Christene A. Browne

Writer, Producer, Director, Mother, Citizen of the World

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Two nominations/one week!
Tapestry Opera's Tapestry Briefs: Under Where (I was a contributing librettist) was nominated for a 2026 Dora Mavor Moore Award! https://t.co/rxcVYY8ki8
I See You Sister was nominated for a Golden FEMI Award in Bulgaria! https://t.co/bxR2nSK2y4

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Another award for I See You Sister.
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[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Thrilled that my new short film, I See You Sister, won the Best Short Animated Film Prize at the Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival 2025.
The film was also recently invited to next edition of Black International Cinema Berlin.
https://t.co/vCIBL61MoQ

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Very excited about being selected and taking part in Tapestry Opera’s 2025 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB). This year marks the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed program which is a cornerstone of new opera creation in Canada!
https://t.co/OH2jraLzXK

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Took part in Airplane Confessional, a program of films curated by Aaditya Aggarwal, at CineCycle this past Saturday. My film From Nevis To... was screened as part of the program along with the work of Helen Lee, Rolla Tahir and a few others.
https://t.co/hRDbkza36X

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Excited to announced that Known To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song produced by the Canadian Art Song Project has been nominated for a JUNO in the Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble) category. I wrote Ode to Our Joy on the recording.
https://t.co/dZn50vOQ3X

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

At the Massey College’s Music Salon – The Colour of Joy: Celebrating Black Art Song in Canada last week.

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Looking forward to taking part in Massey College’s Music Salon – The Colour of Joy: Celebrating Black Art Song in Canada this Wednesday!
The Colour of Joy, will be presented and discussed. I’ll be participating as one of the writers.
https://t.co/KnZntrD0kD

[Reelworld Screen Institute @reelworldfilm]

Don’t forget to join us this Wednesday at 7pm at the Carlton Cinema for a FREE screening in celebration of National #CanFilmDay with @REELCANADA, sponsored by @OntarioCreates.

We’ll be screening Another Planet, directed by @ChristeneBrowne

Tickets: https://t.co/3SZ8Wi5oEp

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

This is the 25th anniversary of the film!

[Ontario Creates @OntarioCreates]

RSVP to attend this special @CanFilmDay screening of ANOTHER PLANET hosted by @reelworldfilm at @ImagineCinemas this Wednesday. Stay after the film for a Q&A with director @ChristeneBrowne!

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

So proud to be a part of the first song cycle written by and for Black female Canadian artists. Composed by Maria Corley, sung by Jonelle Sills and written by Corley, Kanika Ambrose, and myself. Performed at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre.
Photo by Karen E. Reeves

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Very excited for the CASP up coming performance this Wednesday February 28 at noon at the Four Seasons Centre of the Performing Arts. I was commissioned to write some of the text for Maria Corley’s The Colour of Joy.
https://t.co/EGRqRUVuO3

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Grateful to have received Ontario Arts Council Funding for my new animated experimental film; I See You Sister.
@ONArtsCouncil, @MaritStiles

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

I am so looking forward to my Author’s Talk for my book Philomena (Unloved) tomorrow @torontolibrary Maria A. Shchuka Branch, 1745 Eglinton Avenue West at 6:30!
https://t.co/V5staYleyG
#philomenaunloved #blackculture @_secondstory

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Looking forward to the Re-Sequencing Berio: a Film/Concert Spectacular this coming Thursday, 8 pm at the Paradise Theatre.
The performance film, Sequenza X for Trumpet, I did with my favorite DOP Jonah Zapparoli will be shown as part of the event.
https://t.co/lFN4u22nKz

[KoernerHall @KoernerHall]

From our friends at @NewMusicConcert:
Tickets are now on sale for Re-Sequencing Berio: a Film/Concert Spectacular on Mar 30 @paradiseonbloor featuring newly created concert films in dialogue with live performances of new commissions by Canadian composers: https://t.co/K2Dv1Zen15

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Grateful to have been selected for an OAC Recommender Grant for Theatre Creators by Obsidian Theatre Company for my new play; Attention Au Feu (Risk of Fire) .
https://t.co/Qxds3ihb3i

[Obsidian Theatre @obsidiantheatre]

CONGRATULATIONS to the 22/23 RGTC Recipients!!

Obsidian is honoured to be able to support 12 artists (2 not pictured) through the Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators.

Learn more about the recipients and their projects! https://t.co/Xu7ZBNAb6X

[OYA Media Group @oyamediagroup]

Streaming now on @cbcgem our latest production 'Reel Black: Our Film Stories' - Young Black filmmakers learn what it takes to fulfill their filmmaking dreams through the insight of veteran filmmaker Claire Prieto-Fuller and other Black Canadian filmmakers. https://t.co/EY2EgmwLva

[Christene A. Browne @ChristeneBrowne]

Opera Canada’s lovely review of the Highlands Opera Studio workshop presentation of my opera, Inertia. https://t.co/DsGcAU9X8y