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She is a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada and DOC Canada. Feature directing credits include the documentaries DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME (CBC 2022, winner of the Audience Choice award at ALFF 2023, nominated for one CSA, four Leos, and two VCFC awards), and THE RANKIN FILE: LEGACY OF A RADICAL (Opening Night Selection at DOXA 2018, Knowledge Network premiere 2019). Recent mid-length and short film directing credits include the Telus originals documentary HEARSE CHASING (CUFF Docs 2025), the Leo Award nominated Crazy 8s comedy drama TOE PICK (Vancouver International Youth Film Festival Opening Night Selection 2025 and Best Actress Award winner), the short comedy drama BOSSBABE (Audience Choice Award Runner Up at Cinema Spectacular 2023), the short comedy DAVID FOSTER’S EGGGPAA starring David Foster and Katharine McPhee (NFB Commission, 2022), and the short documentary JEAN SWANSON: WE NEED A NEW MAP (Crave, 2022). Teresa was the 2025 Women In the Director’s Chair BANFF Fellowship Recipient. Teresa holds a BFA in Film Production (SFU 2010), a Master’s in Dispute Resolution (UVic 2017), and – as a teenager - once helped build a pirate TV tower, successfully knocking out the CBC’s signal in the area for nearly ten minutes, in order to broadcast her and her colleagues’ programs (Teresa’s program was a dirtbag dating show called Hookin’ It Up: East Van Style). With a keen interest in music, comedy, and social justice, Teresa is currently developing several projects including an aughts-era music dramedy series and a feature documentary about a beloved Canadian media icon. https://www.savoyfilms.com/connect daily 0.75 2023-09-11 https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2024-10-11 https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa monthly 0.5 2024-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/c9093d86-c282-49da-9769-270399e61e7f/1386_BRD_Image+IMDB+pour+David+Foster_834x1234_V3.jpg FILMS - DAVID FOSTER'S EGGGPAA SHORT COMEDY World Premiere at the 2022 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards After an incredible 40-year career, iconic producer and songwriter David Foster has still not achieved EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). But today he’s about to achieve something much greater. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada - BC & Yukon Studio. https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-fm7wf monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/b31092b2-a4ce-44d3-ad2b-014993b94e52/Toe+Pick+Poster+Final+v3.jpg FILMS - TOE PICK SHORT DRAMEDY Official Selection at Crazy 8s Film Festival 2024 It’s 1999, and everything is going wrong for 12-year-old figure skater Chelsea. After a serious accident at morning practice, Chelsea finds a way to skate on her own terms. https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-k3m9h monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/ba83b2d7-df53-41fd-bce3-eac41c715499/bossbabe-01.jpg FILMS - BOSSBABE SHORT DRAMEDY Audience Choice Award Runner Up at Cinema Spectacular 2023 Nikki Newstead gets sucked into the slippery world of multi-level marketing, and is about to get more than she bargained for. https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-7a4ed monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/5565f29e-fc0d-48e1-b1d3-0ad435225cec/DATS+Poster+V4.jpg FILMS - DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Winner of the Audience Choice Award at ALFF 2023 Nominated for Best Sound (Documentary) at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards Nominated for Best Direction, Best Writing, Best Picture Editing, and Best Sound (Documentary) at the 2023 Leo Awards Nominated for Best BC Film and Best BC Director at the Vancouver Circle of Film Critics Awards DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME is a POV documentary following filmmaker Teresa Alfeld’s journey uncovering the story of her childhood best friend’s dad, Doug Bennett, leader of the legendary 1980s Canadian party band Doug and the Slugs. Teresa pieces together how Doug and the Slugs shot from Vancouver cult sensation to national fame in the early 1980s. A who’s who of international and Canadian musicians and industry insiders, including Sir Bob Geldof, Bif Naked, Steven Page, Ron Sexsmith, Ed the Sock, and Terry David Mulligan all help describe just how incomparable the Slugs’ music, videos, and stage show were, and why the cards were ultimately stacked against them. As Teresa learns more about the band’s rollercoaster career, she also revisits her own memories of Doug and his family. A nostalgia-packed ride down the backroads of Canadian rock history, DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME is a bittersweet, emotional and entertaining film about the pivotal friendships that shape us, break us, and ultimately help us grow. https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-x9jps monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/1619716158550-25QVYW2JXC16VCXIEICZ/Jean+Swanson.jpg FILMS - JEAN SWANSON: WE NEED A NEW MAP SHORT DOCUMENTARY Official Selection Hot Docs (2021) Official Selection Vancouver International Film Festival (2021) JEAN SWANSON: WE NEED A NEW MAP is a short documentary profiling veteran activist and first-term Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson as she works alongside the next generation of anti-poverty activists fighting systemic inequality. https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-p9hpe monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/1602084255492-49WPFVU8MDCEEIR1KO7M/P2%2BTRF%2BPoster.jpg FILMS - THE RANKIN FILE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY DOXA Opening Gala Film 2018 The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical is a documentary investigation into the colorful and controversial life of Vancouver socialist icon, Harry Rankin. Vancouver, 1986. The Expo World’s Fair has just ended and the future of the city is at stake. Harry Rankin – World War II veteran, criminal lawyer, city councillor and outspoken socialist – is running for mayor against a young, right-wing upstart named Gordon Campbell. The film chronicles Harry’s nearly fifty-year career beginning with his World War II military service as a soldier, twice wounded in combat. His worldview altered by his wartime experience, Harry sets out to build a working-class political movement in Vancouver that puts power in the hands of the people. With nearly three decades having passed since original filming began, The Rankin File provides context and commentary only possible with hindsight. What can we learn from the successes– and failures – of Harry Rankin? https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-ntnrc monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/1602251081877-1YMLPTZB6NMRCRMAXY5S/CGV2.jpg FILMS - CHARLIE GAUVIN SHORT DRAMEDY Official Selection: Female Eye Film Festival 2013 Official Selection: Canadian Film Festival 2013 Canadian former teen pop-punk superstar Charlie Gauvin is launching a career comeback after several years away from the spotlight. Having split from the producing machine that made her, Charlie is determined to do things her way this time around. She quickly finds that much has changed since she left the limelight, and recapturing her fame will be far more difficult than she imagined. https://www.savoyfilms.com/portfolio/david-fosters-egggpaa-le432 monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7c8ce8c5fcfc7e680bf003/1602251114080-VCG8DUK56TJ6G8I0SSRM/BTVK+Full+Poster+V1.jpg FILMS - BUNKY THE VAMPIRE KILLER SHORT DRAMEDY Official Selection: Toronto Independent Film Festival 2010 Official Selection: Female Eye Film Festival 2011 Fourteen-year-old Roberta is set to perform in her East Vancouver high school’s production of “The Stranger – The Musical!” – until she accidentally consumes a large quantity of hallucinogenic mushrooms. 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