Knife Pig! (in development)
Director / Screenwriter (feature)
A cyberpunk western set in the not too distant future about a bounty hunter (Garrett Jamieson) who goes on the run after discovering a police conspiracy to assassinate local labour activists.
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Buzzsaw (in development)
Director/ Screenwriter (feature)
A student driver is blackmailed by his instructor to help pull off a daring, daylight robbery! An adaptation of the short film “The Test.”
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The Test (2020)
Director (short/fiction/comedy)
Brendan, 17, suspects his eccentric driving instructor to be more than he claims after he has Brendan take him on a series of suspicious errands. Watch the film.
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Mariah ¡qué baile! (2017)
Co-Director, Producer (Short/Fiction)
A young, Latin-American ballerina is edged out by her friends as she trains for an important audition. The film looks at some of the difficulties of growing up as a Latin-American woman in Canadian society as she pursues a career in the arts.
You can hear a full-length interview we did for “House Lights” podcast on the making of the film here.
Funded through the participation of the Ontario Arts Council
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French Poutine (2016)
Co-Director, Producer (Short/Documentary)
Whitney French, Toronto-based poet and educator, takes her typewriter to the streets of Kensington Market’s Pedestrian Sundays event, where she composes poetry for the public.
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The Talent Scout (2015)
Writer, Co-Director (Short/Fiction)
A waitress at a roadside diner meets a talent scout who offers her a shot at Hollywood fame and stardom, all for the low, low price of a hundred bucks.
Screened at: KurzFilm Festival Diessen am Ammersee, 2016 & NSI’s Online Film Festival
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Spool (2015)
Editor, Director (Short/Documentary)
Chronicle of a family vacation in Hawaii, with a focus on the swimming pool.
Screenings: Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, 2016
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The Seventh Art (2013-2015)
Lead Video Editor, Director, 2013-15 (Web series)
An independently produced video magazine about cinema with profiles on interesting aspects of the film industry, video essays and in-depth interviews with filmmakers set in casual environments. (Website)
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Office Tea (2011)
Director (Spec Commercial)
The boss and a subordinate negotiate in code. (Watch)
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Raising Our Voice (2010)
Editor (Documentary)
Film follows a group of low-income immigrants speaking out against racialized poverty in Toronto. (Watch a Clip)
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Soledad (2009)
Co-Writer, Director (Short/Fiction)
A man searches for other survivors in a hazardous, post-apocalyptic world. (Clip)
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Martin Baena 