How does the way you’re perceived influence the way you move through the world? How does it build or strip away at our confidence, our safety or sense of belonging? That’s a question that hung onto me after reading Ace’s short story and it’s essence is something I think we did a great job at preserving in the film. We were excited to pull different perspectives into a familiar experience and encourage people to tap into a new point of view and think about the social structures that shape us.

Karimah is a Montreal native, Toronto and London based filmmaker whose work is centered around crafting stories that dive into themes of overcoming and succumbing to social expectations, how self worth is built and broken, and the dark truths that live within us all. She was selected for the 2023 TIFF Filmmaker Lab as well as TIFF’s Share Her Journey Fellowship. Her narrative short ‘Scaring Women At Night’ (TIFF, BFI Flare, FNC ‘22), adapted from the short story written by Ace Clamber, is a Vimeo Staff Pick and won the world's largest lgbtqia+ award - The Iris Prize, among others. She’s also had the pleasure of directing a micro-interview series on 8 female founders for Porsche. Up next is ‘4 NAMES’ a short film exploring the close to home realities of modern day sex trafficking based on the life events of 2 x JUNO nominated recording artist, STORRY.