Shannonn Kelly

About Me

A few words

Shannonn Kelly is an award winning screenwriter, managing artistic director of the ReelheART Festival Group which runs the ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival, the Toronto Beaches Film Festival, GeekFest Toronto as well as the Writer’s Only Screenplay and TV Pilot Competition. Shannonn Kelly has been mentoring actors, screenwriters and filmmakers around the block and around the world. Shannonn is a graduate of Ryerson University and a Pop Culture Enthusiast.

What I Do

Screenwriter – Filmmaker - Artistic Managing Director - Programmer

Screenwriter

Shannonn Kelly is an award winning screenwriter : Indie Gathering, Nicholl Fellowships, Scriptapalooza Features/Shorts, World Series Of Screenwriting, California Screenplay Festival, Screenplay Festival, California Film Awards, Beverly Hills Film Festival, Oaxaca FilmFest.

Filmmaker

Shannonn Kelly has 8 producing credits, six director credits, six writing credits, production assistant credits and various other credits.

Managing Director

Shannonn Kelly is the managing artistic director of the ReelheART Festival Group which runs the ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival, the Toronto Beaches Film Festival, GeekFest Toronto as well as the Writer’s Only Screenplay and TV Pilot Competition

Testimonials

I respect Shannonn Kelly — as an administrator, as a creative artist, as a mentor, as a supporter of the arts, as a woman of integrity who gets things done. I know I am not alone in this. Over the 16 years of ReelHeART International Film Festival, she has supported the development and the careers of thousands of people from Ontario, across Canada, and around the world.

Drea Burck

Shannonn’s grassroots approach to supporting talent has resulted in new talent constantly being discovered as a result of ReelHeART in that same way we were when she chose to screen our first feature when nobody else would. We are always impressed with who we meet and what we see at ReelHeART all these years later. It’s a tribute to Shannonn’s devotion to independent cinema and the championing of the “little people”.

Jason Butler

Shannonn has been a writer and director for many years, and as such has been an active member of the film community here in Toronto and has created many films and fascinating documentaries that are distinctively Canadian. Shannonn Kelly’s work is tireless, and she is well recognized within the Toronto film scene.

Cheryl De Luca