escapism
WRITER / DIRECTOR
TV SERIES PITCH - Banff World Media Festival 2023
Proof of Concept funded by Alberta Foundation for the Arts and available
LOGLINE
Lake Hoffman, a grown "gifted-kid" in search of identity, a path, meaning, or anything, spirals from high-achieving idealist as she navigates university accompanied by visual manifestations of her undiagnosed mental illness and suicidal ideation.
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Shadows In Time
PRODUCER
Directed by Kristina Fithern-Stiele (Teslin Tlingit) and starring the young women and girls of Stardale Women’s Group, Shadows in Time explores the experiences of racism and sexism that urban Indigenous young women and girls endure in their everyday lives.
Shadows in Time is a follow up to Stardale Women’s Group’s award-wining film, The Road, which dealt with the girls' experience with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the legacy and inter-generational impact of colonialism in Canada.
Shadows in Time can be rented with a donation to Stardale Women's Group:
TRAILER
THE ROAD
DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | DOP | EDITOR
In response to the Reclaiming Power and Place report, Stardale Women’s Group created The Road, as it relates to the many women and girls who have gone missing on the Yellowhead Highway or what is known as the “Trail of Tears”. The Road that takes a holistic view of storytelling through a performance creation and a short film.
WATCH ONLINE
The Road can be rented with a donation to Stardale Women's Group:
ESCAPISM (2019)
WRITER | DIRECTOR | CO-EDITOR
Escapism (2019) was shot as part of the 2018-2019 Herland Mentorship Program with the support of the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF), TELUS Storyhive, Six Degrees Music & Sound, Bamboo Shoots, Keep Alberta Rolling, and more.
SYNOPSIS
Escapism follows Lake, a bright student who seems to have every door open to her, but whose focused pursuit of her studies begins contributing to a sense of disconnect from reality. She finds solace in a kindred spirit, but their shared search for connection ends up driving them further from it. Escapism is a tale of depression in young adults and the escapist tendencies used to cope with it.
AURYON
WRITER | DIRECTOR | EDITOR | MUSIC
SNEAK PEEK
Auryon is currently on the festival circuit and therefore cannot be streamed online; however, you can check out the trailer here:
SNOWSHOE & MONSTER
DIRECTOR | ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Top Award AB - Storyhive Web Series Edition
Snowshoe & Monster was shot with the support of TELUS Storyhive. The web series pitch received $10K in funding to produce the pilot, and the pilot won a further $50K to produce a 5-episode web series.
SYNOPSIS
A conspiracy theorist and scientific photographer are hired to help a woman track down her childhood monster. A race against time, money, and impending winter sends the three of them into the wilderness with nothing but a small trailer and a story. Snowshoe & Monster follows Summer, Rodger, and Hanna as they discover the secrets behind a woodland monster and struggle to come to a consensus about whether their findings deserve to end up in a reputed scientific journal, an online alien forum, or if they're better left alone.
WATCH ONLINE
Snowshoe & Monster (the pilot for Summer's Monster) can be streamed via Storyhive's YouTube channel at the link below:
AURYON
WRITER | DIRECTOR | EDITOR | MUSIC
SNEAK PEEK
THE WEATHER
DIRECTOR | EDITOR | VFX
SYNOPSIS
Based on the short story "The Weather" from Deborah Willis' book Vanishing and Other Stories (finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award), this short film follows the influence that a city girl has on the lives of an aging cowboy, Braden, and his daughter, Edith. Braden's wife Nina left him and their rural Albertan home after a tornado wreaked havoc on their farm. Heartbroken, Edith and Braden attempt to continue their lives as usual until Edith befriends a new student: Rae. Rae's parents moved her out to the country to get her away from some bad habits she picked up in the city. Braden and Edith welcome Rae into their home despite Braden's concerns about the influence Rae will have on his daughter. He neglects, however, to recognize the influence Rae has on him.
AURYON
WRITER | DIRECTOR | EDITOR | MUSIC
SNEAK PEEK
AURYON
WRITER | DIRECTOR | EDITOR | MUSIC
LOGLINE
Auryon avenges the degradation and objectification suffered by her friends after an attack perpetrated by three masked men that she was forced to watch.
