Sonia Godding Togobo
Sonia Godding Togobo is a Guyanese-Canadian documentary filmmaker and editor from Ajax, Ontario. She is most noted for her work as an editor on the 2024 documentary film A Mother Apart, for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025.
Sonia Godding Togobo
- Name
- Sonia Godding Togobo
- Birthplace
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Occupation
- Documentary filmmaker; film editor
- Known for
- A Mother Apart (2024); CSA nomination for Best Editing (2025)
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Sonia Godding Togobo • Birthplace — Georgetown, Guyana • Occupation — Documentary filmmaker; film editor • Known for — A Mother Apart (2024); CSA nomination for Best Editing (2025)
Early life
Early life
Sonia Godding Togobo was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and is the eldest of four children. Early in her childhood, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario.
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Career
As a director, she made her debut in 2012 with the film Adopted ID. She was also the writer of The Blind Couple from Mali, a forthcoming documentary film about musical duo Amadou & Mariam.
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- 1.Chris Clay, "Mississauga documentarian releases film on Haitian orphan". Mississauga News, July 17, 2012.
- 2.Pat Mullen, "The Tragically Hip, Okurimono Lead Canadian Screen Award Documentary Nominees". Point of View, March 26, 2025.
- 3.Melanie Goodfellow, "Makers-Produced Doc ‘The Blind Couple From Mali’ Begins Shooting; Development Partners Include CBC’s Documentary Channel & Mediawan". Deadline Hollywood, February 13, 2023.
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