Join us for a community conversation with Claire Ave’Lallemant, who will share insights from her journey as a documentary editor and provide a behind-the-scenes look at the craft and creative process in film and media.

Claire Ave’Lallemant (she/her) is a Charlotte-based queer documentary editor who chose to forgo the traditional college path in favor of a grassroots, hands-on education, beginning as an assistant editor on Cecilia Aldarondo’s Memories of a Penitent Heart (POV). After assisting on several features, Claire was selected for the 2018 Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship where she received mentorship from Carla Gutierrez. She has since edited feature films such as Flipside (Toronto) and Drowning in Silence (Santa Barbara); series including Choir (Disney+, nominated for the 2024 International Documentary Association’s Best Limited Series), Dogs (Netflix), and The Pharmacist (Netflix); as well as shorts like Translators (Tribeca X, 2023 Best Short Award). In June 2025, Claire was selected for the Sundance Institute’s week-long Documentary Edit Residency at MASS MoCA for her work on the forthcoming feature Vestibule, recognized for “embracing new forms of storytelling and finding new language to express personal truths.”