Mackenzie Leigh
Production
Biography
Mackenzie Leigh is a producer based in Manitoba, Canada and Los Angeles, California. Winner of the U.S. INPUT Producer Award, Mackenzie is a fellow of the Berlinale JETS Initiative, Hot Docs Accelerator Program, Telefilm's Producers Without Borders at EFM, and Women in Film (WIF) LA's Creative Producing Program. Her newest feature film, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN, screened at Fantasia (Audience Award), Berlinale 2024 (Perspective Canada), and Fantaspoa (Best Actor). Mackenzie also produced the feature film, SON OF THE SUNSHINE (Slamdance, Raindance, VIFF), which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (Canadian Oscar® equivalent) and called "a mature, immediately involving story" (Indiewire). Additional credits include IN THE BEGINNING WAS WATER AND SKY (PBS), AMERIKA (INPUT TV Best Film), OUR SECRET, TIME TRAVELING THROUGH TIME (PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights, SIFF, Flickers' Rhode Island First Prize, Omeleto), MEMORIES OF YOUTH (CBC), and TO ALL THAT WE ARE (Inside Out TIFF Lightbox). Mackenzie's directorial short debut, HEALER, screened at multiple Oscar® qualifying festivals, winning the EDA Award Special Mention presented by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists at the Whistler Film Festival and the Youth Award for Best Short Film at Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival. Mackenzie is developing her directorial debut feature, NORTHERN LIGHTS.
Known For
A socially disconnected young man with Tourette's Syndrome undergoes an experimental surgery to correct his disorder, but as his symptoms start to fade so does his ability to heal the sick and dying.
Son of the Sunshine
A wannabe film director becomes embroiled in a battle against the laws of time and space when his attempts to recreate the iconic black and white, photograph-only, time travel film, La Jetée, spiral out of control.
Time Traveling Through Time
A portrait of two parents and their 8-year-old son struggling against the harsh realities of inner-city life in an alternate version of modern day America.
AmeriKa
A young woman grapples with the untimely death of her sister, seeking solace in an imagined reality where they grew up together.
Healer
A 12-year-old girl lives life on the run alongside her father who has Tourette Syndrome. Desperately seeking a normal family life, she befriends a group of outcasts who want to harness a volatile supernatural power her father is hiding.
Daughter of the Sun
A 17-year-old snowmobile rider on the brink of going professional is driven by a quiet desire to escape her small-town life. When she discovers she is pregnant, her carefully imagined future is thrown into uncertainty, forcing her to confront the tension between motherhood and ambition.
Northern Lights
A haunting and visually stunning fairytale that blends the horrors of fantasy and the real life historical events of colonization and Indian Boarding Schools in the United States. A Native American girl in the 1700s and a Native American boy in the 1960s struggle to find their way back to a home that may be lost forever.
In the Beginning was Water and Sky
Grappling with the complexities of mental health and trauma in a digital age that feels isolating and overwhelming, a young person embarks on a surreal journey of self-discovery, navigating the raw truths of adolescence in an attempt to find a place in the world.
Memories of Youth
As a young girl dreams about life, the universe and everything, she discovers the power of connection and the potential of the human mind.
Our Secret
A dreamlike love story exploring the budding relationship between two queer twenty-somethings.