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Film

This is a selection of short films that I have directed or worked on. You can also find me on Vimeo.

Superposition

A grainy, black and white film still of a woman in sunglasses looking out of a window.

Superposition (2017) dir. Daisy Barrette.

Screened at the 2017 Kingston Canadian Film Festival.

Inspired by multiverse theory and quantum physics, Superposition follows a person living in parallel universes as their realities begin to collapse.

Bread or Alive

Two plain-clothes cops holding loaves of bread interrogate a seated suspect.

Bread or Alive (2017) dir. Daisy Barrette, Brigitte May, Luis Anaya, Nodebe Agbapu, Lilly Nesbitt, Samuel Grant.

Winner of Best Picture, Best Cinematography, and Best Use of Theme at the 2017 Focus Film Festival. Screened at the 2017 Kingston Canadian Film Festival.

A pair of buddy cops get into a crusty situation when they bite off more than they can chew while investigating a series of murders in the bakery district.

Mechanism

A close-up of sand running through an hourglass.

Mechanism (2015) dir. Daisy Barrette.

Screened at The Union Gallery. Originally created for a course at Queen’s University (FILM 370: The Experimental Tradition).

Using a combination of stop motion and video, Mechanism examines connections between time, place, and sound.

Helping Hands

A close-up of hands playing a guitar. Off to the side, another person's hands fiddle nervously with their rings.

Helping Hands (2016) dir. Daisy Barrette and Ariana Bascom. Sound design by Allan Legemaate and Jack McAvoy.

Screened at the 2017 Kingston Canadian Film Festival. Originally created for a course at Queen’s University (FILM 352: Production: Form and Structure).

A girl walks into a guitar shop and gets more than she bargained for when she develops an attraction to the boy working behind the counter.

Writings on the Wall

A close-up of a deadbolt on a door, with the title 'Writings on the Wall' shown on top in a scratchy, creepy font.

Writings on the Wall (2018) Daisy Barrette, Kaitlin Darbey, Michaela Doyle, Gavin Day, Matt Theriault, Nathan Yee, Tu Yige.

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Use of Theme, Best Production Design, Best Use of Sound, Best Editing, Best Cinematography at the 2018 Focus Film Festival.

Bad luck drives a superstitious young man to take desperate measures when he discovers his roommate’s secret.

Loci

The hands of a clock are superimposed over a toy rocking chair in a dreamlike way.

Loci (2017) dir. Daisy Barrette.

Silent experimental film created for an art installation at The Union Gallery.

An exploration of how time changes our perception of size and space.

Smooth Operator

The title 'Smooth Operator' in decorative, playful white text on a black background.

Smooth Operator (2016) dir. Daisy Barrette, Ghazal Baradari-Ghiami, Laura Bossy, Blake Canning, Connor Luksys, Yanwen Zhang

Screened at the 2016 Focus Film Festival.

Meet Jim: an optimistic 911 operator looking for love… on the job.