Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
REELWORLD'S
2021 TRAILBLAZER
RECIPIENT
Director and Screenwriter
TRAILBLAZER
AWARDS
REELWORLD
2022 TRAILBLAZER
RECIPIENTS
Trailblazer
Awards
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Director and Screenwriter
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall is making impactful films about the expansiveness of Blackness. The
award-winning director’s distinct visual style has afforded her name to be woven into the
tapestry of Canada’s film landscape garnering recognition from TIFF, Sundance and the
Canadian Academy of Film and Television.
Using the medium to challenge negative depictions of Black people across the diaspora, her
work has been praised for its innovation and how it translates into social change. Her most
notable work includes: Haven (18), Black Bodies (20), OMI (22) and her debut feature When
Morning Comes premiering at TIFF 22.
Inspired by the textured lives Black people across the diaspora lead, Fyffe-Marshall is making
space for a myriad of Blackness on screens.