Jess Murwin

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Jess Murwin is a nonbinary, mixed Indigenous settler with light skin. They have slicked back dark brown hair and are wearing black glasses. They are posing in front of a dark brown wooden background wearing a black t-shirt with small yellow lightning bolts across it.

Jess Murwin is a nonbinary, mixed Indigenous settler with light skin. They have slicked back dark brown hair and are wearing black glasses. They are posing in front of a dark brown wooden background wearing a black t-shirt with small yellow lightning bolts across it.

Job title
curator   filmmaker   educator  
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nonbinary   Irish   Mi’Kmaq   Scottish   Mi'kmaq   fat  
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Jess Murwin is a nonbinary, mixed Indigenous settler with light skin. They have slicked back dark brown hair and are wearing black glasses. They are posing in front of a dark brown wooden background wearing a black t-shirt with small yellow lightning bolts across it.
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Biography

Jess Murwin is a non-binary queer artist and programmer of mixed Indigenous (Mi'kmaq) and Settler (Western European) descent based in Montreal, Quebec. They received formal artistic training from Notre Dame de la Tilloye (France) and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Canada), as well as informal training on various sets, at artist centres and in workshops in Canada, Europe and India. Their work combines myth, fantasy, humor and flamboyance with social commentary. As a programmer, they have worked for the Atlantic International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, among others. Their focus in presenting films and media art works has always been to champion stories by female, LGBTQIA + and Indigenous filmmakers. They see this work as a critical way of reclaiming narrative spaces and as an important political and artistic act.

LinkedIn. “Jess Murwin | LinkedIn.” Accessed December 8, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jess-murwin-b87135a3/?originalSubdomain=ca.
Filmography