Staff

Alexandra Boilard-Lefebvre is an author and cultural worker who has been active in the Montreal arts scene for nearly twelve years. She has collaborated on the production and creation of numerous projects in theater, cinema, and podcasting. In 2018, she joined Magnéto and, as co-director of the event, contributed to the development of Résonance, the organization’s festival dedicated to radio art, sound creation, and podcasting. In 2022, following the redeployment of Magnéto’s activities and its strong commitment to the performing arts, Alexandra became the organization’s Associate General Director and Assistant Artistic Director.

Nurtured by dialogue between genres and disciplines, research, and experimentation, her artistic practice is imbued with themes of memory, history, ordinary life, the complexity of reality, and the quest for self. Alexandra holds a master’s degree in literary studies from the Université du Québec à Montréal and will publish her first novel in winter 2025. She is currently the General Director of Vidéographe.

You can reach Alexandra at: direction [@] videographe.org or at 514-521-2116 ext. 228

Sonya Stefan is a multidisciplinary artist known for blending analog techniques with digital tools to craft immersive visual landscapes. She performed at the 25th anniversary of MUTEK with Technologies of Consciousness on the project Numinous Machines. Her work intertwines 16mm film with TouchDesigner, utilizing contact printing, DIY eco-processing, and macro nature imagery. Stefan has garnered recognition for her dance documentaries, particularly The Truss Arch, which earned an IRIS nomination and won Best National Medium-Length Film at the Rencontres internationales du
documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) in 2021, as well as at Rendezvous Québec Cinéma in 2022. Her collaborative projects include working with Animals of Distinction, Petrikor Danse, and Lynda Gaudreau. Additionally, she partnered with the Argentinian artist lain-9, supported by Artlab|Amplify DAI MUTEK. As a curator, Stefan has contributed to festivals like KIDSPOPmontreal, Lux Magna, and Ibrida*Pluri. Currently, she is developing Reflets Dansants, a video mapping project conceived by artist Julie Dalbec, as well as a dance documentary on Brazilian-Canadian choreographer Newton Moraes.

You can reach Sonya at: info [@] videographe.org or at 514-521-2116 ext. 221

After several years of film studies at Concordia University, Mathilde Fauteux has been working in the arts and film industry for over three years. Notably, she worked as part of the short film programming team at Festival du nouveau cinéma. As Distribution Coordinator at Vidéographe, Mathilde is looking forward to pursuing her passion for new talent and new forms of expression.

You can reach Mathilde at: distribution [@] videographe.org or at 514-521-2116 ext. 224

Sarah Foulkes is a filmmaker, cultural worker, and film critic working in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Québec. She is most interested in exploring labour, melodrama, and narrativity through image and sound. Her YouTube makeup tutorial supercut “Contours” is distributed by Video Pool Media Arts Centre. Her latest work is “Soft Lock,” a fiction short about a dance student and bike courier. She is currently in development for a feature film and a number of short films. In the cultural sector, she’s previously worked at Ada X and Cinema Politica.

You can reach Sarah at: festival [@] videographe.org ou au 514-521-2116 poste 225

Sam Meech is an artist and researcher from Huddersfield, UK whose practice includes documentary, video feedback installations, and machine knitted animations.

Previously a professor at Concordia University (Intermedia) and Manchester School of Art, Sam’s research interests include the use of video feedback in arts practice (‘Video in the Abyss’) and the impact of gentrification on textile workers in Manchester (‘Fabrications’).

Sam’s experience in experimental film collections and exhibition includes a residency and commission with the North West Film Archive, UK (‘Noah’s Ark’), and even building two community cinemas through his ‘Small Cinema’ project.

He once hosted a 24 hour screening of Groundhog Day, and continues to make a new work each year based on the film.

You can reach Sam at: technique [@] videographe.org or at 514-521-2116 ext. 222

You can reach Siam at: communications [@] videographe.org or at 514-521-2116 ext. 227