Kevin Corbeil Palma

Kevin Corbeil Palma is a Panamanian/French Canadian writer-director who was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada. Raised in a home where watching movies was one of the main family activities, his passion for cinema solidified during his teenage years when his father gave him a Sony handheld camcorder to capture great memories during his experience as an exchange student in Germany. Upon his return, countless short films were shot on this camera with the help of friends and family, who were always ready to submit themselves to crazy circumstances for the sake of cinema. After studying natural sciences at the college in his hometown, Kevin relocated to Montreal to enter a private school of communication. Thirsty for new experiences in unfamiliar places, he made the decision to travel the world for few years with his brother Alexandre before embarking on his career path. This grand adventure was also a way to honor the deaths of their mother and father. Following two extensive backpacking excursions in Asia and an extended road trip in the USA, the brothers took the opportunity to become more deeply acquainted with their parents' families of origin in Panama and Peru. Describing this journey as an absolute necessity for his soul, Kevin returned to Canada, not only with clearer goals, but also with the much-needed courage to come out to his friends and families as a gay man. Kevin enrolled at the Vancouver Film School and graduated with Honours from their Film Production Program, with specializations in Directing and Cinematography. With many completed short films under his belt, Kevin strives to create deeply transformative stories that will ignite hope and assist in building a more tolerant world.