produced by CORAL AIKEN

Coral Aiken is a creative producer based in Toronto, Canada. She founded Aiken Heart Films in 2014 to champion unique talents, and connect with an engaged audience. Coral has produced three feature films, and many shorts. Her films have screened in competition at Cannes Cinéfondation, TIFF, Sarajevo, Seattle, Buenos Aires, in the Locarno Academy, and on Nowness.com. Coral studied as a director at York University, MFA and at Berlinale Talents. She is an alumna of TIFF Studio, and EAVE. Coral teaches at LIFT, York University and the Canadian Film Centre.

Coral recently collaborated with Jackie Batsinduka to create Skillin' It (2020), a digital series of intimate conversations between Canadian film industry professionals, which also highlights emerging talent in Jackie's Corner. Coral’s latest short film Succor premiered at TIFF 2020, a feature adaptation is in development with writer director Hannah Cheesman. Carmen is Coral’s most recent feature and her first international co-production.

produced by ANIKA PSAILA SAVONA

Anika Psaila Savona is a producer and was involved in the setting up of Falkun Films in 2007, a production company based in Malta. She has a legal background, graduating as a lawyer from Malta and then went on to read for a Masters at the University of Oxford. For fifteen years, Anika worked internationally in the corporate world. She held manage-rial positions in South Africa, was Director of Legal for an international hotel chain, and then moved into film production. With Falkun Films she’s worked in different capacities in production. Anika is the in-house legal advisor and projects she’s worked on include, amongst others, the Oscar-nominated KonTiki, American Assassin, Renegades and The Promise. Anika was the executive producer on Dear Dom. She is currently producing and co-producing other projects.