Anna Canton

Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Anna has 20 years' experience in the screen industry and a decade in corporate marketing, brand & leadership. She is a Creative Producer with an affinity for genre film and storytelling that highlights diverse and underrepresented voices on screen. As a Producer for Annakey Productions, her recent NZFC-funded short film ‘Homecoming’, was written & directed by transgender filmmaker Grae Meek, with a world premiere at the British Urban Film Festival in London. She is currently in development on a feature film, and Senior Producer on the Episode One Redux series ‘Dead Strangers’ for PASC & RNZ. She is the Co-Chair of the regional screen advocacy group Te Puna Matarau (Canterbury Screen Industry Association); a Regional Ambassador for the Pan-Asian Screen Collective; and a long-standing member of WIFT.