YUMMS Team
INGRID VENINGER is the Director of York University Motion Media Studio (YUMMS) at Cinespace. She the holds an MFA from York University and has been a full-time faculty member of AMPD (School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design) in the department of Cinema & Media Arts since 2019.
Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid has produced fifteen feature films with premieres at TIFF, Rotterdam, Locarno, Busan, Slamdance, Whistler, Rome, Hot Docs, Karlovy Vary and MoMA in New York, amongst othters. Ingrid received the WIFTS International Visionary Award, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Award for “Best Director” and the Jay Scott Prize awarded by the Toronto Film Critics Association with retrospectives in Ottawa at the Canadian Film Institute and Santiago, Chile at FEMCine. A Director member of the Directors Guild of Canada and participant in the inaugural TIFF Studio, Berlinale Talents, and Rotterdam Producer’s Lab, Ingrid has been a mentor at the Canadian Film Centre and Screenwriter-in-Residence at the University of Toronto. An advocate for gender parity, Ingrid initiated the pUNK Films Femmes Lab to foster narrative feature films written and directed by Canadian women, sponsored by Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. On April 1, 2020, she launched a collaborative feature film project, ONE(NINE) wherein 9 women filmmakers from different parts of the world (China, USA, Germany, Spain, South Africa, and across Canada) co-created a feature film and interactive web project, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Currently, Ingrid is developing three feature film projects and is travelling to film festivals with her recent short works. Research interests: DIY-based methodologies, collective creation, authentic leadership, feminist film, hybrid cinema and new pedagogical modalities.
CHRISTINA DOVOLIS holds a Master of Urban Planning from the National University of Singapore and is completing a MFA at York University where she was awarded the Canada Graduate Scholarship.
With a background in grassroots organizing, Christina has over 7 years of experience coordinating between various artistic, non-profit, and educational organizations. She is a practicing media artist whose research documents how community and identity are constructed through virtual landscapes. Her work has been shown at Nuit Blanche, ImagineNATIVE, and Niagara Film Festival.
As the Program Coordinator, Christina manages operational and creative support for the activities at YUMMS. Liaising between York U faculty, students, industry, community partners, and Cinespace Film Studios, she oversees and coordinates film productions, outreach, grants, and events. She works closely with the Director to develop and implement YUMMS policies and procedures.
JOSIAH DYCK holds a BFA from York University in film production and was awarded the Ted E.S. Rogers award, for displaying notable artistic excellence in his senior academic year.
Born and raised in Almonte, Ontario, Josiah is an aspiring writer and director with premieres at the Ridgefield Independent FIlm Festival, the New York City Short Comedy Film Festival, and the New York City Independent Film Festival.
As the Studio Technology Coordinator, Josiah keenly attends to daily technical and studio operations, by providing hands-on technical services, coordination, monitoring, and technical expertise (e.g. Film Production, Virtual Production, Post-Production). Josiah cherishes collaborating and optimizing technical needs with other’s specific creative visions.
Josiah is excited and devoted towards helping YUMMS be as technologically innovative and dynamic.
MATHILDA ROY graduated from Vanier College with a DEC in Communications, Media, and Studio Arts. She is pursuing her fourth year in the BFA Cinema and Media Arts program at York University.
She is a media artist with varying fields of interests, from being Marketing Manager of York University’s club WIBI A Cappella, spearheading photoshoots and poster campaigns, to winning silver at York University’s Game Jam.
As the Website and Social Media Assistant, Mathilda focuses on creating engaging social media content, updating and refining website functionality, and collaborating closely with the team to support various digital initiatives. Her goal is to create content for YUMMS that not only engages and informs but also leaves a lasting impression on the audience.
Kenneth Rogers is Associate Director of the MBA Program in Arts Media and Entertainment. He is the author of The Attention Complex (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) and has published on the social and cultural impact of art, media art, and emerging media technology. His current research focuses on the fields of cultural policy, media policy, and media industry studies.
A member of the City of Toronto’s Film, Television and Digital Media Board, Ken is also on the steering committee of Digital Media at the Crossroads (DM@X), and a member of York University pan-faculty Strategic Entrepreneurship Council at Innovation York. He is a founder and a core faculty member of AMPD’s new BFA in Media Arts.
