, Ontario and Chicago. The next reading is in May 2024 in Edmonton, with a full production by Shadow Theatre scheduled for April 2025.