Karen Chapman is a Canadian film and television director,Victoria Ahearn, "Karen Chapman embarks on feature directorial debut". Playback, June 26, 2023. whose debut feature film Village Keeper premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.Kim Izzo, "Two Canadian features added to TIFF Discovery progamme". Playback, August 13, 2024.
A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre,Regan Reid, "2018 5 to Watch: Karen Chapman". Playback, August 27, 2018. she made a number of short films in her early career, prior to her screenplay treatment for Village Keeper being selected for Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program for emerging filmmakers in 2018."Telefilm selects 45 projects for Talent to Watch program". Playback, June 27, 2018.
In 2019 her short virtual reality documentary They Should Be Flowers premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,Lauren Malyk, "Tasha Hubbard’s ‘We Will Stand Up’ to open Hot Docs 2019". Playback, March 19, 2019. and her narrative short film Measure premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival."Short film ‘Measure’ shot in Toronto, explores boy’s loss". Global News, September 12, 2019. They Should Be Flowers received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020."'If Canadian culture isn't going to speak their names, I'll do it from a hilltop'". CBC Documentaries, November 22, 2023.
She subsequently directed episodes of the television series Odd Squad, Holly Hobbie and Black Life: Untold Stories, and another short film titled Quiet Minds Silent Streets,Harper Lambert, "TIFF Announces 2022 Short Cuts Lineup". TheWrap, August 17, 2022. before entering production on Village Keeper in 2023.
She received a nomination for the DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Village Keeper.Connie Thiessen, "Sweet Angel Baby leads DGC Awards’ film nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2024. At the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025, the film won the John Dunning Best First Feature Award.Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards". Playback, May 31, 2025.
Filmography
Beauty Lies - 2008 Stain - 2013 Walk Good - 2016 Lessons Injustice - 2017 Measure - 2019 They Should Be Flowers - 2019 Quiet Minds Silent Streets - 2022 Village Keeper - 2024
Television Odd Squad - 2021 Holly Hobbie - 2022 Black Life: Untold Stories - 2023
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