Bio
Edmon Rotea is an Edmonton-based documentary and feature film producer. Edmon strives to help filmmakers from diverse walks of life, including emerging, artistic, newcomer, indigenous, neurodivergent, and 2SLGBTQI+ filmmakers.
Edmon has worked in the areas of healthcare, human services, national defence, food security and union activism—work and volunteer experiences that have inspired him to bring more attention and awareness to marginalized populations, labour, mental health, cultural, environmental, and social justice issues.
Edmon’s producing credits include the 2020 Telus StoryHive documentary The Line and the hit 2023 indie feature film Skinamarink, that won the 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Feature Film and was recognized by Variety and Rolling Stone as their #1 top horror film of 2023.
Edmon also volunteers on the board of directors for the Film and Video Arts Alberta Society of Alberta (FAVA), Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS), and Creatives Empowered—organizations devoted to helping and uplifting media artists. Edmon is also an active military reservist in the Canadian Armed Forces who has served on deployments to help with flood and wildfire domestic response efforts. Edmon was recognized for his community volunteer efforts and military service as a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2023.