John Kastner

John Kastner is a four-time Emmy Award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker whose recent work has focused on the Canadian criminal justice system. His films include the documentaries Out of Mind, Out of Sight, a film about patients at the Brockville Mental Health Centre, named best Canadian feature documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; NCR: Not Criminally Responsible, exploring the personal impact of the mental disorder defence in Canada; Life with Murder, The Lifer and the Lady and Parole Dance, and the 1986 made-for-television drama Turning to Stone, set in the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario.