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Leah Mallen is a producer of over 20 years of internationally acclaimed and award winning content. Her films have screened theatrically all over the world, and have sold to broadcasters and platforms in several countries. Success from the documentary film “Coast Modern” which sold to Hulu, Sundance Channel, and premiered as the number one independent film on iTunes for several weeks running, continues to screen for audiences. She is currently in production on “Form and Place” a series of short films about design for Knowledge Network and she is working alongside Blue Ant Studios to bring “The MAD World of Harvey Kurtzman” to fruition; a feature documentary to be directed by Bart Simpson (Brasilia, Life After Design” ) about the life of the founder of MAD Magazine. She heads up the production company All in Pictures with producer Marc Stephenson where they are developing and producing a slate of documentary and scripted content. She is the former chair of DOC BC and a former Hot Docs board members and currently sits on the board of the Crazy8s Film Society and Vancouver’s Cinematheque. She also co-produces Vancouver Architecture and Design Film Festival which is launching it’s second year. She attended the Canadian Film Centre and the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam. She also recently directed her first documentary film called “Chasing Steve” about aurora enthusiasts that is currently screening at festivals and scientific institutions.