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Author: Elya Myers

Elya Myers is a researcher, writer, and creator based out of Montreal, Quebec. Having graduated with a Specialized BFA in Film Studies at Concordia University, her research interests orbit around anime, animation, as well as, race and representation across media. She has recently published research in a special edition of Being Black in Quebec on Indire called, Can We Talk? Employment and Representation in the Film Industry through the Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC). Her continued creative practice at Offscreen, Short Ends Collective, Noir Caesar, and other collaborations reflect these recurring subject(ivitie)s.
Fantasia…

Festival Spotlight: Fantasia 2025

15 Aug 202526 Sep 2025
It was our second year at Fantatsia at Short Ends, and it was a whirlwind of some of the best international genre films collected at the 29th edition of the…
Outtakes

Recipes for the Future: Family Archives and Memory Work in Endless Cookie

18 Jun 202529 Sep 2025
Endless Cookie (2025) is a feature animated documentary, directed by Peter and Seth Scriver, that follows two half-brothers —one Indigenous and the other white—on an adventure to create an animated…
Festival Spotlights…

Festival Spotlight: Hot Docs 2025

17 May 202526 Sep 2025
It's our third year attending the Hot Docs Film Festival at Short Ends Collective! Juan Ospina and Elya Myers have gathered a short compilation of our time at the 32nd…
Festival Spotlights…

Capsule Reviews: Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2024

18 Nov 202426 Sep 2025
Caught by the Tides, Dir. Jia Zhangke There is little to add to Jia Jangke’s argument as one of the most engaging filmmakers of his generation, not only in China…
Fantasia…

Capsule Reviews: Fantasia 2024

17 Aug 202415 Aug 2025
It was Short Ends first time at Fantasia Film festival and we couldn't have been more happy to attend Montreal's largest genre film festival! Below is a selection from Juan…
Festival Spotlights…

Spotlight on International Resistance and Resilience for Hot Docs 2024

17 May 202429 Sep 2025
For the Hot Docs 2024 festival, I focused on documentaries centered around resistance and resilience. Now, more than ever, apathy and detachment has become a mode of being. We’re presented…
Hot Docs

Festival Spotlight: Hot Docs 2024

17 May 2024
For the second year in a row, Short Ends had the opportunity to attend the 31st edition of Hot Docs and we’ve collected a compelling short list of a variety…
In Conversation…

In Conversation Leslie Norville, Black Life: Untold Stories and Industry Perspectives 

3 Nov 202317 Aug 2024
With the American film industry strikes having detrimentally halted or delayed production on many films at different levels for one hundred and forty-eight days, Short Ends Collective had the opportunity…
Festival Spotlights…

Capsule Reviews: TIFF 2023

29 Sep 202317 Jan 2024
Cerrar los Ojos - Dir. Víctor Érice (Spain) Cerrar los Ojos follows a film director as he tries to find his best friend who disappeared decades ago, coincidentally, his friend…
In Conversation

In Conversation: Meredith Hama-Brown, Unearthing Canadian Histories and Identities in Seagrass

29 Sep 20231 Nov 2023
Meredith Hama-Brown’s stunning debut feature film Seagrass evokes 1990s British Columbia, recalling the feel of Canadian cinema of the time (Double Happiness dir. by Mina Shum and Exotica dir. by…

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