"Some stories are never meant to move"
After a human-sized marionette comes to life, it must decide between appeasing its master's strict regimen or taking autonomy of its own body and actions.
Social & External
The people behind it
Doroteja Jurican
Doll/Dolores
Nickey van Tooren
Body double for Doll/Dolores
Caesar Alvarez
Crowdmember
Eileen Avalos
Josip Pozgaj
Marly Reece Feigin
Adya Teresa Kumar
An experimental workshopping of Act One in Beau Han Bridge's play "Above The Hospital" by local Vancouver actors.
An attention-seeking man takes drastic measures to repair his relationship with his absent boyfriend. 'Play With Me' follows Nate as he transforms himself into someone (or something) he believes is worth loving.
After a humiliating breakup, a woman seeks comfort from her GBF with no clue of the lies, deceit and chaos that is to come.
A group of young women seeking viral fame find their social media session turning deadly when they're stalked by an internet serial killer.
A group of young adults plan a staycation for their friend who recently lost a parent. At their most vulnerable, personified fears shape-shift to pick them off one by one. Face them, but with which face?
A remote helpline volunteer is targeted by "The Gentleman," a stranger who lures women from their homes with a recording of a crying baby.
The horrors of Isla Muerta will come to light, and Jonathan knows it. This incident was what InGen tried to hide at all costs. All that remains is a recording that reveals the hell experienced by a scientist, an apprentice, and a security guard. Their struggle to survive turned into a nightmare as they faced creatures from millions of years ago. Negligence and silence led to a grotesque outcome. That night, the dinosaurs reclaimed the Earth, and all that remained were the echoes of a terror impossible to forget.
Two young brothers are left alone in a car while their dad paddleboards out at sea. When a mischievous local boy climbs into the backseat, an ordinary beach day takes a dangerous turn.
Thousands of dollars in debt, Kyle Baxter receives a survey in the mail asking for his input on a series of questionnaires in exchange for a couple hundred dollars. Looking to better his situation, he agrees, but soon finds out that he signed up for more than he anticipated.
A disturbed loner suffering from insomnia goes through a series of bad luck and becomes detached from reality. As he falls asleep his nightmares seem to become reality.
In the heart of England, a secretive fixer embarks on his ultimate mission. "THE CHARON INCIDENT" is a short film that pays homage to thrillers of the 1970s, while blending a retro lens with cutting-edge technology. The result is a chilling look at the fragility of society - - especially when Science mixes with greed. Chosen “Best of Fest” at the Route 66 International Film Festival 2012.
A man leaves his annoying friend’s house and is confronted by a guy who thinks he dropped his wallet.
A Master Criminal needs to test the depths of his immorality by choosing the woman he loves as his next victim.
Zoe is a world-class travel influencer, amassing millions of followers by exploring the globe through her vibrant channel, "Santa Zeta". But when the Vlogging ends, her true mission begins: she uses her public persona as a perfect cover to track and eliminate child predators. Fueled by the unsolved murder of her little sister, Zoe embarks on a relentless hunt across three continents—from the underground neon of Seoul to the gritty sprawl of Los Angeles. As she closes in on a global network, the digital trail leads her back to her own hometown in Spain, where she must confront a nightmare far closer to home than she ever imagined.
A mysterious killer wearing an orange jumpsuit and fashioned in an orange baclava stalks and murders a young man who is insufferable, naive, and unlikeable.
Looking for his next victim, a serial killer stalks a young violinist who is heading home after a performance.
Based on true events in 1990s Denver, a young couple uncovers a disturbing anomaly inside a sushi restaurant.
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Things get personal when reneage cop Dirty Sally investigates local drug kingpin, The Sugarman.
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned private investigator – Marley’s search for what really happened leads her down a treacherous maze of deception and betrayal.
When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth. William is a dangerous loner, channeling all his energies into cyberspace. He's become an analyser, a calculating manipulator who finds it almost impossible to interact normally with others in the real world, instead turning his hand to manipulating people online.
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.