Production Team
Elvina Raharja
Creative Director | Producer | Choreographer
That was my earliest memory of performance (thanks Dad for the picture). As far as I could remember, I had always been fascinated with performing arts. But I didn’t have the courage or confidence to go to a dance class until I moved to Vancouver, BC when I was 17.
Growing up in Indonesia, I was forced to adhere to this impossible beauty standard (fair-skinned, long hair, and thin body) as long as I could remember. It was implied from a young age that my worth only goes as far as my physical look. I was an overweight kid growing up and I am considered plus-sized in Indonesia. Until this day, people still told me that I would be prettier if I were skinnier. This constant judgement and impossible beauty standard affected my mental health, and as a result, it also affected my relationship with others. I hated myself for the longest time, until I found dance.
Dance has played a significant role in helping finding my confidence and voice as a young woman. Through movement, I realized that I am enough just the way I am and that my physical appearance doesn't determine my self-worth. This film is long overdue for me, this is the film that I needed to see growing up as a young girl. I wish to reach at least one girl out there and remind them that they are enough as they are.
Katrina Castro
Director of Photography | Editor
Kat (Minuscule Lens) is a self-taught Filmmaker & Creative Director based in Toronto, Canada. With her main disciplines in Cinematography, Photography, and Digital Editing she is able to convey emotional experiences on different mediums.
She grew up in New Jersey and moved to Toronto in 2014 to study Kinesiology at the University of Toronto, finishing her Bachelor’s in 2019. In the midst, her interests in media began in 2016 when she was integrated in Toronto's Dance Community. From then, she has been able to direct, document, and collaborate on numerous content ranging from film and brand content creation. Some of her work has been selected in Plus Four Film Festival 2020 and F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement) Vancouver 2020.
With values in balance, passion, and empathy, Kat aims to communicate stories, brands, & content in their truest forms through digital mediums.
On the side, she enjoys nerd-ing out on anatomy books, music, and yoga.
Keep up with her work at:
www.minusculelens.com
www.vimeo.com/minusculelens
www.instagram.com/minusculelens
Malini
Khotsiphom
BTS Photographer & Camcorder Operator
Malini Khotsiphom is a creative director and photographer born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Her experience includes freelancing on a variety of non-union sets which includes BTS photography for Roy Woods "Like Pascal", and has done editorial sets for a local fashion brand SCY paisley collection. Malini’s attention to detail and passion for expression, light and colour pushes her to bring stories to visual reality.
Ming- Bo Lam
Mentor
Ming-Bo Lam graduated with an Honours BFA in Theatre Performance Dance, from Ryerson University, as Valedictorian. Since graduating, she has crossed the line between classical dance genres and the commercial industry, choreographing for theatre productions and independent dance projects and commissions. Select credits include the Much Music Video Awards, the Toronto Raptors’ Dance Pak, NBA All Star Weekend 2016, The Umbrella Academy, Sogand, PSY, Hedley, and more. In addition to teaching drop-in contemporary classes at the Underground Dance Centre, Lam teaches for Dancing with Parkinson's Canada and is certified by Dance for PD. Currently, Lam works as a freelance dancer, choreographer, adjudicator, and educator. She is also the co-founder of OAYSIS Studios. You can learn more about her at www.mingbolam.com