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Polina Teif (1989) is a Belarus-born artist and filmmaker based in Toronto. She received her BFA from the University of Toronto with emphasis on Visual Studies and Semiotics and completed an MFA in Documentary Film Production at York University. In 2019 she attended the Doc Institute Breakthrough Program and was awarded the Hot Docs Pitch prize and the 2019 Planet in Focus Green Pitch Award. In 2019, she participated in the Cannes Doc Corner Canadian Showcase, and in 2020 she attended the Berlinale EMF DocSalon Toolbox Program and the 2020 Hot Docs Accelerator Program. Her work has been shown at the Istanbul Design Biennial, Trinity Square Video, Gallery Stratford, Art Metropole, Hart House, Nuit Blanche, and Idea Exchange; and published in DER GRIEF, Aesthetica Magazine, Hart House Review, Magenta, Collective Terrain, LUMA Quarterly, and ICON Magazine.