Community Classes

Film & Media Community Classes introduce basic skills and creative processes to get artists started in filmmaking, photography, animation, and more. These classes are open to anyone, regardless if you identify as having a disability or not, however every class prioritizes accessible learning for all. Film community classes change each semester, see below for current classes.

Professional Ensemble

Created and facilitated by Katie Wackett, the NaAC’s Professional Track Ensemble is a group of filmmakers with disabilities who meet weekly to expand their practice and explore new ways of creating film & media. This program is meant for NaAC artists who are committed long-term to developing a career in filmmaking.

Our approach centers artists with disabilities as creative leads, customizing filmmaking to fit the needs of the individual, and advocating for inclusion at all levels of production, presentation, and critical dialogue.

Currently this program is by invitation only. If you’d like to get involved, please contact program lead Katie Wackett.

Past presentations include…

• World Premiere of Cosmos Report at the Engineered Air Theatre – Sept 2025
• AMAAS Media Arts Conference, Red Deer Alberta – June 2025
• Sound Intensive with composer Dani Saldo, cSPACE – March 2025
• Artifact Small Format Film Festival – April 2024, 2023
• Particle + Wave Media Arts Festival – March 2024
• Contemporary Calgary Film Residency – February 2024
• Sled Island Music & Arts Festival – June 2023
• Calgary Cinematheque, Unaided: A Film Series on Disability – March 2023