Elvira Parent is an emerging director with over nine years of experience in research, video editing, and storytelling, specializing in content for children and young adults. She excels in creating documentaries, commercials, educational programs, fiction, and podcasts, with a keen focus on diverse representation and inclusive narratives. Her work not only engages a broad audience but also emphasizes a strong commitment to impactful storytelling. While her portfolio encompasses various themes, Elvira is particularly passionate about projects that support and uplift LGBTQ youth, aiming to continue her directorial efforts to foster inclusivity and empowerment across all her work.
editor, episodes s1e4 & s2e5
assistant editor, season 1
#Couleurs du Nord for TFO
LOpii Productions, 2021-2022
editor | Interviewer | Story writer
mum's the word
Evenings and weekends productions 2020
Synopsis
“Mum's The Word” is an interactive documentary on the legacy of the adoption mandate in Canada as seen through the eyes of those who lived it and those who still feel it today. In the post-war period, approximately 350,000 women throughout Canada were coerced into giving their "illegitimate children” up for adoption by churches, social workers, government agencies, and sometimes their own families. The impact and stigma that this mandate created are only beginning to be understood today.
Awards:
WorldFest- Houston International Film and Video Festival- Best of Show Grand Remi Award for New Media- InteractiveYorkton Film Festival- Winner- First Annual Mental Health Awareness award. Nominated for Golden Sheaf Award for Best Digital Media Project.TOWebfest- Nominated for best Documentary Series and Best Canadian SeriesMimesis Documentary Festival- Official Selection
Producer + Director + EDITOR
Dear Skies Documentary, 2018
A 25 minute Documentary made as thesis project for my Masters in Media Production at Ryerson University
Synopsis
After a woman discovers a new “crude oil” sticker on a pipeline sign running through her aunt’s property, the two set out on a road trip along the pipeline from Montreal in Quebec to South Portland, Maine. On their journey they will discover what the coming change could mean, what they have to lose in the event of a spill, and meet the residents and activists resisting tar sands oil in towns on both sides of the border.
Dear Skies is a personal, essay-style short documentary that tells human stories; an homage to the land and its various caretakers.
Producer + Director / Elvira Parent
Camera + Sound / Katherine Foyle, Dominique Parent
Editors / Katherine Foyle, Elvira Parent
© Elvira Parent. All rights reserved.
Editor
black-belt productions, 2020
Role: Editor
Date: March 2020
I was hired by Black-Belt Productions to edit two short promotional videos for their client, Gore Mutual.
editor, drawing change consulting
2020-2021
I worked as an editor on this project for Drawing Change Consulting in Vancouver. We worked with multiple clients across BC, including The Asante Centre, the Community Legal Assistance Society and the BC Association of Friendship Centres. I also remotely supported Annalee Kornelsen, our illustrator, in best lighting and filming practices from her studio in Penticton BC.
Videographer
Kate Duncan Design for Dickies
Role: Videographer
Date: June 2020
This video was part of a series created by Dickies called “United by Inspiration, United by Dickies”. I was hired by Kate Duncan, a Toronto-based furniture maker featured in the campaign, to film her while she worked in her shop.
As a Casting Associate for Groundglass Casting , I've had the chance to work on over 30 'real people' commercial casting campaigns in French and Enlish for brands such as Tim Hortons, YouTube, Google Pixel, Indeed, Mastercard and more.