Rua Wani is a producer and co-founder of Toronto-based Adani Pictures. Adani’s mandate is to back storytellers and projects that provoke curiosity and engagement, centered in a belief that everyone’s story deserves to be seen. Rua's slate of projects has won financing from Telefilm, New Dawn, Canada Media Fund, Ontario Creates, and the Bell Fund, and the company has been selected to the International Co-Production Market at EFM, the Canadian Creative Accelerator for Women in Film in New York and LA, the Canada-France Co-Production Lab at Series Mania, and CFC’s Fifth Wave Labs. Prior to forming Adani Pictures, Rua was a scripted TV development and production exec working on celebrated primetime dramas and comedies, including the Emmy-winning ORPHAN BLACK (BBC America, CTV Sci-Fi). Rua is an alumnus of producer labs at Series Mania, EAVE, Reelworld, and BANFF Spark. She is also a film festival juror, and a Lecturer in the film programs at Toronto Metropolitan University, Sheridan College, and George Brown College.