She completed her MA in Documentary Film and Screen Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and has been conducting research and working within the Canadian documentary, game, and digital media landscape ever since. At Stitch Media, she manages a wide range of digital products including websites, children’s educational games, interactive documentaries, and gamified e-learning programs. In 2019, she produced the interactive documentaries Migrant Mothers of Syria and My Life in Limbo.
Sonya has produced a wide variety of shareable documentary and video content for Canadian non-profit organisations including Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), ParticipAction, and the Special Olympics Foundation. She was Associate Producer for the interactive documentary The World in Ten Blocks, which premiered at Hot Docs 2016 and launched in partnership with The Globe and Mail that same year.
Previously, Sonya was a Programmer at the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab, working at the forefront of immersive media innovation and digital media entrepreneurship. Outside of the office, she can be found forest bathing, laughing at her own jokes, and sucking at rock climbing.
Stitch Media
Stitch Media is an interactive production company focused on building innovative digital experiences and meaningful audience engagement with new technology. We have been operating for over a decade, creating storytelling and gameplay experiences that evolve with the times. Our projects span web, mobile and games that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Our work has been recognized nationally by the Digi Awards, Applied Arts Magazine, the Canadian Screen Awards and internationally by UNESCO’s World Summit. Our team has worked with Disney, Microsoft, FOX, Discovery, CBC, Bell and consulted for the Smithsonian Institute and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.
WHAT WE WORK WITH
Area
Commissions, Co-productions, Distribution, Equity Investment, Grants/Funding, Pre-sales
Genre
Arts, Culture, Education, Factual Entertainment, Gender, Human Interest, Lifestyle, Natural History and Wildlife, Science, Sport, Technology, Youth
Lengths/Formats
Series, Single/One-off, Online, Multiplatform, Interactive
What types of producers or creators would we want to meet at AIDC
We would like to meet Australian, Canadian and international producers, and filmmakers, who are passionate about collaborating on new digital and linear documentary projects.