About she/her
Yasmine Mathurin is a Haitian-Canadian award-winning writer & director (+ occasional producer). Her first feature documentary film ONE OF OURS won the Hot Docs Special Jury Prize in 2021 and was nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for best writing, best directing and best feature documentary. It is now available on CBC Gem and in the US through AMC+ and Sundance TV. She previously worked as an associate producer with CBC Original Podcast. Her previous podcasting work has been awarded with a Webby people’s choice and a Canadian Digital Publishing Award. She recently participated in the 2022 TIFF Writers Studio and the 2022 TIFF Chanel Women Writers Summit. She most recently directed 3 out of 6 episodes of a short documentary series entitled WITNESS with Scarborough Pictures. It premiered at 2023 Hot Docs film festival and is now available on CBC and CBC Gem.
She is an alumni of the TIFF Netflix Talent Accelerator Fellowship, TIFF Writers Studio, Hot Docs Documentary Lab, the UnionDocs Feature documentary lab, the Berlinale Doc Toolbox program, DOC Breakthrough Program.
She is the recipient of the 2023 TIFF CBC Screenwriter Award for her upcoming scripted narrative feature film project SORRY PARDON MADAME.
She holds a BA in Political Science and Non-Profit Management from York University and a Journalism Masters from TMU (formerly known as Ryerson) University. She speaks English, French & Haitian Créole.
