[2] McKercher produced and directed Circle of Steel, which is a dark comedy about the safety culture of the oil and gas industry.

[3] The film was shot in Alberta, Canada, and was one of six productions to receive a government grant.

[4] Circle of Steel premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival in September 2018.

[6] It had originally also been announced for the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival,[7] but was subsequently withdrawn from that festival by its distributor so that the screening in Calgary, McKercher's hometown, would be the world premiere.

[8] A graduate of the Director's Lab at the Canadian Film Centre,[1] she was co-founder with Guillaume Carlier and Nicola Waugh of Kino Sum Productions.