Calyx Passailaigue

Calyx Passailaigue is an award winning non-binary writer, director, producer and editor. Their projects are Official Selections at many international film festivals including Beijing, Adana, Wilson-Oakville, the Montreal Black Film Festival, the Toronto Black Film Festival, the San Francisco Black Film Festival and CaribbeanTales International Film Festival. Calyx is a winner of Ryerson University's Jack Kuper Film Award, the Universal Studios Canada Scholarship in Filmmaking, Best Editing at the Vesuvius International Film Festival, Best Film / Screenplay at the Miami 4 Social Change Film Festival, Best Medium Length Narrative at the Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival and Best Toronto Based Filmmaker at the Toronto Arthouse Film Festival. In 2017, Calyx earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree for Film Production from Ryerson University. As an actor, they have appeared on a Canadian Screen Award winning episode of Paranormal Nightshift. Some notable collaborators include Sander Shalinsky (Beatriz at Dinner (2017)), Michael Bien (Billionaire Boys Club (2018)), Eric Osborne (Degrassi: Next Class (2016)), Richard Walters (Degrassi: Next Class (2016)), Keana Lyn (The Hardy Boys (2020)), Michael Hanson (#NoJoke (2019)), Zoë Davidson (Canada's Unchecked Racism (2019)) and Drew Lynch (America's Got Talent: The Champions (2019)).