Jith Paul

Jith Paul is a Canadian filmmaker. His directorial debut, "Algebra", was featured at the Festival international Entr'2 marches in Cannes in 2015. The short film about a painter grappling with the loss of his sight has gone on to screen at festivals in Canada, Scotland, France, Italy and India. His next directorial effort was an ACTRA union film about a once promising pop singer, who struggles to overcome her debilitating stage fright. The film, "A Clean Slate" was awarded Best International Short Film at the Valle d'Itria Film Festival in Italy, where it premiered. "Polar Bear Love", "Moments" and "Perfect", short films Jith produced, were selected to participate in CBC Television's Short Film Face-off in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively. Jith recently produced Karim Ayari's "Before Me" / "L'homme de la maison", a bilingual narrative film that explores social intolerance and its impact on children. The film has just completed a successful run which included a best film award at the Festival du Court-Métrage d'Auch, in France. Jith edited the documentaries "Partners for Peace", an official selection at Victoria Film Festival, North Boys, winner of the Founder's award at the Yorkton Film Festival, and "This is My Witness", which premiered at the Paley Centre in New York and was an Official Selection at the Amnesty International Reel Awareness Human Rights Film Festival. Jith has a career in software systems design and architecture. He specializes in object-oriented analysis and development of n-tier web-based component frameworks, and J2EE applications in the areas of data persistence, procurement, workflow, and document management. Most recently, as Team Lead for Digital Development at the Cable Public Affairs Channel in Ottawa, he designed and managed a re-platforming project, successfully coordinating the efforts of an international team of software developers and service providers. Launched in 2021, the new platform supports the delivery of several simultaneous live streams, video-on-demand assets, and article content on CPAC's digital platforms, including the cpac.ca website and CPAC's social media accounts. Jith holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo and is a graduate of the television broadcasting program at Algonquin College. He was nominated for the Premier's Award for excellence in the arts (Ontario Colleges) in 2013. He is co-founder of the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival (OCanFilmFest), and editor of the film613 blog.