Dana Inkster is an Alberta-based media artist and cultural producer. Her first film,
Welcome to Africville, was released in 1999 and won critical acclaim and awards in
Canada and internationally. Since that time Dana has produced and directed other short
films and videos and spanning the genres of experimental video art to television public
service announcements. Her films and videos have been exhibited and acquired
throughout Canada and around the world.
She has been profiled and numerous critics, journalists, and cultural theorists around the
world have lauded her work. Her documentary The Art of Autobiography premiered at
Sundance and was awarded Best Documentary of 2003 from the Association of Quebec
Cinema Critics. Her latest work, 24 Days in Brooks (2007) received an Alberta Motion
Picture Industry award in 2008 and has been nominated for a Gemini by the Academy of
Cinema and Television.
In addition to teaching in the department of New Media at the University of Lethbridge,
Dana has lead marketing and distribution projects for the NFB, CBC, Alliance Atlantis,
Miramax Films, and the Weinstein Company. She has also worked as independent
producer and in the nonprofit cultural sector.
Dana is currently producing experimental shorts as part of her The Art of Autobiography:
Redux series as well as a documentary based on the book A Grief Out of Season by
Noelle Oxenhandler and Nancy Hillard.