Lucy McNulty & Emma Pollard - Vancouver, BC
LUCY MCNULTY
An actor, writer, director and producer, whose notable achievements include winning Jury’s Choice and the DEAI Award for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion at the 42nd Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival for her directorial debut “Chicken” which she was nominated for a Leo Award for Screenwriting and another for Female Performance. “Chicken” has screened internationally in Canada, the United States, Australia and Europe at both Oscar and BAFTA Qualifying Festivals and has gained attention from nationally recognized non-profits including the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society. It has been featured on 3.21: Canada’s Down Syndrome Magazine, The LowDOWN: A Down Syndrome Podcast, Burnaby NOW, as well as AMI’s Season 2 of DisRUPT. Lucy runs Strange Company Productions and is the President of Wet Ink Collective – a writer-driven initiative for women to write, develop and produce stories for stage and screen. She is a graduate of Studio 58, the recipient of the Sydney J Risk Foundation Acting Award and a Jessie Richardson Award.
EMMA POLLARD
Emma’s body of work includes Music Videos and behind the scenes Documentaries, featured by platforms such as Spotify, GQ, and FLOOD, Award-winning Web Series, and Narrative Short Films.
Her work as a photographer has been featured in Rolling Stone, Far Out Magazine, Subba-Cultcha, and Texas Monthly, as well as album artwork for Nick Waterhouse. She hold a B.A. Honours from the University of East Anglia in Film and English studies.