Jennifer Kawaja

Development Executive · at Sienna Films · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

11 Productions2 CompaniesUpdated Jul 19, 2026

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Jennifer Kawaja is President of Scripted and Feature Films, English Content at Sphere Media (Toronto), formerly co-founder and co-head of Sienna Films, which she built with partner Julia Sereny from 1995 until its acquisition by Kew Media Group in 2017 and subsequent purchase by Datsit Sphere/Sphere Media in 2020. Over three decades she has executive produced Peabody Award-winning Sort Of, Primetime Emmy-nominated The Porter, Cardinal, Trickster, Ransom, and the 2025 Netflix global hit Wayward, while her feature producing credits include How She Move (Sundance 2007), Touch of Pink (Sundance 2004), and New Waterford Girl. Of Middle Eastern descent and raised in the Caribbean, Kawaja is widely recognized for championing diverse and underrepresented voices in Canadian film and television, and was inducted into Playback Magazine's Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2024.

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Wayward (2025)Sort Of (2021)The Porter (2022)Cardinal (2017)Trickster (2020)Ransom (2017)How to Fail as a Popstar (2023)Small Achievable Goals (2024)Combat Hospital (2011)Sweetness in the Belly (2019)How She Move (2007)Touch of Pink (2004)New Waterford Girl (1999)Unless (2016)Marion Bridge (2002)One Dead Indian (2006)Diamonds (2009)Saint Monica (2002)I, Claudia (2004)Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)

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Sienna Films

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Sphere Media

Filmography · 11

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