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Julisa Marcel

@julisamarcel

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child of God ☝🏾
writer + director ✨🎞️
co-creator of @watchselvashouse
🇻🇮🤎 |📍Toronto, ON

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👻 Five films. Five visions. One night of Black Canadian horror.

Scroll to take a deeper look at each of the 5 selected Black Canadian horror short films and discover the unsettling worlds coming to the big screen at Niaflix. 🎬

We are screening:

Duppy directed by Andrew Hamilton

A Family Affair directed by Shanice Bowrin

The Monster I Made directed by Julisa Marcel

Moon Gazer directed by Yvano Antonio

Fresh Meat directed by Lu Afasha

Make sure to stay afterwards for a talkback with the directors of these short films! 🎬🎤

What Haunts Us brings together five Black Canadian horror short films exploring fear, identity, memory, and the things that linger long after the screen goes dark.

Come for the scares. Stay for the stories. by @julisamarcel

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8 days ago

this little light of mine 🦋💫⚡️🎨💗

@culturecon gave me great people, amazing outfits, and a serious reality check. I’m grateful for all of it. 🤞🏾

pc: @natalienadeen taken in Brooklyn, New York by @julisamarcel

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12 days ago

At Mama Selva’s, the door is always open 🏠🎬

Come behind the scenes as we give you a preview of our upcoming new vertical series, “Selva’s House.” Here’s a first look at the set, the cast and some of our favourite moments between takes!

Follow along to meet the characters and see who’s coming to the house. 😉🇯🇲

#SelvasHouse #BehindTheScenes #VerticalSeries #MamaSelva #JamaicanComedy by @julisamarcel

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17 days ago

I still haven’t fully wrapped my head around it. But the little girl who saw Tyler Perry talking on stage after watching Family Reunion the stage-play in the early 2000s and for the very first time saw someone that looked like her doing something she really wanted to do, just wrapped on directing her first full length stage play.

It was hard AF. I’m still decompressing from everything it took out of me to make it happen. AND, I’m grateful - for the opportunity, the talented actors that trusted me, and the Heavenly Father who so graciously gave me the gift of art and continues to grant me the opportunity to share it. ❤️ taken in Chicago, Illinois by @julisamarcel

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There’s a specific kind of courage required to choose yourself — especially when the life you want looks different from what’s expected of you.

In the first episode of Noir in Media, I sat down with writer-director @julisamarcel to talk about building a creative career beyond societal expectations, leaving the Caribbean for Canada, navigating family pressure, and trusting your voice enough to pursue the life you truly want.

What started as a conversation between best friends became a deeper discussion about identity, resilience, storytelling, and what it really means to create your own path.
If you’ve ever questioned whether it’s “too risky” to pursue the thing you love, this episode is for you.

Full episode on Spotify | Watch on YouTube | Read the full Substack article —link in bio 🔗

#NoirInMedia #WomenInMedia #BlackCreatives #CaribbeanCreatives #Substack by @julisamarcel

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5 months ago

A few moments from @julisamarcel’s journey so far…

From the Virgin Islands 🇻🇮 to Toronto, Julisa has built a path rooted in storytelling, creativity, and purpose. With a background in independent film production, an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, and experience through programs like the OYA (@oyablackarts) Emerging Filmmakers Program and Hollywood Entertainment’s inaugural Women in Entertainment Mentorship, every step has strengthened her voice as a writer-director.

Passionate about telling nuanced, character-driven stories about Black girls and women she needed to see growing up, Julisa continues to create work grounded in honesty, identity, and lived experience.

This Thursday on Noir in Media, we unpack her journey, navigating family expectations while pursuing creative dreams, and the realities of building a career in film and television.

#noirinmedia #blackpodcasters #natalienadeen #blackgirlsinmedia #womeninfilm by @julisamarcel

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5 months ago

Guess who’s joining me on Noir in Media this week... 👀

We’re talking about the journey from the Caribbean to Toronto, navigating family expectations while pursuing creative dreams, and why “your story is powerful and worth telling.”

New episode drops Thursday.

#noirinmedia #podcastguest #natalienadeen #blackfilmmakers #blackscreenwriters by @julisamarcel

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5 months ago

proof of (a blessed) life 🌻

[please feel very free to use my last photo as a meme 🤣

also yes, please come mind my business on Substack 😅😂 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @julisamarcel

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5 months ago

for some reason, getting new headshots feels incredibly profound right now - so as I watch the Oscars and dream big, I just pray that God helps me keep my heart soft in a world that seems dead set on hardening it. 🌷

Headshots by @shotbynatalienadeen @natalienadeen ❤️ taken in Toronto, Ontario by @julisamarcel

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7 months ago

Young people don't know good drinks!😂
#mamaselva #gingertea #naturalremedy #instareels taken in Scarborough, Toronto by @julisamarcel

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7 months ago

I’m supposed to be on a social media break…BUT couldn’t let the year end without saying a huge thank you. NGL 2025 had handssssss 😭 But at the start of the year I said would shoot my first film as writer & director before the year was done. I definitely cut it close with this late November shoot, but we did it. 🤞🏾

Greatest gratitude to God, the giver of this gift, this love, and everything that has fallen into place to make this dream happen. And next greatest gratitude to every single person that joined in to put my imagination into film. Y’all are literally IT. ✨

And special special special shout out to my EP, mentor, and big sister in film and life, @sashaleighhenry whose refusal to be told what she’s capable of literally gave me the confidence to say I’m getting this done regardless. Love you long time. ❤️

That said, keep an eye out for my directorly debut, the monster i made, in 2026 🤞🏾

BTS by: @shotbynatalienadeen

#film #shortfilm #toronto #blackfilmmakers by @julisamarcel

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10 months ago

Hear from Reelworld E20 alum and director Adrian Bobb (@abobb), before the screening of his short film, “Drifters” from the 25th Annual Reelworld Film Festival shorts program, Genre Fever.

#ReelworldFilmFestival #CanadianCinema #TorontoFilmFestival #RepresentationMatters #ShortFilms #FilmmakersOfColour #genrefever #FilmScreening #SupportCanadianArts #Reelworld25 #FilmLovers #IndieFilms #CDNFilmmakers #drifters #adrianbobb taken in Paradise by @julisamarcel

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