Biography: Giana Chaalan is a Lebanese-Canadian performer, writer and director who loves to experiment with film and theatre. She believes stories are a powerful way to build connections and strives to bring them to life in different ways. Starting out her career as a performer, she branched off into film production with her debut short film Jamila (2026), which premiered at the NUTV Student Film Festival. Giana has worked as a producer, director, assistant stage manager and performer for local community theatre productions and film productions.