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At Interwoven Films, our goal is to showcase our commitment to entertaining and inclusive storytelling. We are dedicated to contributing to a progressive and collaborative film industry.
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OUR TEAM
AMY TREFRY: Owner/Writer/Director
CFC Producers Lab Alumni
TIFF Writers Lab Alumni RDV Canada: Meet the Series Alumni RBC - FIN Script Development Program |
Amy Trefry is a queer, non-binary, Canadian-Ukranian filmmaker and performer. They are the co-founder and owner of Interwoven Films and their work focuses on non-binary, female, and LGBTQIA+ stories and they seek to elevate marginalized voices. With a Masters Degree in Environmental Sociology, their narratives often have environmental and social conversations at the heart. Amy was selected in 2021 as one of ten emerging Canadian television producers for the RDV Canada: Meet the Series program and they are a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre Producers Lab and the TIFF Writers Lab. They are a recipient of the Sloan Science and Technology Fellowship and they recently wrapped filming Season 02 of their series Good Grief (Bell Fibe 1/OUTtv) which they wrote and directed. Amy was awarded a Telefilm Talent to Watch grant for their digital series, I Hear You, a modern, feminist, medical drama which they wrote, produced, and performed in. Amy wrapped production on their first short Documentary I See You (OUTtv) in March of 2022 which explores the relationship between femme/non-binary artists and sexual health. Their adaptation of Governor-General Award-Winning Playwright, Vern Thessin’s stage-play Vimy, was recently short listed in the Screencraft Pilot competition. Their first feature, Vermillion, is set for production in 2023 with support from Canada Council
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KATERINA BAKOLIAS: Writer/Producer
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Katerina Bakolias is a queer, Greek-Canadian, award-winning actor, playwright, and screenwriter. Katerina has participated in The Writers Edge Screenwriting Retreat hosted by WIFT and guided by Cynthia Knight (Mohawk Girls), as well as the FIN Script Development Program where she completed the second draft of her feature film Salvage under the guidance of Michael Melski (The Child Remains). Her first short film, Roomies, premiered in the 2020 FIN Film Festival and is now being broadcast on CBC Gem in the Reel East Coast Shorts Season Six. She has several television series, as well as her first feature film, currently in development and slated to go to camera in 2022. Katerina has worked as a story consultant on several short films, features, and new plays. Her play, Til Death Do Us Part, a slapstick comedy about a wedding gone wrong, will premiere at Nova Scotia’s largest regional theatre, Neptune Theatre, in the Spring of 2022. Katerina is the recipient of the Best Actor Award at the 2017 Atlantic Fringe Festival for her performance as Callie in Stop Kiss and most recently was honoured with the Chrysalis Emerging Artist Award.
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REBECCA STROM: Writer/Director
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With an early focus on branded short films and commercial content, projects written by Rebecca have been highlighted in such online publications as AdWeek, Variety, Elle Magazine, The Huffington Post and Marie Claire Magazine. Her first professional writing credit was penning the dialogue for the branded film 40 Love, as part of Cornetto’s international Cupidity campaign; the film, which starred UK pop star Lily Allen, received critical acclaim and has been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube. Her follow-up project was cowriting Wanderlust, a 5 minute branded short film produced by Lipton Iced Tea and set in Thailand. In 2016 Rebecca was hired to write the prequel for Ron Howard’s MARS series for the National Geographic channel, a 30 minute short film entitled Before MARS, produced by Variable in New York City. She has written commercials and voiceovers for clients such as Medieval Times, Pepsico, Toys R' Us and Twistos Crackers, as well as several independent films including the short film Bite, which received a Spotlight Award at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival in 2014. A creative thinker with an unrelenting curiosity for life and human connection, Rebecca’s writing is often whimsical, emotionally charged, and subtly humorous.
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