JESSICA DYMOND
EDITOR
IMDB
Vancouver, BC
Located on the unceded territories of the of the
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
LANGUAGES
English and French
SELECTED CREDITS: DOCUMENTARY
My Knitting Circle
Editor. Short doc. Directed by Alexandra Knowles, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Official Selection: World Premiere, Available Light Film Festival, 2026.
In The Room
Editor. Documentary. Directed by Brishkay Ahmed, produced by the NFB. Official Selection: Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), 2025. Awards: Showcase Audience Award, Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), 2025.
WaaPaKe
Editor. Documentary. Directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, produced by the NFB. Official Selection: Vancouver International Film Festival, 2023; ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, 2023; Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), 2023; Yellowknife International Film Festival, 2023; Available Light Film Festival, 2024. Awards: Best BC Film Award, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2023; APTN Award, Montreal First Peoples Film Festival, 2024; The Native Viewpoint Award - The Indies (Slamdance), Indigenous Film Critic’s Best Overall Selection, 2024.
This Is Not a Ceremony
Editor. Cinematic VR. Directed by Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), produced by the NFB. Official Selection: New Frontier, Sundance Film Festival, 2022; Tribeca Film Festival, 2022; ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, 2022. Awards: Canadian Screen Award for Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction, 2024; JANUS Award, Best Fulldome Innovation, 2025.
Because We Are Girls
Editor. Documentary. Directed by Baljit Sangra, produced by the NFB. Official Selection: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2019; Opening Gala - DOXA Documentary Film Festival, 2019; FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, 2019; South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM), 2020; SEOUL International Women's Film Festival (SIWFF), 2019. Awards: Best Canadian Feature/Short, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, 2019. Awards: Audience Choice Award, Reelworld Film Festival, 2019.
The Salmon’s Call
Story Editor/Editor. Documentary. Directed by Joy Haskell, produced for Knowledge Originals. Official Selection: 29th Red Nation International Film Festival, 2024; Sault Film Festival, 2024. Awards: Best Editing, LA Independent Women Film Awards, 2025.
Mareya Shot, Keetha Goal: Make the Shot
Editor. Documentary. Directed by Baljit Sangra and Nilesh Patel, produced by Out of the Stands Productions. Official Selection: Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), 2023. Awards: Best British Columbia Feature Film, Sundar Prize, 2025.
The Unboxing of Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
Editor. Short doc. Directed by Kathleen Jayme, produced by the NFB for the 2023 Governor General’s National Arts Centre Awards.
Incorrigible
Editor. Documentary. Directed by Karin Lee, produced for Knowledge. Official Selection: Yorkton Film Festival, 2022; Vancouver Asian Film Festival, 2022. Awards: Golden Sheaf, Yorkton Film Festival, 2022; Best Editing, Hollywood North Film Awards, 2022; Best Documentary, Hollywood North Film Awards, 2022.
Texada
Story Consultant. Cinematic VR. Directed by Josephine Anderson and Claire Sandford, produced by the NFB. Official Selection: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), 2023; Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) - Signals, 2024; Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), 2024; One World International Human Rights Film Festival, 2024; Pordenone Docs Festival, 2024; Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, 2024; Videomedeja New Media Art Fest, 2024; Qathet International Film Festival 2025; Dome Fest West, 2025; Atlanta Film Festival, 2025; Dome Under Festival 2026.
Question Period
Editor. Short doc. Directed by Ann Marie Fleming, produced by the NFB. Official Selection: Hot Docs Film Festival 2019;
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), 2019.
The Hook Up
Editor. Short doc. Directed by Michael V. Smith, produced by the NFB.
OshKiKiShiKaw (A New Day)
Editor. Short doc. Directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, produced by VisJuelles Productions for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Official Selection: DOXA Documentary Festival, 2019.
NiiSoTeWak (Two Bodies, One Heart)
Editor. Short doc. Directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, produced by VisJuelles Productions for CBC.
Resurrecting Hassan
Associate Producer/Production Manager. Documentary. Directed by Carlo Guillermo Proto. Official Selection: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), 2016; Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), 2016; Hot Docs Film Festival, 2017. Awards: Best Canadian Documentary, RIDM, 2017; Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs Film Festival, 2017.
