Sheila Petty is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Professor Emerita of Film Studies at the University of Regina. She has held the SaskPower Research Chair in Cultural Heritage at the University of Regina from 2022-2024. Her research program focuses on manifestations of cultural heritage in sub-Saharan African, North African and Amazigh cinemas. She has curated exhibitions for art galleries across Canada. Her latest project, funded through the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund, investigates methodologies for decolonising film festival research in a post-pandemic world.