{"id":7960,"date":"2022-10-19T01:41:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askedus.ca\/?page_id=7960"},"modified":"2022-10-19T23:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T23:19:11","slug":"christian_may_2022_w","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/askedus.ca\/index.php\/christian_may_2022_w\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian_May_2022_W"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7570&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/askedus.ca\/&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1666148903944{margin-bottom: -10px !important;border-bottom-width: -10px !important;padding-bottom: -10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7962&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7966&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1666148811610{margin-top: -100px !important;border-top-width: -100px !important;padding-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\">COVER LOOK<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: left; font-family: Montserrat; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2;\"><em>\u201cHow many famous black Canadian filmmakers do you know? I aspire to change that.\u201d<\/em> Christian K. Kalambay &#8211; Out of the shadows&#8230; and into the light. Photographed by Gabryela Vogua, AskedUS, May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-dropcapc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">From his breakthrough onto the Canadian filmmaking scene in 2020 with his documentary film debut: Canada, The Immigrant Story, to his latest project which aims to magnify the relational and mental health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, filmmaker Christian K. Kalambay has steadily become a champion and voice of cultural diversity in Canada. 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So, I started filling up my note-books with doodles, and soon, <\/em><em>drawing became my first love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-dropcapc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">It wasn\u2019t until watching a scene in Wayne\u2019s World 2 that Christian learned of another world of things happening off-screen that aren\u2019t caught on film. \u201cThere\u2019s a scene in the movie when a bad actor is replaced by Charlton Heston in a middle of a take. This informed me there was more behind the camera.\u201d As he aged and became exposed to more and more cinema, he not only became intrigued by the world of film direction and production, but also in how technology can be used to tell a story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During Christian\u2019s most formative years, he and his family moved from their home in Congo-Kinshasa, to different locations in central and southern Africa. Educated in French-language schools prior to emigrating to Canada, one of his most influential teachers during that time was his drawing teacher. \u201cMr. Trigo, in Congo-Brazzaville in 1994, immediately saw my talent as a young artist and encouraged me to continue to draw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7205&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: left; font-family: Montserrat; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2;\"><em>\u201cBy the time I got to Canada in 2001, The Matrix, Nutty Professor 2, and Toy Story had changed my view of art in films-not only in the brilliant storytelling, but also in the technology.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Immigrating to Canada at 18 as an international student, Christian\u2019s passion for art and creativity was further fostered during his time at George Brown College in the heart of downtown Toronto. \u201cTwo major things happened to me at GBC. The first is that, among other genius artits like Jeff Bermejo, Clarice Gomes, Navid Khorrami, Arlette D\u2019Souza, Lissa Mateus, Priscilla Sekaran and Josh Hy to name a few, I met my long time collaborator in the talented, Staferd Campbell. His hunger and passion for multimedia has been the driving force of all our projects for the past 19 years. The second major thing is that my video and audio professor, Mr. Daniel Joseph, cultivated my editorial skills with his incredible teaching approach\u201d. Known for nurturing young artists and giving them the technical skills they need to succeed in Canada\u2019s tight job market, George Brown College creates an environment for students and faculty to synergize and build their own projects through the inspiration and motivation of the larger collective. Christian\u2019s thesis, a 3D animated short film entitled All Time High, would win a George Brown College New Media Award, in April 2006.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8014&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8012&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: left; font-family: Montserrat; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2;\"><em>\u201cWorking on weddings, music videos and commercials, for years, ignited my burning passion to talk about scene before calling<\/em> \u2018Action!\u2019<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-dropcapc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">With an arsenal of technical graphic design skills and intense interest in story-telling through film, Christian took on various opportunities to contribute to the film industry in Ontario and Quebec. One of his early supporters in his film career was Annie Coutu, notable Gatineau director of documentaries such as A Woman\u2019s Passion; with unfailing enthusiasm, she encouraged him to produce his first documentary feature film, Canada, The Immigrant Story. \u201cDuring our meeting, Ms. Annie Coutu taught me that \u201cto make a successful documentary, you should get a clear message that will connect with the audience\u2019 and \u2018always answer the WHY in a scene\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Christian gained hands-on experience within the Canadian film scene in the early 2010s on projects such as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><em>2011\u20132013 \u2013 Cameraman for Ernest Makengo, founder of EMK Production,<br \/>\n2011\u20132012 \u2013 Producer and director of music videos : Retouneen (2011) and You Don\u2019t Know Me (2012) for Juelz Records,<br \/>\n2013 \u2013 Producer and director for the Miss Congo Canada Pageant (2013), founded by Yvette Yende-Ashiri and Barbara Philog\u00e8ne,<br \/>\n2014 \u2013 Director of the music video Sway by singer Miss Lee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7225&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-dropcapc\" style=\"text-align: left;\">As a result of the experiences and the knowledge he gained as part of film and production crews, Christian felt the pull to start his own venture and create an environment for his creative vision. In 2012, Christian met Imad Al-Sukkari during his internship following an intensive 2-year business administration program at Herzing College. At the time, Imad was working at the Canadian Bureau for International Education. \u201cEven thought I was doing my HR internship,\u201d Christian recalls, \u201cImad loved my graphic design skills. So, he arranged for me to stay a couple of months longer after my internship to contribute my graphic design skills to his work.\u201d The pair became great friends, and when Imad realised that Christian needed to express his creative flame, he agreed to open to a studio together. \u201cI still remember calling Imad, on an evening in spring 2014, after a meeting in Montreal with two studio owners. It was our time!\u201d In 2014, Christian and Imad opened the multimedia graphic and production studio, Madja Entertainment Inc., in the Ottawa region. Their initial vision was to promote diversity of race, class and sex through its various projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first production for Madja was the documentary feature, Canada, The Immigrant Story. Together with producers Staferd Campbell, Mamy Kalambay and Vanessa Kammer, Christian produced and directed a film which details the personal immigration histories of 4 immigrants who volunteered at Canada\u2019s 150th birthday celebration in the Ottawa region in 2017. The film won the Best Documentary Feature at the International Black &amp; Diversity Film Festival (IBDFF).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Christian reflects on his experience on the film with fondness and admiration for those involved. \u201cThe feature film documentary was a first for my production company, Madja Entertainment,\u201d he said. \u201cThis film about Canada was championed by everyone, from the team at the Heritage Canada volunteer program, led by MS. Chantal Tremblay, to Boston Pizza public media and relations team. Most importantly, I was very fortunate to have had the privilege of telling the story of these four incredible people, Belinda, Kamlesh, Nayla and Zulf, whose patriotism amazes me.\u201d The experience of producing, directing, editing Canada, The Immigrant Story demonstrated for Christian that the challenges he faces as a minority filmmaker are shared with other minority artists and people of colour who face ingrained cultural barriers and societal hurdles to speaking out and telling their own stories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As Christian explains, \u201cThe biggest challenge, for any emerging filmmaker, is making compelling films with no budget. It is just like climbing a dangrous montain without any ropes. Few have made it to the top, but many have not. 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