Hello! I’m Kirsten Kosloski, a documentary filmmaker and media artist living in Northern Ontario. I have made films about high school drama clubs, heavy metal boot hockey teams and an indie rock oasis in the middle of the Boreal forest.
I have been making documentaries for over 15 years. Recently, I branched out into non-fiction storytelling with a focus on visual arts — shifting from what is being said, to how a story is told. Documentary is a search for truth and meaning in those significant moments that have the ability to change someone’s life. I want to share those stories, mine and others, and expand on the ways we tell them — through documentary, animation, multimedia, experimental and narrative film. I feel really lucky to be able to archive people’s stories and am grateful to those who trust me with their personal histories.
I have spent the majority of my life obsessing about music and film and somehow managed to make a career out of it that has spanned most of my adult life. Everything I work on teaches me something about the world we live in. It helps me answer questions to a greater understanding and find the reason why people have desire to create their own worlds. Oh and one more thing…
…there’s a really good chance I love your band.
Director · Writer · Producer (she/her/hers)
“And it is a very personal documentary, Kosloski and her experience are featured prominently in the film — often through animation — acting as the entry into and tour guide for the alt-rock world that Crocks opened up for her and hundreds of kids in the unlikely locale of Thunder Bay.”
Projects
I like to keep things personal, in both my life and in my work. My projects reflect that sentiment (and sentimentality). I’m interested in celebrating small stories with a big impact and embracing one’s world through community.
