"IM4 was really a life changing experience. The high caliber of instruction in Unreal Engine, the opportunities to show our work at Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), as well directing professional actors in the studio environment gave me the confidence to really say, yes, I know how to do that. I have the tools I need to produce meaningful work and to bring creative ways of storytelling to Arctic Indigenous communities across the Territories."

 Carl Jr Kodakin-Yakeleya

Student - Yellowknife, NWT

IM4 Virtual Production Storytelling

Micro-credential

 "The curriculum exceeded my expectations.

I don't think I really knew what I was getting in to when I signed up. And it was just an array of incredible knowledge and fun. I enjoyed the diversity of the guest speakers. I love the in-person production and seeing the UE background come to life on the LED wall. I am so excited to make time to further train and learn about how this can enhance my way of life as a student and entrepreneur."

 Sue-Anne Banks

Student - Kimberley, BC 

IM4 Virtual Production Storytelling

Micro-credential

"I’ve been working towards learning animation in my spare time in the last 5 years because

I didn’t have the financial support or opportunities to learn it. This training got me to exactly where I’ve wanted to be and opened up doors that I never knew existed. It has also had implications for my research and provided me with tools to support my community in their language revitalization efforts. I think I’m about to blow their minds with what I can create."

Lydia Prince

Student - Vancouver, BC

IM4 Virtual Production Storytelling

Micro-credential

"Shenaz Baksh has built our

workshop offerings into the envy of the non-profit media arts sector. Due to her diligent work, we now offer 150 workshops over three seasons a year. Our workshops are consistently over 80% full, meaning that almost 1,000 people a year are learning new tools to advance their filmmaking skills. Shenaz has designed our workshops to cover a wide range of phases of production. We support dramatic, documentary and experimental filmmaking, and offer workshops in each genre. A participant can enrol in a suite of courses that take them step by step from script to screen."

Chris Kennedy

Executive Director

Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto 

"Shenaz Baksh, through her company Screen Industry Training Hub, led the IM4 Lab

Indigenous Storyteller Virtual Production Micro-credential Training Program. She demonstrated exceptional organizational skills, creativity and a respectful understanding of Indigenous storytelling throughout the project. Her commitment to ensuring inclusive access to creative technology training aligns perfectly with the values and mission of the IM4 Lab. The program's success is a testament to her dedication, leadership and knowledge of virtual production, creative technology, training and film production." 

Loretta Todd

Matriarch and Creative Director

IM4 Media Lab

"Shenaz Baksh has impressed me time and time again with her instinctive ability to anticipate, then design, and orchestrate services that respond to the educational needs of our ever-evolving industry and filmmaking community across its spectrum of diversity and in-accessibilities. Her outstanding contribution for 20 plus years of steadfast commitment, inclusive faculty recruitment initiatives together with extraordinary curriculum design skills

 have had an incredible impact on emerging artists, mid-career and established practitioners in the local and international filmmaking ecosystem."

Marva Ollivierre

Producer/CEO/Mentor

Doe Eye Media Production Inc.