Experimental Forest Films is an award-winning production company based on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territory in Vancouver, B.C. Founded by filmmakers Kathleen Hepburn and Tyler Hagan, Experimental Forest Films is committed to socially relevant, nuanced storytelling that celebrates creative risk and cinematic vision. Their films have premiered at TIFF & Berlinale and their most recent project, THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN won the prestigious Toronto Film Critics Association Best Canadian Film Award (2020) and was picked up for distribution by Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Releasing. EFF current projects range in form from documentary to narrative features and, more recently, dramatic television series. Driven to continue building and uplifting our local community of filmmakers, in 2020 EFF launched Forest for the Trees - an initiative focused on developing programs and grants that connect and support our creative community.