Juli Strader’s career has been far from ordinary. What began as a communications manager at the Banff World Television Festival in 2008, has evolved into a 16-year career focused in the Arts & Entertainment industry with a specialty in films, film festivals and events. Most recently, she has worked with LA-based Organic PR on 2018-2024 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festivals, 2023 NewFest Film Festival, and the world premiere of the PBS Masterpiece series ALICE & JACK at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Additionally, her other recent clients have included the 2023 Trans Film Summit at TIFF and the 2019-2022 Toronto Jewish Film Festivals, as well as handling films in official selections at TIFF.
TIFF highlights include:
- WE ARE STILL HERE (ten Indigenous Australian and New Zealander directors, ‘22)
- RAF (Harry Cepka, ‘19)
- EMU RUNNER (Imogen Thomas, ‘18)
- MANTO (Nandita Das,‘18)
- Best Canadian First Feature Film, LUK’ LUK'I (Wayne Wapeemukwa, '17)
- NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL (Kathleen Hepburn, ‘17)
- Cannes Directors’ Fortnight winner, MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS (Mouly Surya, ‘17)
- JEAN OF THE JONESES (Stella Meghie, '16)
- HELLO DESTROYER (Kevan Funk, '16)
- Cannes Prize Un Certain Regard winner, THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI (Juho Kuosmanen, '16)
- Cannes Critics’ Week Award winner, MIMOSAS (Oliver Laxe, ’16)
Hot Docs highlights include:
- THE HERE NOW PROJECT (Jon Siskel & Greg Jacobs, '24)
- THE FABULOUS GOLD HARVESTING MACHINE (Alfredo Pourailly de la Plaza, '24)
- ROUGE (Hamoody Jaafar, '24)
- PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON (Tonje Hessen Schei, ‘23)
- Berniale Teddy Award winner NELLY & NADINE (Magnus Gertten, ‘22)
- HUNTING IN PACKS (Chloe Sosa-Sims, ‘22)
- 7 YEARS OF LUKAS GRAHAM (Rene Sascha Johannsen, ‘21)
- Special Jury Prize Winner and Oscar-nominated FOR SAMA (Waad al-Kateab & Edwards Watts, ’19).
- TAKE A WALK ON THE WILDSIDE (Lisa Rideout, ’17)
Event publicity highlights include:
- Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival (2018 - 2024)
- Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF (2023)
- Toronto Jewish Film Festival (2019-2022)
- Firecracker Department TIFF Red Carpet (2021)
- Toronto Screenwriting Conference (2010-2015)
Theatrical Release publicity highlights include:
- MARIA BY CALLAS (Tom Volf)
- ENTANGLEMENT (Jason James)
- HELLO DESTROYER (Kevan Funk)
- JEAN OF THE JONESES (Stella Meghie)
- IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE (Hans Petter Moland)
- IXCANUL (Jayro Bustamante)
- STANDING TALL (Emmanuelle Bercot)
- SEX AFTER KIDS (Jeremy LaLonde)
- A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE (Casey Walker)
- AT HOME BY MYSELF...WITH YOU (Kris Booth)
While Senior Manager at Touchwood PR from 2012-2016, Juli handled the publicity for many TIFF films including SIDDHARTH (Richie Mehta, '13), PARKLAND (Peter Landesman, '13), AFTERSHOCK (Nicholas Lopez, TIFF ’12), and I DECLARE WAR (Jason Lapeyre and Rob Wilson, ’12), as well as several high-profile docs at Hot Docs, including ZACH'S CEREMONY (Aaron Peterson, '16), THE DEFECTOR: ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA (Ann Shin, ’13), and LAST WOMAN STANDING (Juliet Lammers and Lorraine Price’13). She also handled the publicity for the theatrical releases of HOW TO PLAN AN ORGY IN A SMALL TOWN (Jeremy LaLonde), THE GIFT (Joel Edgerton), HOW TO BE DEADLY (Nik Sexton), BACKCOUNTRY (Adam MacDonald), CORNER GAS: THE MOVIE (David Storey), THE PRICE WE PAY (Harold Crooks), and SIDDHARTH (Richie Mehta). Juli also managed the 2014-2016 Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s Canadian Screen Awards media and red carpets, as well as the publicity and red carpets for the Birks Telefilm Diamond Tribute to Women at TIFF, and other events including Canadian Film Fest, Prime Time in Ottawa, and Planet in Focus Film Fest.