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We make films for founders, families and institutions building something meant to outlast them.

Dwayne

Hodan Nalayeh walked past my room at FEVA TV, stopped and said, "I've heard about you." She'd come in to pitch her show. In December 2015 she took me to Somalia, my first time in Africa.

I grew up in Jane and Finch. There were incredible stories all around me, and that's why I picked up a camera. I registered my first business at 20, graduated from Humber with honours, and made Corex's first hire in 2013.

Hodan taught me the story was never about her. It was about the people. That's where purpose-driven storytelling started for me, and it's still how we work. I'm in the first meeting, because that's where you find out what the story really is.

How we work

  1. We listen. A first call about who you are, who this is for, and what's at stake if it's told wrong.
  2. We find the story. Research and pre-interviews.
  3. We plan the shoot. Schedule, locations, crew, releases and a shot list, so the day runs without surprises.
  4. We shoot it like it matters, because to the people in it, it does.
  5. We cut it with you. You see every version and get a straight answer to every question.
  6. We deliver. Final files for every place the film will play, from a theatre screen to a phone.

What we make

Proof

We Lift As We Climb

Paying creatives has always been part of the mandate. Since 2013, Corex has paid or employed more than 380 creatives, crew and young professionals, and put more than $1M into creative work and young talent. Through our partnership with the LCBO and the CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals, 51 young Black professionals were on our payroll.

People come back, too. One crew member has worked with us in eight separate years since 2014. When we grow, the people around us grow with us.

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