About Me
Gursimran is a filmmaker and producer based in Toronto, Ontario. He has established his own production company, BetterHalf Films, under which he has produced award-winning short films that have screened at the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Toronto, Ontario, and at the Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Gursimran is a member of the Canadian Media Producers Association, and the International Documentary Association.
He is a postgraduate in advanced filmmaking and arts administration (2018). Gursimran is an alumni of the EAVE Producers Program at the National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). He also received Spotlight as one of the top 52 emerging artists from the City of Toronto under their ArtWorxTO program.
Gursimran is enthusiastic about using visual storytelling as a means to spread knowledge, spark change, and motivate action. This year, he will participate in the Whistler Film Festival's producer’s lab in addition to working on a digital comedy series, where he will advance the production of his feature script, "Subjects of the Empire."
Education
Certificate in Virtual Production
2023 Sheridan College, Toronto Canada
Post graduation Certification in Advanced Filmmaking
2016-2017 Centennial College, Toronto Canada
Professional Development Labs
Producers Lab, presented by EAVE and the National Screen Institute in partnership with the Canada Media Fund, provided training and mentorship for producers in Canada to develop themselves, their companies, and a feature film or series (referred to as a ‘project’ throughout) to compete in the global market.
The WFF Producers Lab is an intensive multi-phase project development program designed to accelerate the careers of up to six independent Canadian producers through the development of their original, scripted, feature projects and developing the skills to advance your career in all media.
Pilot partnership program with Ontario Creates and the CMF intended to provide funding for early-stage project-related development
Futures Forward Program
2022
Ontario Creates, Canada.
2023
Whistler, B.C, Canada
Whistler Producers Lab
EAVE Producers Lab
2022
EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs ), National Screen Institute, Canada.