KATE  


Documentary

[director,producer,writer, researcher]

Kate is a documentary filmmaker, photographer  and writer in Toronto, Canada. Her work focuses on the stories hidden in plain sight and the act of using film to bring them to light and into conversation.

She has experience on all ends of production from development all the way to distrobution.

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Documentaries + Essays


director/DP/editor

(2024) People’s relationship with trees in the UK and trees relationship with people.
Research, Writing, Directing, Camera, Sound, Editing, Colour: Kate Colenbrander



(2024) The story of how and why we rendered pigeons homeless.
Research, Writing, Directing, Camera, Sound, Editing, Colour 

Festivals: Balkan Can Kino 2025,EthnoFest (Athens, Greece) 2024, FOMI (Festival of the Moving Image) 2024, Boundless Film Festival 2024
Awards: Winner (Boundless Film Festival Audience Award), Quarter Finalist (Belgrade International Film Festival Best Short Documentary)



(2024) Grief in the digital age, what loss looks like with full acess to a life.
Research,Editing, Writing
Festivals: Open City Documentary Festival, FOMI (Festival of the Moving Image), DocLondon


(2023) An exploration of memory and public art with one of Toronto’s most prolific street artists.

Research, Camera, Sound, Editing, Colour: Kate Colenbrander 
nominated for a Toronto Heritage Public History Award
Made with the CBC Creator Network



(2023) In collaboration with Hackney City Farm in London a look into the different forms of motherhood as animal blends with human.
Camera, Sound, Editing, Colour: Kate Colenbrander

(2023) In collaboration with WWOOF UK, a documentary made while I traveled the UK from farm to farm, volunteering as a WWOOFer while documenting the  work, land, people and stories around me.⁠ Research, Camera, Sound, Editing, Colour: Kate Colenbrander



Journalism and Interviews 

The Goose: Editor, Assistant DPThe Ubyssey: Producer, DP, Director, Editor,

Educational director/DP/editor


Promotional DP/editor
 


Music director/DP/editor




Comedy and Misc






KATE



Documentary

[director,producer,writer, researcher]

Kate is a documentary filmmaker,
photographer  and writer in Toronto,
Canada. Her work focuses on the
stories hidden in plain sight and
the act of using film to bring them
to light and into conversation.

She has experience on all ends of
production from development
all the way to distribution. 

About+CV

Video Work
Photo Work

Press

Email
Instagram