Exhibitions/Screenings
2023 Cinéma Public (Canada)
2023 TIFF - MDFF Selects (Canada)
2023 The Cinematheque -Vancouver (Canada)
2023 Rewire (Netherlands)
2023 The Walker Art Center (US)
2022 Kassel Dokfest (Germany)
2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
2022 Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo (Mexico)
2022 Muta (Peru)
2022 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2022 Open City Documentary Festival (England)
2022 Cinéma du réel - International Competition (France)
2020 Ulju Mountain Film Festival (South Korea)
2020 Pleasure Dome - Essential Work Program (Canada)
2020 Frontera-Sur Festival Internacional de Cine de No Ficción (Chile)
2020 Festival Filmer le travail (France)
2019 Open City Documentary Festival (England)
2019 Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo (Mexico)
2019 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2019 Trento Film Festival - Sixth Degree Program (Italy)
2019 Images Festival (Canada)
2019 Cinéma du réel - International Competition (France)
2019 Vertical Features - Ryan Ermacora & Jessica Johnson Retrospective - AGO (Canada)
2018 Alternative Film/Video Festival ‘Significant Achievement Award’ (Serbia)
2018 Antimatter - Media Art (Canada)
2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland)
2018 DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Canada)
2018 Spektrum Berlin (Germany)
2018 VIVO Media Arts Centre - Group Show (Canada)
2017 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2017 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize exhibition - The Presentation House Gallery (Canada)
2016 Leiden International Short Film Festival (Netherlands)
2016 Festival International du Film sur l’Art - Montréal (Canada)
2016 Les Rencontres Internationales - Paris (France)
2015 Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2015 Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (United States)
2015 Emmedia Gallery (Canada)
2015 Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art - Solo Show (Canada)
2015 VIVO Media Arts Centre - Group Show (Canada)
2015 DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Canada)
2015 Launch! Festival. 'Imagining Positive Futures Award' (Canada)
2015 WNDX Festival of Moving Image (Canada)
2014 FCAT Undergraduate Conference - Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Awards/Grants
2021 Research and Creation Grant (Canada Council for the Arts)
2020 Research and Creation Grant (Canada Council for the Arts)
2020 Grand prix & Prix valorisation de la recherche, Labour/Leisure (Festival Filmer le travail)
2019 Special Mention - Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film, Labour/Leisure (VIFF)
2019 Selected by Committee of French Librarians, Labour/Leisure (Images en bibliothèques)
2019 Talent to Watch Program (Telefilm Canada)
2019 Concept to Realization Grant (Canada Council for the Arts)
2018 Project Assistant for Media Artists Program Grant (British Columbia Arts Council)
2018 Concept to Realization Grant (Canada Council for the Arts)
2018 NFB Filmmaker Assistance Program (National Film Board of Canada)
2017 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize Short List (Presentation House Gallery)
2016 BC Arts Council Scholarship Award (British Columbia Arts Council)
2016 SFU Service Award 2016 (Simon Fraser University)
2015 Imagining Positive Futures Award 2015 (Launch! Festival)
2015 Gerald and Sheahan McGavin Award 2015 (Simon Fraser University)
2014 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2014 (Simon Fraser University)
2014 Kelowna Film Society Award 2014 (Kelowna Film Society)
Filmography
Anyox (2022, 35mm/65mm/Archival, 1.37, 5.1 Sound, 87 min)
Labour/Leisure (2019, 35mm, 1.37, 5.1 Sound, 19 min)
Empire Valley (2018, 35mm, 2.39, 5.1 Sound, 13 min)
