Category: Nicole Bedford

Nicole Bedford is a filmmaker based in Ottawa, ON, unceded Algonquin Territory. Her work is primarily based in documentary and regularly explores themes of identity, power, and resiliency. Since launching into film in 2019, she has created and screened several short documentaries, is an alumnus of three mentorship programs (including with the DOC Institute and the National Film Board of Canada), and has won several grants.

In 2022, she completed her first feature, the smallest steps, about women across generations working to end violence against women in Canada. Currently, she is working on her second feature, Roots & Mesh, about four women from rural Nova Scotia who learn to build community through song.