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Name	Jessica Dymond
My pronouns are	She/Her
About Me	Jessica has been working as a film and television editor for over a decade, on projects ranging from documentary to narrative to experimental. Jessica’s editing work has screened at festivals around the world, including Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), ImagineNATIVE, and DOXA Documentary Film Festival, among others. She has a strong technical background and has worked in creative pipelines at every stage, from development to delivery. Some recent credits include the feature documentary In The Room, directed by Brishkay Ahmed, which had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2025, and won the VIFF audience award in the Showcase category. Prior to that, Jessica edited the feature documentary WaaPaKe, directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, and received a Leo nomination in the “Best Picture Editing – Feature Length Documentary” category; WaaPaKe also won the award for Best BC Film at VIFF in 2023, where it premiered. Jessica also edited Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon)’s cinematic VR piece, This Is Not A Ceremony, (produced by the NFB) which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and which won a Canadian Screen Award in the “Best Immersive Experience – Nonfiction” category. Other recent editing work includes the documentary The Salmon’s Call, directed by Joy Haskell, and the narrative short The Scribe of Samhain, directed by Angie Nolan. Jessica was also one of the editors for Baljit Sangra’s feature documentary Because We Are Girls, which premiered at Hot Docs in 2019 and was selected as the opening film for the 2019 DOXA film festival. Jessica holds a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media from Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Image Arts.
Area of Expertise	Picture Editor
Years of Experience	10+
Working Status	AVAILABLE
Highlighted Credits	In the Room, directed by Brishkay Ahmed, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB); doc This Is Not A Ceremony, directed by Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), produced by the NFB; Cinematic VR WaaPaKe (Tomorrow), directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, produced by the NFB; doc Incorrigible: A Film About Velma Demerson, directed by Karin Lee; doc OChiSkwaCho, directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin; narrative short
Relevant Awards	2025, LA Independent Women Film Awards (May) winner, “Best Editor” for The Salmon’s Call (dir. Joy Haskell) 2022, Hollywood North Film Awards winner, “Best Editing: Documentary” for Incorrigible (dir. Karin Lee)
Mentor Opt-in	Yes
Email	jessica.dymond@gmail.com
Website	http://www.jessicadymond.com
IMDB	imdb.me/jdymond
LinkedIn	ca.linkedin.com/in/jessicadymond

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