April 26, 2022 by
Denise Ing>
Two Cinema Studies Institute alumnae recently joined film studios.
Magali Simard joins Cinespace as Director of Industry and Community Relations. Magali graduated as a Cinema Studies Specialist in 2006 before becoming Senior Manager of Theatrical Programming at TIFF, then Film Sector Development Officer for the City of Toronto. Read the transcript from the 2019 CSI alumni panel that Magali participated in.
Kiva Reardon joins Pastel, Barry Jenkins's production company, as VP Film. Kiva completed a Master's degree at the Cinema Studies Institute in 2012. She was the founding editor of cléo, and Lead Programmer of Contemporary World Cinema at TIFF. Learn more about Kiva in a 2018 profile.