El Huaso
Associate Producer. Documentary. Directed by Carlo Guillermo Proto. Official Selection: Hot Docs Film Festival, 2012. As an associate producer coming in after the film had been released, I assisted in grant report writing and closing the film’s finances.
SELECTED CREDITS: SERIES
D'Amours et d'eau fraîche
Editor (4x30 min episodes). Produced by Red Letter Films, broadcast on TV5 Unis. Nominated for Best Documentary Series, Leo Awards 2020.
Dear Reader
Editor (4x3 min episodes). Directed and produced by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams at Nootka Street Productions for Knowledge.
Canada’s A Drag - Season 2
Editor (1x6min episode - Season 2, episode 12: “Quanah Style,”). Directed by Jennifer Roworth, produced for CBC. Awards: Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction, Canadian Screen Awards, 2020.
Kitty 911
Editor (6 x 22min episodes), Writer (3x22 min episodes). Produced and broadcast by OutTV.
Origins with David Hawksworth
Editor (5 x 20-min episodes). Directed by Michael Bernard, for TELUS Optik.
CMJ Productions, Online Editor, 2015-16
Online Editor for multiple docu-series broadcast on The History Channel (USA), American Heroes Channel (USA), Shaw History Channel (Canada) and Investigation Discovery (USA), including:
Million Dollar Genius;
Natural Born Outlaws;
Fatal Vows.
CMJ Productions, Assistant Editor, 2014-15
Assistant editor for multiple docu-series, broadcast on channels including Investigation Discovery, Reelz, Évasion, and Canal D, including:
Fatal Vows;
Celebrity Damage Control;
Wheels That Fail.
SELECTED CREDITS: FICTION
The Scribe of Samhain
Editor. Short fiction. Directed by Angie Nolan, produced by Kryssta Mills. Nominated for Best Short Drama, Leo Awards, 2024.
MisTik
Editor. Short fiction. Directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, produced by VisJuelles Productions.
OChiSkwachO
Editor. Short fiction. Directed by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, produced by VisJuelles Productions. Official selection: ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, 2018; Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), 2019. Awards: Matrix Award for outstanding achievement in a BC short film, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), 2019.
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
NOMINATED - Best Editing in a Feature Documentary for In the Room, Leo Awards, 2026
NOMINATED - Best Editing in a Short Documentary for My Knitting Circle, Leo Awards, 2026
WINNER - Best Editor for The Salmon’s Call, LA Independent Women Film Awards, 2025
NOMINATED - Best Editing in a Feature Documentary for WaaPaKe, Leo Awards, 2024
WINNER - Best Editing: Documentary for Incorrigible, Hollywood North Film Awards, 2022
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts - Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media
The Banff Centre - Editing Work Study program
Concordia University - Graduate Diploma in Communications
McGill University - Bachelor of Arts with Major Concentrations in English Literature and International Development Studies
South Delta Secondary School - Double Dogwood Bilingual Diploma
Certified Instructor, AVID Media Composer
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021-Present: Post-Production Faculty, Capilano University
2026: Co-Lead Faculty, Digital Constellations Production and Post-production Residency, The Banff Centre
2018-2021: Post-Production Instructor, Vancouver Film School
2020: Guest Lecturer, “Editing Documentaries,” UBC Indigenous Doc Class (taught by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin)
2014-16: Curriculum Developer/Lead Instructor, Digital Media Academy
2013: Documentary Mentor, The Gulf Islands Film & Television School
2011: Mentor, Doc Camp by Hot Docs Film Festival
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017: Doc Lab Participant, Whistler Film Festival Talent Lab
2013: Participant Video Editor, Women in the Director's Chair, The Banff Centre
2012: Participant Video Editor, Women in the Director's Chair, The Banff Centre
2011: Doc U Participant, Hot Docs Film Festival
VOLUNTEER
2026: DOXA Documentary Film Festival Screening Committee, Vancouver
2019-2020: DOXA Documentary Film Festival Screening Committee, Vancouver
2010-11: Festival Board Member, Reel Awareness Festival by Amnesty International, Toronto
2011: Co-Chair of Curatorial Committee, Doc Now Festival, Toronto