About

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Mailyne K. Briggs (she/her), is a Philippines born, Canadian raised filmmaker, writer and artist, with an education in Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Marketing. In 2013, she founded a production company now known as Kilam Media Inc. and has been working for nearly 15 years in the industry producing and directing documentaries, multi-cam livestreams, commercials, music videos, and narratives. Her hands on experience from the development stage all the way to marketing helps Mailyne collaborate and execute projects of varying scales from concept through to completion.I AM: Limitless, a feature documentary she co-produced and was the cinematographer for, premiered on CBC Gem’s Absolutely Canadian in October 2021. She is currently in development as the writer-director on her debut feature film: Those Days of Summer, a coming-of-age story set in Ottawa, Canada in the late 90’s and is in post-production on three short films.Mailyne continues to work on co-productions between Canada and the US, as well as live streams that reach global audiences. She is a firm advocate for safer sets, greener productions, mental health care and diverse representation in the industry.Outside of filmmaking, she is a mother, a published author and illustrator of a bilingual children’s book, Manok (Chicken). She released her first single Yuta (2025) and completed her first novella, currently with beta readers.

Publications

Films

Music Videos

Features

Podcast Guest

Guest Speaker

  • Community Arts Gathering - One Day Symposium | Panelist // November 27, 2019

  • Teaching Art as a Profession and Working with Youth With Disabilities | Ridgemont High School | Presenter // June 12, 2019

  • Youth Unstoppable - One World Film Festival | Panelist // October 10, 2019

  • Zero Waste Talk & Workshop | Kind Space // September 29, 2019

  • Practice / Process 02: Artist Talk | Possible Worlds // October 26, 2017

  • Reducing Waste | Dovercourt Community Centre | Facilitator // September 28, 2016

Art

I do not use AI in my artwork. All works of art are original illustrations, designs and composites and are subject to copyright.

Writing Group

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Film Girlz Brunch is a grassroots organization dedicated to providing free/PWYC monthly meetups, workshops, resources, crew calls and community for women and non-binary filmmakers in Los Angeles and Chicago. It was founded in 2022, by Imani Davis, Kaiulani Bush and myself, Mailyne K. Briggs. Film Girlz Brunch is entirely volunteer-run and is sponsored by our production companies: rm.19productions, Midnight Lantern Productions and Kilam Media Inc.

This was formed based on the desire from our Film Girlz community to co-work, get feedback and connect with other writers. There are a few groups listed below with different facilitators.Please find what works best for you and your needs, keeping in mind each room may be operating differently based on the facilitator.

Co-Working / Feedback

Hosted by: Mailyne K. Briggs & Billi Sarafina
Tuesday morning, weekly
Start date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Time: 9am-11amPT
pw: filmgirlz

This room consists of a co-working breakout room and a feedback breakout room.In the co-working breakout room, there's a 5 minute check-in with what we're working on and then we turn off our cameras to write for the rest of the time.In the feedback breakout room, writers have the opportunity to have their work read aloud, and receive feedback from other writers on one scene/specific part of their script. The number of writers getting feedback will be determined by the number of writers in the room. Please note, there may not be enough time for everyone, however writers who didn't get feedback will get the opportunity to hear feedback the next session.

*Please stay connected in the WhatsApp Writing Group thread for any updates, cancellations or changes to the schedule.

Co-Working

Hosted by: Shae
Wednesday evening, weekly
Start Date: TBD
Time: 7pm-9pmPT
pw: n/a

This room is for co-working. TBD on details.

*Please stay connected in the WhatsApp Writing Group thread for any updates, cancellations or changes to the schedule.

DISCLAIMER:This writing group is for members of Film Girlz Brunch. This page and the links it contains is only visible to those it was shared with, and not public. Please do not share with anyone outside of the Film Girlz Brunch community and its WhatsApp Writing Group.

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Now Page

What am I up to these days?I learned about a Now Page because of Derek Sivers. It lets you catch up on the bigger picture things of my life, but sometimes I also share the in-between on Instagram: @iammailyne

Updated: October18, 2025

  • I was awarded a small grant to finish a short documentary I'm producing and directing: Ten Years of Weird, about Debaser, an underground events organizer in Ottawa.

  • I have three short films I produced (two I directed) in post-production

  • Another documentary, Beyond the Pause is now in production after a year. It's a co-production with Nicole Bedford Films.

  • I released my debut single: yuta - mamayen. You can listen to it everywhere.

  • I submitted my novella to a second publisher.

  • Still in development for my feature film.

Contact

Mailyne is currently open to hearing about new projects. If you have a film, marketing or creative project you’d love to collaborate on or want to hire her for, please connect to discuss! For speaking engagements, please also complete the form below.