Daniella Kalinda
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Minor in African Studies
Specialization:
Digital Storytelling, Video Editing, Academic Research
Biography:
Daniella Kalinda is a director, editor, researcher and visual artist. She is currently editing her upcoming documentary short, Kitchen Talks, about a young Venezuelan actor who comes out as a queer, catholic man and along the way meets three other men defining masculinity for themselves. This story was pitched, developed, and produced as a mentee of the Doc Institute New Visions 2018 cohort—a program for promising emerging filmmakers in Toronto.
She is also a graduate research assistant at the Synaesthesia Media Lab under Dr. Ali Mazalek. They are developing a digital solution for classifying and researching archives for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.
Her visual work includes paintings where she explores themes of calm and tranquility that were featured at the Design Exchange. She also designed an experience around those themes through an audio-visual installation with Toronto’s urbanist project, Anda Residency.
Daniella is particularly interested in creating new and innovative ways of thinking and approaching the world through storytelling. She is most passionate about having these stories reach those who are used to going unnoticed.
Why Digital Media?
I know I want to go into storytelling. I am specifically interested in filmmaking, but I joined this program because I specifically wanted to know how to learn how people interact with stories in modern society and what's the best way to expand and further both the stories and the mediums used to tell them.
Links:
www.daniellakalinda.com (external link, opens in new window)