As the new lead programmer for Canada, Jason will oversee the festival's overall Canadian feature film selection, working with Canadian programmer Kelly Boutsalis. He will continue to program feature films from the Benelux and Nordic regions and serve as an advisor for the Short Cuts programme. Jason has been a member of TIFF’s Programming team since 2015, becoming the lead programmer for Short Cuts in 2021 in addition to working on TIFF Kids and Canada’s Top Ten. He is also the director of programming for the Kingston Canadian Film Festival and Aspen Shortsfest. A longtime critic and columnist, Jason wrote for Toronto's Eye Weekly and The Grid and currently contributes to such publications as Uncut, Sight & Sound and Broadview.

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