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Rose Bianchini has worked as a writer, director and artist in television, radio, film and new media. A few of her producer credits include VOX on TVO and The Hour on CBC Television. She has been a regular contributor and personality on CBC radio. Rose has created online video content for a range of clients such as Massey Hall, Spacing Magazine, Bunchland, and Nokia. The music video that she directed for Gentleman Reg was broadcast across North America on stations such as MTV. She is a co-founder of The Soft City, a miniature plush city, community arts project and interactive installation. Currently, the Soft City project is being developed as an educational video game to encourage civic engagement amongst children.  She is a recent graduate of the New Media Lab at the Canadian Film Center, where along with her team she developed an interactive hoodie that functions as a game platform for teens. Her current writing project, which she is also illustrating, is a graphic novel for teens, which is represented by the Rights Factory.