Vaida is a film director, screenwriter, producer, live performance, film/TV stills, and documentary photographer currently based in St. John's, NL, Canada.
Vaida is Lithuanian by birth and a world citizen by choice. In the last 12 years, she lived in Australia, Japan, Qatar, The Netherlands, UAE, and the UK.
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Education
2017 MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London, UK (distinction)
2008 MA of Arts in Comparative Culture, Tokyo, Japan
2000 BA of Arts in Theology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Filmography
Producer, Ballad of North Whale, short narrative film, NIFCO, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2023
Director, Co-Writer & Producer, The Golden League, doc series, Bell Fibe TV1, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2023
Director & Co-Writer, Fishbowl, short narrative film, NIFCO, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2022
Co-Director & Co-Writer, Above Above, Below Below, short doc film, NIFCO, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2022
Co-writer, The Gaze, short doc film, NIFCO, St. John's, NL, Canada (in post)
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Film Stills & BTS
SurrealEstate Season 2, Take the Shot Productions, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2022
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2nd Video Camera Operator
The Golden League, Bell Fibe TV1, St. John's, NL, Canada
Beers with B'ys, TV series, Blue Pinion Films, St.John's, NL, Canada
Adventures of Gary & Lou, TV series, Blue Pinion Films, St.John's, NL, Canada
Kate Crackerberry, Digital Theatre Play recording, Blue Pinion Films, St.John's, NL, Canada
We Are Here, TV series, Blue Pinion Films, St.John's, NL, Canada
Scoff Off’, ‘Sharing Our Cultures’, ‘Out of the Fog’, ‘In Council: St.John’s’, Rogers TV, St.John's, NL, Canada
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Theatre photography
White Rooster Theatre, St. John's, NL, Canada
Echo Productions, Toronto, ON, Canada
Courtney Fowler Performance Academy, St.John's, NL, Canada
SignPost Players, St. John's, NL, Canada
Director C.Tomlinson, St. John's, NL, Canada
Opera on the Avalon, St.John's, NL, Canada
TODOS Productions, St.John's, NL, Canada
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Music photography
Pussy Riot, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Mugenkyo Taiko, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Jeremy Dutcher, St.John's, NL, Canada
U.S. Girls, Toronto, ON, Canada
Bonjay, Toronto, ON, Canada
Renders, St.John's, NL, Canada
The Watershed Ansemble, St.John's, NL, Canada
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Festivals Photography
Lawnya Vawnya, St.John's, NL, Canada
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Editorial Clients and Published Work
Edinburgh Guide, UK
The National, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Velhot, Creative Agency, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, Doha, Qatar
The Peninsula, Doha, Qatar
Oryx Advertising Co., Doha, Qatar
T Qatar - The New York Times Style Magazine, Doha, Qatar
Waqif Art Centre, Doha, Qatar
Royal Dutch Shell, Doha, Qatar
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Exhibitions
2018 Group Exhibition, Eastern Edge Gallery, St.John's, NL, Canada
2016 Group exhibition, Ugly Duck, London, UK
2009 Group exhibition, Waqif Art Center, Doha, Qatar
2007 Group exhibition, Musee de E’lysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 Group exhibition, Fuji Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Non Profit
Zero Tolerance, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Crisis Skylight Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Shakti, Women's Aid, Scotland, UK
Special Care Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Feel Great Helping, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Photo: ©Alexander Nairn