CSI presents: 2025 Careers after Cinema Studies

The annual Cinema Studies Institute alumni panel.

Matt Devlin is Managing Director, Marketing Science and Strategy at PHD Media. He works with some of Canada’s top advertisers, helping them use marketing science to frame their approaches to data and technology– and strategy to know when the best answer isn’t in the data. Matt completed a Cinema Studies Specialist in 2001.

Alicia Fletcher is the writer and producer of Hollywood Suite’s original series A Year in Film and Cinema A to Z. She is a member of the Visual Researchers Society of Canada and the Toronto Film Critics Association. Alicia’s film curation is featured at TIFF Cinematheque and the Revue Cinema. Alicia completed a Minor in Cinema Studies in 2007, then an MA at CSI in 2008.

Jenny Lee (she/her) is a TV writer born in Seoul, Korea and based in Toronto. She was recently co-producer and writer on the primetime drama series MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC). Her credits also include XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM (PBS) and RUBY AND THE WELL (byuTV). Jenny consults and translates on projects that handle Korean cultural topics; such as GANGNAM PROJECT (Children’s BBC/CBC Kids), TOPLINE (CBC Gem). In the past, Jenny worked at Industry Services at TIFF, and in film programming committees at Reel Asian International Film Festival and Toronto Korean Film Festival. Jenny graduated with a Specialist in Cinema Studies in 2017.

Emily Reid lives and works in Toronto and is a graduate of the Cinema Studies Institute (M.A. 2010) and a curator of film and public programming with 15 years’ experience in the field of arts management, programming, and cultural partnerships. She is Quebec-born and raised, in the Ottawa area where she completed her B.A. Honours in Film Studies and Art History. Her move to Toronto for the CSI programme led her to roles in programming and marketing at TIFF, Hot Docs, Historica Canada and the Revue Cinema. She is the founder and Artistic & Executive Director of Toronto Outdoor Picture Show, a charitable arts and culture organization that is dedicated to presenting high quality, accessible programming in public spaces across Toronto. The festival will present its 15th anniversary season in 2025.

Professor Bliss Lim will moderate.