Team

The Canadian Independent Film Festival Team 2023

Gauthier Raad photo

Gauthier Raad

Founder and Director

Gauthier Raad is a filmmaker, editor and producer. He graduated with two Masters in Production and Film Directing. Gauthier has participated in several festivals across the globe with his documentaries and short films and has won numerous awards. In 2017, created the Lebanese Independent Film Festival – LIFF , the largest local and international film competition in Lebanon, despite censorship. Gauthier is the founder of the Fantasy Film Festivals – Le Festival du Film du Fantasme in Paris and is also developing CIFF the Canadian Independent Film Festival and is a founding member of many other festival. Gauthier has worked in many well-known compagnies and Festivals such as Avignon Festival and France 24 News channel.

Dineta Williams-Trigg

Director

Dineta Williams-Trigg is an American Film, and Stage Actor. She is the owner, and  proprietor of Full Figure Productions, whose mission, is to positively affect every human soul that she makes contact with through her storytelling, and lots of hugs. She created her own film festival ‘A Night of Misfit Films’  in its fifth year, to provide other filmmakers the opportunity to screen unseen works. Dineta is extremely honored to be a part of The Lebanese Independent  Film Festival and truly believes that as creatives, “Our Voices Can Change The World”.

Dineta Williams-Trigg

John Trigg

Audiovisual Director

Charelle Abdallah

Founder and Festival Programmer

Charelle is a filmmaker and researcher. Graduating with a BA in Audiovisual, she is now in the process of obtaining her MA in Arts & Culture, specializing in Contemporary literature and Art; Cultural Interventions and Social Justice. As she believes in the power of the visual arts, her mission is to make knowledge accessible through combining her love for filmmaking and for research. In her role as festival programmer, Charelle focuses on curating films for the local audience in a way that makes the screening informative, as well as engaging and entertaining.