About Us
HUNGRY EYES MEDIA is an award-winning transmedia production company that delivers compelling and powerful stories. Whether film, television or digital media Hungry Eyes is renowned for quality programming that inspires and entertains.
HUNGRY EYES MEDIA, co-founded by the husband-wife team Jen Holness and Sudz Sutherland, is a transmedia production company that tackles cross-cultural, cross-genre and cross-media subject matters. Hungry Eyes has done pioneering work with hard-hitting television dramas, documentaries and feature films.
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MEET THE TEAM
We have BIG Ideas.
JENNIFER HOLNESS
President / Director / Writer / Producer
SUDZ SUTHERLAND
Vice President / Director / Writer / Producer
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Jathusa Kanagarajah
ASSISTANT / BUSINESS AFFAIRS COORDINATOR
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Daeja Sutherland
ILLUSTRATOR
Daeja Sutherland is an illustrator, comic artist, writer, and 2025 Grad from Parsons School of Design. She loves exploring cultural, political, and social questions through illustration and writing, and has a particular obsession with fantasy creatures.
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The 42 Most Powerful Women in Canadian Entertainment—The Hollywood Reporter
The 40 Most Influential Women in International Film - The Hollywood Reporter
Award of Creative Excellence 2022—Women in International Film and Television (WIFT)
The Next Big Thing: Top 10 Rising Documentary Filmmakers—The Hollywood Reporter
Entertainment of Award of Excellence —AfroGlobal
Career Achievement Award—Toronto Black Film Fest
Outstanding Black Women in Canada—Shifter
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Wins
Altered States, Audience Award—Vancouver International Film Festival
Audience Award for Narrative Feature—Dallas International Film Festival
Special Jury Prize for Directing (R.T. Thorne)—Dallas International Film Festival
Nominations
Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature (Jeremy Benning)—Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
Best Feature Film— Cleveland International Film FestivalFestival Favorites, Audience Award—SXSW Film Festival
Best Canadian Film—Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Best Director in a Canadian Film (R.T. Thorne)—Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Male Actor in a Canadian Film (Kataem O'Connor)—Vancouver Film Critics Circle
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Wins:
Best Direction, Documentary Series - 2023 Canadian Screen Awards Best Writing, Documentary – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Picture Editing, Documentary – 2023 Canadian Screen Awards
Best Original Music, Documentary – 2023 Canadian Screen AwardsNominations:
Best Original Score for a Non-Fiction Series or Limited Series – 2022 Canadian Screen Music Awards
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Wins:
Top Ten Audience Favourite - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Inspirational Griot Award - Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival
Canada’s Top 10 Films – TIFF Top
Ten Audience Favourite - Hot Docs
Canadian International Documentary Festival
Top 10 Audience Award – Hot Docs
Cultural Spirit Award – New Hope Film Festival Best Documentary – DC Black Film Festival Best Documentary – San Francisco Black Film FestivalNominations:
Grand Jury Award for Best Feature - South by Southwest
Best Writing – WGC 2023 Awards Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary – SXSW Best Documentary – Bentonville Film Festival Best Canadian Documentary – Calgary International Film Festival Mind the Gap Award – Mill Valley Film Festival Spirit Award – Mill Valley Film Festival Gordan Parks Black Excellence in Filmmaking – Tallgrass Film Festival Best Documentary Audience Award –American Black Film Festival Best Writing – 2023 WGC Awards -
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Best Feature Documentary Award - Blackstar Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA
Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Best Feature Film Audience Award - Boston Latino International Film Festival, USASelections:
Official Selection (World Premiere) - Tribeca Film Festival
Official Selection - Doxa Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection - Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Official Selection - Rencontres
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Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, Canadian Screen Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best TV Movie/Mini-Series, International Emmy 2013-2014
Best Youth/Family Program, Shaw Rocket Prize 2013
Best Screenwriting Movies & Miniseries, Writers Guild of Canada (Andrew Wreggitt)Nominations:
Best Editing in Television Movie or Miniseries, Canadian Cinema Editors Awards (Roslyn Kalloo)
Direction - Television Movie/Miniseries, Directors Guild of Canada (Sudz Sutherland) -
