'I didn't want any of the actors to leave the set. I didn't want it to end.' beams Alan Powell, director of Facilitator Films' latest project. Powell was absolutely over the moon with the talent that signed on for the project that educates on trauma and violence inform...

Facilitator Films is excited to be working with the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children on their latest collaboration with police leadership in London & Woodstock Ontario Canada. The goal is to understand the principles of a Trauma...

The latest production for Facilitator Films was set in Montreal, Canada. The filmed dramatisations were the latest set of scenarios produced for the Canadian Labour Congress and Federally Regulated Employers - Communications and Transportation in partnership with the C...

My daughter was recently at a wedding in Ottawa, Canada. Her old school mate was taking her vows with a lovely man from the UK. Their both UK citizens. I'm a UK citizen. My whole Family are UK citizens. I digress. 

Her mate's brother was in a band 14 years ago. He...

Alan Powell, Media Project Director for Facilitator Films is honoured to be developing training videos for federally regulated workers to recognize and respond to domestic violence in the workplace. Funding for this CDN $2.088M initiative is provided by the Government...

I have moved in the circles of the acting community for almost 40 years. Once an actor myself and now a director, I can relate to the journey of perfecting the actors craft. All this talk about being ‘in the moment’, ‘discovering the truth’ , ‘being spontaneous’ is har...

Read the article here or on line at:  https://muslimlink.ca/news/fatal-silence-documentary-reflects-on-the-murder-of-lebanese-canadian-sonia-el-birani

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A Western University Faculty of Education news brief: 

Read the article here or online here at https://www.edu.uwo.ca/news-events/2019/domestic-violence.html

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“Mama was by the door, s...

Fatal Silence, a documentary about the murder of Sonia El-Birani by her husband, produced by Facilitator films and directed by multiple-awarding director Alan Powell will have it's Canadian premiere at the University of Western Ontario, Althouse College in London Ontar...

An insightful documentary that focuses on Sonia El-Birani, who was murdered by her husband in 2012, stresses the importance of paying attention to the high risk warning signs of domestic violence. Fatal Silence was produced by Facilitator Films and directed by multiple...