Jessica Hinkson

Jessica Hinkson is an award-winning independent filmmaker whose films have garnered numerous international accolades. They have been broadcast on CBC, Prime Video, Super Channel, and Highball TV. A graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse, she had the privilege of being mentored by Terry Schreiber and working with the iconic Judith Weston and Larry Moss. Written and to be directed by Jessica, she first began developing her first feature, Concrete Marshmallow, in Stowe Story Labs Feature Campus ‘22 with David Pope and continued to do so at the Stowe Story Labs Fall Retreat ‘23. Concrete Marshmallow is in development with C’mon Mort Productions and was selected for the prestigious Women In the Directors Chair Story and Leadership Program ’24 (working with mentors Dr. Carol Whiteman, Sherry White, and Dr. Jules Koostachin) and a quarter-finalist in the Vail Film Festival Screenplay Contest. Her short film Sara was made as a proof of concept for Concrete Marshmallow, which won the Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts FF Women in Film Screenplay Award ’21, where it world premiered. The film received fiscal sponsorship from Stowe Story Labs for post-production and was repped by Festival Formula. After a successful festival run, garnering multiple awards, Sara received global distribution with 7 Palms Entertainment. FML (fuck my life), written and directed by Hinkson, was made with the support of the Canadian Film Festival and The Firecracker Department ‘24. Other education includes Directing Actors through the Sundance Collab, The Producer’s Foundation Lab with Elliott Grove, and Independent Film Producing through Raindance.She was also a mentor for the WIFT-Toronto Mentorship Program, which spanned over four years. She is a full member of UBCP/ACTRA, a proud member of WIFT-Toronto, and an Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television member. Some of the highlights of her career include being a multi-Stowe Story Labs alumna and founding Hello, Darling Pictures, an indie production company for the good of the good and to fill our hearts with our hearts’ stories.