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Outstanding Performance - Female (Brenda Bazinet), ACTRA Awards
Best Set Design in a Television Series (Rupert Lazarus), Director’s Guild of Canada -
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts Festival Choice Award, Pan African Film Festival (PAFF)
Best Feature Film, Caribe Film FestNominations:
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Canadian Screen Awards (Stephan James)
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Canadian Screen Awards (Fefe Dobson)
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature, 2012 Whistler Film Festival
Best Narrative Feature, 2013 Pan African Film Festival
Best Direction for Feature Film, Directors Guild of Canada Awards
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Best Performance by a Leading Male (K.C. Collins), ACTRA Awards
Best Direction, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
Best Writing, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Jennifer Holness & Sudz Sutherland)
Best Picture Editing, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Jeff Warren)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Cle Bennett)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Debra Lynne McCabe)Nominations:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gemini Awards (K.C. Collins)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role, Gemini Awards (Colm Feore)
Best Original Music Score, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Kenny Neal Jr. & Mischa Chillack) Best Achievement in Casting, Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards (Stephanie Gorin)
Best Drama Nomination, Rose d’Or Festival Best Drama Nomination, Roma Fiction Festival
Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie/Miniseries (Director, Sudz Sutherland), Directors Guild of Canada Awards
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Wins:
Best Canadian Feature at Toronto International Film Festival, Perspective Canada
Top Ten Canadian Film Selection, Toronto International Film Festival Group
Audience Award for Best Feature, American Black Film Festival
Blockbuster Audience Favourite Award, Los Angeles Pan African Fest
Jury Prize for Best Feature, Los Angeles Pan African Fest
Best Feature, Denver Pan African Film Festival
Best Feature, Victoria Independent Film Festival
Best Feature, London (Canada) Film Festival 2nd Prize, San Francisco Black Film FestivalNominations:
Best Motion Picture Nomination, Genie Awards
Best Achievement in Direction Nomination, Genie Awards
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Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for Media
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Wins:
Winner, New & Emerging Filmmaker’s Award at the Jamaican Film & Music Festival
Nominations:
Best Cinematography, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
Best Composer, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival -
Wins:
Best Television Movie - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Direction in a Television Movie - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Performance for a Supporting Actress (Yanna Macintosh) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) AwardsNominations:
Best Writing Nomination in a Television Movie - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Actor Nomination in a Television Movie (K.C. Collins) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards
Best Supporting Actor Nomination in a TV Movie (Mark Taylor) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards Best Supporting Actress Nomination in a TV Movie (Genelle Williams) - Canadian Screen (Gemini) Awards -
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Silver Award for Best Music App - The Best Mobile App Awards
Nominations:
Mobile Gaming Category - Digi Awards
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Wins:
HBO Award for Best Short Film, Acapulco’s International Black Film Festival
Black Film and Video Network’s Award of Excellence, GOLD
Special Judy Award at the Flagstaff International WORLDFEST
Winner National Black Programming Consortium Awards
Winner of Four Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Short Fest, including Best Drama, Best Director, Best Script, and Best ActorNominations:
Gemini Nominee - Best Short Film
Nominated for Best Cinematography - Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
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Black Film and Video Network’s Award for Best Director in a Documentary Series
Gemini Winning Best Lifestyle/Documentary -
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Best Canadian Short at the Reelworld Festival
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Wins:
2000 Black Film and Video Network’s Reel Black Award for Best Documentary Film
2000 Rights On Reel Documentary Festival
2001 Reel World Film Festival
2001 Vues d’Afrique Film Festival - Winner of Le Pix Chantal Lapaire