Taking the Piss

Christina Dovolis is an interdisciplinary filmmaker and urban designer, working with cutting-edge technologies to explore how our built environments shape community and identity. Hailing from the Midwest, Christina draws inspiration from themes of girlhood and gossip, the complexities of urban development, and Greek Orthodox mythologies. As an educator, Christina is committed to making new media programs more accessible to the public, particularly focusing on empowering women and marginalized groups. She is the recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship and has achieved acclaim for many projects, with successful presentations at the Museum of the Moving Image, InterAccess Gallery, Nuit Blanche, Available Light Film Festival, and more. Christina holds an MA in Urban Planning from the National University of Singapore and an MFA in Film Production from York University.

Tavis Putnam is a filmmaker, writer, and performer from Treaty 1 Territory: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Exploring the squirmy middle ground between comedy and tragedy, his projects have screened at the Calgary Underground Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, and on the Brooklyn-based platform NoBudge. His debut feature A Social was voted “Favourite Film by a Local Filmmaker” by readers of The University of Winnipeg newspaper The Uniter, and played to sold out crowds at the Dave Barber Cinematheque in 2022. He holds a Master's of Fine Arts in Film Production from Toronto's York University.