The Glow is Gone (2017, S16mm, 1.66, 5.1 Sound, 16 min)
Ocean Falls (2015, 16mm, 1.37, Stereo, 13 min)
E&N (2015, 16mm, Stereo, 4 min)
Selected Bibliography
Pat Mullen, Anyox Is Large-Format Durational Cinema at Its Best, May 17, 2023. https://povmagazine.com/anyox-is-large-format-durational-cinema-at-its-best/
Janet Smith, “Vancouver documentary filmmakers Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson let landscapes speak in Unsettled Settings” Stir, May 16, 2023. https://www.createastir.ca/articles/unsettled-settings-ryan-ermacora-and-jessica-johnson-the-cinematheque-the-cinematheque
Paloma Pacheco, “Anyox and Geographies of Solitude: documenting destruction and preserving place in contemporary landscape film” ReIssue, Sep 2022. https://reissue.pub/articles/anyox-and-geographies-of-solitude-documenting-destruction-and-preserving-place-in-contemporary-landscape-film
Andrew Northrop, “Andrew Northrop on Anyox” Open City, Aug 30, 2022. https://opencitylondon.com/news/andrew-northrop-on-anyox/
José Sarmiento Hinojosa, “CINÉMA DU RÉEL 2022: ANYOX, URBAN SOLUTIONS,” desistfilm, March 29, 2022. https://desistfilm.com/cinema-du-reel-2022-urban-solutions-anyox/?fbclid=IwAR2E8UiD0aBVajsqJlxO_HyYxNP1CtLZBbNnn7W5an287zP88jCD5lEONSE
Marthe Statius, “Journal du Réel n°4,” Zone Critique, March 15, 2022. https://zone-critique.com/2022/03/15/journal-du-reel-n4-2/
Louise Tavera, “Entretien avec Ryan Ermacora & Jessica Johnston, réalisateurs de Anyox,” Mediapart, March 14, 2022. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/cinema-du-reel/blog/140322/entretien-avec-ryan-ermacora-jessica-johnston-realisateurs-de-anyox
Corentin Brunie, “Anyox (2022) de Jessica Johnson et Ryan Ermacora,” Ciné-vrai, March 15, 2022. https://cinevrai.fr/2022/03/15/anyox/
Marc van de Klashorst, “Cinéma du Réel 2022 review: Anyox,” International Cinephile Society, March 14, 2022. https://icsfilm.org/festivals/cinema-du-reel/cinema-du-reel-2022-review-anyox-jessica-johnson-ryan-ermacora/
Mónica Delgado, “Frontera Sur 2020: Souvenir, Labour/Leisure y Una Luna De Hierro,” desistfilm, Sept 7, 2020. https://desistfilm.com/frontera-sur-2020-souvenir-labour-leisure-y-una-luna-de-hierro/
Naomi Polonsky, "The Hidden Labor Beneath the Global Economy," Hyperallergic, Web. Sept 17, 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/517486/open-city-documentary-festival-2019-labor/
Jaclyn Bruneau, “A Case for “Mere” Recording: Films by Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson,” Cinema Scope, Issue 79, Summer 2019.
Steffanie Ling, “Shy Appreciation,” Program Notes: Vertical Features, January 15, 2019. https://www.verticalfeaturesto.com/ryan-ermacora-and-jessica-johnson
Pat Mullen, “The Landscape Films of Ermacora and Johnson,” Point of View Magazine, January 14, 2019. http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/the-landscape-films-of-ermacora-and-johnson
Kevin Rakestraw, “Ocean Falls Review,” Film Pulse, July 27, 2016. http://filmpulse.net/ocean-falls-review/.
Conor Bateman, “Kinet Online Publishing Platgorm for Avant-Garde Cinema to Launch July 25,” Four Three Film, July 2016. http://fourthreefilm.com/2016/07/kinet-streaming-site-for-avant-garde-cinema-to-launch-july-25/
Alysha Seriani, "SFU Filmmakers Shine In VIFF Shorts". The Peak. 2015. Web. Oct 13, 2015.
Adèle Barclay and Corie Waugh, “Vandocument: Make A Better World.” Co-op Radio CFRO. Vancouver, BC. Oct 9, 2015.
Shauna Jean Doherty, "Urban Decay - Curatorial Statement". 2015. Presentation, VIVO Media Arts.
Megan Jones, "SFU Film Students Present Short at DOXA". The Peak 2015. Web. 11 May. 2015.
Distribution / Gallery Affiliation
Acéphale (Montreal, QC)
VIVO Media Arts, Video Out Distribution (Vancouver, BC)
Education
2017 BFA Honours, Film; Minor: International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.