FASCINASIAN INDUSTRY PANEL:
Off the Beaten Filmmaker’s Path

Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 6:00PM

Landmark Cinemas 9 Edmonton City Centre
10200 102 Ave NW, Edmonton

FREE

Panelists: Joselito II De Los Angeles, Omar Mouallem, Anne Mueller
Moderator: Vicki Van Chau
Co-presented by: Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society
Co-sponsor: Alberta Media Production Industries Association

This free event is an open, candid industry conversation that centres non‑traditional routes into filmmaking: careers that began through community storytelling, self-funded projects, online platforms, adjacent creative industries, cultural work, activism, or learning-by-doing outside film school and legacy systems. This panel invites local filmmakers to share how they built momentum without waiting for permission—how they found collaborators, sustained themselves financially, navigated gatekeeping, and defined success on their own terms. Panelists will speak honestly about detours, setbacks, hybrid careers, and the creative strategies that helped them survive and thrive in an industry not designed with them in mind. Whether you’re emerging, mid-career, or redefining your relationship to film, this conversation aims to validate alternative journeys and spark new ideas for forging a path that reflects who you are, where you come from, and how you want to create.