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Comment: The Hot Docs and ImagineNATIVE awards name and go to the director, not to the producer -- note that the sources for both of those awards name Theola Ross, not Alex Bailey, as the recipient -- so Bailey does not inherit notability just because other people who aren't Bailey won awards for a film Bailey produced, if Bailey herself was not named as the recipient.
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary, on the other hand, does name the producer alongside the director as a recipient of the nomination and/or award -- so that award does constitute a legitimate notability claim, although not one that's so "inherently" notable as to exempt Bailey from having to pass WP:GNG on her sourcing.
But I had to strip several deadlinked and/or primary source references (which are not support for notability) from the article -- for example, a person gets over notability standards for music by having GNG-worthy third party coverage about her music in reliable sources (newspapers, magazines, etc.), not by sourcing her music to its own presence on Bandcamp.
But of the three footnotes left that are actually reliable source coverage about Alex Bailey, two are Q&A interviews in which she's talking about herself in the first person, and the third is a piece of "human interest" coverage in a context that has absolutely nothing to do with her primary notability claims. Which means they're acceptable for use, but they don't add up to passage of GNG as they don't represent fully third-party coverage about her work. Again, she does have a valid notability claim (CSA nomination) in principle, but the sourcing needs to be significantly improved before this draft can be accepted. Bearcat (talk) 17:26, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Alex Bailey is a Canadian Indigenous filmmaker, photographer, and director based in Toronto. She produced the documentary short Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines (2020), which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's Canada's Top Ten list and won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary at Hot Docs.[1][2] Bailey is also credited as a vocalist on the soundtrack to Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive.
Early life and career
editBailey began filmmaking at age 14, winning top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival's Jump Cuts Film Festival, a programme for emerging young filmmakers. She has been based in Toronto and Montreal.
Filmography
editÊmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines (2020)
editBailey produced the documentary short Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines, directed by Theola Ross. The film documents the experience of Ross, a Cree and queer-identified woman, and her partner as they pursue in vitro fertilisation treatment while deciding to raise a child together.[1] The film premiered at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.[2] It was subsequently named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films[1] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[3] The film was developed through the National Screen Institute's IndigiDocs programme.[4]
Veracity: You've Been Posted (2023)
editIn 2023, Bailey directed and produced Veracity: You've Been Posted, a television special for Rogers Media about intimate images being posted online without consent.
Music
editBailey is credited as a vocalist on the soundtrack to Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, the expansion to the critically acclaimed video game Outer Wilds developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive. She provided vocals on multiple tracks composed by Andrew Prahlow, including "Into Shadow", "A Dream of Home", "Fear and Ashes", and "Hearth's Shadow". The soundtrack was released on commercial vinyl and has accumulated over 100 million streams across platforms.
Other work
editBailey's photography has been published in Vogue Germany and VICE.[5] She has directed commercial campaigns for brands including Walmart. Bailey has also been featured in Newsweek for her thrifting expertise and sustainable fashion advocacy.[6] She was interviewed on CBC Radio One's The Current in 2023.[7]
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Docs | 2020 | Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary | Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines | Won |
| imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival | 2020 | Best Short Documentary Work | Won | |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2021 | Best Short Documentary | Nominated |
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020". CityNews Toronto. December 9, 2020.
- 1 2 Kay, Jeremy. "'Stray', 'Prayer For A Lost Mitten' among Hot Docs winners". Screen International. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021.
- ↑ "êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines developed through NSI IndigiDocs named TIFF Top Ten Short of 2020". National Screen Institute. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
- ↑ Sheth, Tanweer (April 14, 2023). "Alex Bailey". PhotoBook Magazine.
- ↑ "Woman thrifts vintage Jean Paul Gaultier bag for under $5". Newsweek. February 16, 2025.
- ↑ "The Current: Monday, October 30 2023 full transcript". CBC Radio. October 30, 2023.
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