Krista Rand
- Producer
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Krista has worked in Film and TV over the years strategically gaining experience on both sides of the camera. She was Amanda Tapping's stand-in on Sanctuary and also worked on the sitcoms Mr. Young and Some Assembly Required. Throughout the 7 years as a stand-in Krista was able to gain knowledge and experience that led her to producing her own projects. Her most recent producing credit is the feature film Re: Uniting (written and directed by Laura Adkin and partially funded by Telefilm). The film is an official selection at the Austin Film Festival (an Academy Award qualifying event) where Re: Uniting will have its world premiere.
Her short film Nature Entwined premiered at Whistler Film Festival in 2020 and was acquired by the CBC. In 2015 Krista co-produced Grand Unified Theory (written and directed by David Ray & funded by Telefilm) which won the WFF Audience Choice Award for the Most Popular Canadian Film in 2016. The film had its world premiere at the Beijing Film Festival where it was the only Canadian film in competition for the Tiantian Award. In total it won seven awards, was nominated for thirty two (including three Leo Awards) and screened at eighteen film festivals around the world.
In 2015 her short documentary Authentic Kids won the WFF Canon Hi5 short film challenge in association with Canon Canada. Her team was also invited to pitch MPPIA that year. Krista received two grants from STORYHIVE. One for the short film she co-wrote and produced called Lead & Follow alongside Ian Tracey. The other to produce a music video for Alexz Johnson alongside Red Castle Films. Her first project as a Producer was a web series called The Last Fall of Ashes that went on to win several awards worldwide.
Her short film Nature Entwined premiered at Whistler Film Festival in 2020 and was acquired by the CBC. In 2015 Krista co-produced Grand Unified Theory (written and directed by David Ray & funded by Telefilm) which won the WFF Audience Choice Award for the Most Popular Canadian Film in 2016. The film had its world premiere at the Beijing Film Festival where it was the only Canadian film in competition for the Tiantian Award. In total it won seven awards, was nominated for thirty two (including three Leo Awards) and screened at eighteen film festivals around the world.
In 2015 her short documentary Authentic Kids won the WFF Canon Hi5 short film challenge in association with Canon Canada. Her team was also invited to pitch MPPIA that year. Krista received two grants from STORYHIVE. One for the short film she co-wrote and produced called Lead & Follow alongside Ian Tracey. The other to produce a music video for Alexz Johnson alongside Red Castle Films. Her first project as a Producer was a web series called The Last Fall of Ashes that went on to win several awards worldwide.
