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About the Show
Trying to follow your rock and roll dreams and make enough money to leave your small town? Good thing this band is made up entirely of women in their twenties, just the right age and gender to be taken seriously by everyone!
Erika
(played by Maia Jae Bastidas)
Erika, the leader of the band, trusts no one and feels she has to do everything herself, which of course works great in a band of four headstrong women.
Vanessa
(played by Alexandra Bayer)
Perfect, pretty, and privileged Vanessa may have her shit together on the surface, but when repressed memories arise (with the help of some shrooms), she is forced to face the imperfection in her life.
Trudi
(played by Dorrett White)
Trudi has a big personality and a big booty, and she has never given a fuck about society’s judgements of either.
Joanne
(played by Kiriana Stanton)
Ever the rebel, Joanne left her ultra-conservative home at the age of sixteen and now, twelve years later, lives happily as a tattooed, pierced, pansexual woman, with her non-binary partner, Kira.
Meet the Team Behind the Teaser
Werner Artinger
Creator
Werner is the originator of Girl Logic, and began developing the series several years ago. He then realised he was not a woman and not in his twenties, and decided to enlist the help of Alexandra, who is.Werner has been working as an actor in the entertainment industry since the 1990s. He has been credited as a producer on the short films Free Spirit, and The Clubhouse Dysfunctional Existentialists. Throughout the years, Werner has also co-written numerous independent short films and series. One of his writing credits includes the short film Lords of the Film Race, which won an audience award at The Actor’s Place TAPFest.
Alexandra Bayer
Creator
Alexandra is the co-creator and co-writer of Girl Logic. Upon coming on board the project, she helped re-write the pilot script and formulate the season one outline.Alexandra has been acting her whole life, and on-screen for the last nine years, which will contribute to her portrayal of the character of Vanessa in Girl Logic. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a major in English and a minor in Drama. She has also written a novel titled Identity, which was published in 2020.
Amir Kiani
Teaser Producer
Amir is an Iranian born former journalist, a Toronto-based producer, and an alumnus of Staffordshire University and the Asian Film Academy. After graduating from film school and creating seven short films in Iran, he moved to Ottawa to pursue his education in fine arts and cinema. Amir is a proud student of great masters of cinema such as the legendary French writer Jean-Claude Carrière, Palme d’Or winner Hou Hsiao-Hsien, and the respected producer of Hanway Films, Stephan Mallmann.In 2016, Amir established his production company Cinemote, and since then has directed and produced a 7-episode documentary series, four short films, and is currently in development of a feature documentary, as well as a narrative feature-length film. His works have been screened at over 40 film festivals and art venues, including Raindance and Busan International Film Festival.
Reem Morsi
Director
Reem Morsi is an Egyptian/Canadian writer/director based between Toronto & Cairo. She worked as a professional scuba diver and later a human rights officer (women & child protection against violence, sexual exploitation) at the United Nations and other International Organizations around the world in peace & war situations for over a decade before entering the film industry.Reem’s feature film “Banned” (2024), is a Telefilm Talent to Watch project with support from the CFC/Netflix Accelerator Program. Morsi has directed other feature films such as the action film “The Last Mark”, which was included at TIFF selects 2021, and “Queen Tut” (2023), a feature film starring Alexandra Billings (Transparent), which was released in 2023 and is currently streaming on Crave.Morsi’s feature film script, “Bootleg”, received the Rainin grant/the San Francisco Film Society (2016) & won the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award in 2017, and is currently in final stages of development to be produced in 2025. Bootleg participated at the Berlinale Script Lab 2018 and was introduced at the Berlinale Talents Opening Ceremony. Reem also participated at Realness Pan African Screenwriting Residency (Summer 2018) & La Fabrique des Cinemas du Monde – Festival de Cannes.
Alex Whorms
Music Supervisor and Consultant
Alex has been a professional musician since the age of twelve, and currently occupies several different positions in the music industry, including instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer, music supervisor, and music teacher. She has experience touring with bands, as well as working as a solo artist. For Girl Logic, Alex operates as creative consultant, music supervisor, and composer.During COVID, Alex shifted her focus from live performance to the film/television industry, and has since scored seven independent films. She was also a music coordinator for the Bell Fibe TV1 comedy-music series "This Is The Thing" (which involved performances by various musical groups in every episode, and both the licensing and composing of music). Like the entire Girl Logic team, Alex is passionate about working towards gender parity in the music and film industries, especially since she worked on the 2021 documentary "Why Didn't I Leave" with an all-female crew. As a young, queer female artist used to being the only woman in the room or on the stage, it is important to her to work on projects like Girl Logic to increase the representation of diverse groups in music and digital media.
Teaser Cast
ERIKA
Maia Jae BastidasVANESSA
Alexandra BayerTRUDI
Dorrett WhiteJOANNE
Kiriana StantonSTAGE MANAGER
Lorn Eisen
Teaser Crew
DIRECTOR
Reem MorsiSHOWRUNNER/WRITER/PRODUCER
Werner ArtingerSHOWRUNNER/WRITER/PRODUCER
Alexandra BayerPRODUCER/PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Amir KianiCINEMATOGRAPHER
Issa ShahMUSIC SUPERVISOR/CREATIVE CONSULTANT
Alex WhormsPRODUCTION MANAGER
Melody ShangLOCATION SOUND RECORDIST
Amanda WongCOSTUME DESIGNER
Chrysanthi Zora Michaelides1st AD
Dayyaan JameelKEY HAIR and MAKEUP ARTIST
Keisha KerrMAKEUP ARTIST
Mariya SiddiquiGAFFER
Julius Velarde1st AC
Long MaiPA
Katherin CamposleivaPA
Hsin Lee
Find Winter Contest
For the eagle-eyed observers, you may have seen a picture of a sensational grey cat somewhere in the Girl Logic teaser! This cat, Winter, is owned by Girl Logic's co-creator and cast member Alexandra Bayer, but Winter has her own independent following. She currently has over 600,000 dedicated TikTok followers. Since she is such a star, she deserves her own spotlight in the show, which is why we introduced the Find Winter Contest! Throughout season one of Girl Logic, there will be an image of Winter hidden somewhere within every episode. If you can spot Winter in every episode and provide the timestamps of her image, you will be entered into a contest to win a prize!