Vancouver Film School

Jane, a formerly suicidal Los Angeles waitress, decides her life does have meaning after all when she finds a gun that was thrown away after a convenience store robbery, starting a life of crime.

A well-meaning but unlucky cop accidentally gets dosed with LSD before his ex-wife's Christmas party, forcing him to navigate surreal hallucinations, awkward family drama, and holiday chaos to prove he's a responsible father and husband.

Teenage years, the best and worst years of our lives. Jeremy is an ordinary teenager, living an ordinary teenage life. Because of his shyness, he fantasizes conversations with his crush, Sean. But what happens when he loses control of something completely in his mind?

After their student documentary project falls apart, the two directors proceed to make a documentary about their failure.

Harvey and Janet Stevens are living the perfect life in the perfect house or so it seems. Janet has been secretly having an affair with Harvey's best friend Frank. What they don't know is Harvey may not be as in the dark as they suspect.

An urban fantasy short of a meek man, his new demonic girlfriend and his vigilante angelic best friend.

Prim and proper mother, Lesley fights hard to resist her addiction to technology whilst battling motherhood and keeping with in the social norms.

During a blizzard on Thanksgiving, a ticket agent with a troubled past is stranded at his small town train station with four strangers, a racist security guard, and his bitter ex-girlfriend.

This short film is a part of Compendium Volume 1: H.P. Lovecraft, a digital publication including films, games, and text into a groundbreaking interactive experience.

A middle-aged man on the brink of divorce gets stalked by a blue chair that refuses to go away.

Fears are visible as constant companions of their owners. These creatures can make people's lives more difficult, but they can also be very useful.

"Rockatiers" documents two friends, Glen McConnell and Stephen Goulet, who share a passion for creating the mind-boggling rock sculptures the seem to defy gravity.

Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse. Produced by Samantha Jewell, Lindsey Mann, Justin Simon and Aliya Tarmo through the VFS Compendium series and Directed by Nicholas Humphries (Riese: Kingdom Falling), The Little Mermaid is a twisted re-imagining of the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.

A pilot, travelling through space, returns from a mission...

While fleeing from an apocalyptic mist, Ana and Adam are forced to confront an eternal dilemma: to keep running or to cherish what's left.

This is a story about George. A novelist who is retreating for peace and quiet at his summer home in the woods. We follow him through his abrupt writer's block where nothing he writes seems to be good enough. Soon after he hears music coming from the forest and is later acquainted with Daisy, who is a mystical child. She mimics George's self conscious and brings him back on the road to creativity, through reminding him of a much simpler time when he was a kid.

A mentally unstable young woman escapes into a fantasy of domestic bliss inside a secluded cabin, but when her imaginary husband urges her to confront reality, she must decide between healing and the safety of her delusion.

Set in medieval Norway, a young Viking woman named Sigrid must fight to survive when violent raiders invade her homeland.

Best friends Tyla and Lily spend their last weekend before college at a cabin, navigating friendship, insecurity, and the pull of adolescence. Tyla wants memories and adventure; Lily wants to feel seen without competing for attention. Their playful banter masks deeper fears of being left behind. As a boy becomes a wedge, unspoken truths rise. Growing up might mean growing apart.