Jacquelyn Mills potrait
            Nova Scotia filmmaker

Photo: John Ratchford

Jacquelyn Mills is a filmmaker based in Montréal. Her works are immersive and sensorial, often exploring a healing connection to the natural world. Her award-winning documentary In the Waves (60', 2017) premiered at Visions du Réel. Her most recent work Geographies of Solitude (103', 2022) premiered at the Berlinale Forum winning three awards, and has since garnered over 20 awards including Best Canadian Feature Film at Hot Docs and Outstanding Artistry in Filmmaking from the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Jacquelyn is a Sundance Doc Fund Alumni, an IDA Documentary Award and Canadian Screen Award nominee. She has also worked as editor, sound designer and cinematographer on many internationally acclaimed films.