Émilie Martel

Émilie Martel is a French-Canadian filmmaker and founder of Kannon Films based in Ottawa, Ontario and Quito, Ecuador. She has spent years producing, filming and directing short web content for organizations worldwide. She is currently directing Uproot, a feature documentary about a man’s mission to save endangered primates in Ecuador’s legendary Yasuni National Park and “Marie-Soleil”, which received a development grant from the 2019 Hot Docs Cross Current Documentary Funds. She is also directi…