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.

Following her father’s death, Olivia notices her childhood home has begun to shift and change, manifesting her inner thoughts before her eyes.

She was as innocent as a dove, soaring through the blue sky. Then she met him, and got caught in the Crossfire.

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?

Barb, an emotionally unstable mother, attempts to leave her family after she accuses her husband Ken of cooking their pet turtle and feeding it to her and their infant. However, Barb is coerced to stay when Ken reminds her she has no where left to turn.

The memories of a man and a woman come to life through photography and animation.

After narrowly avoiding a car crash, John is haunted by visions of a gaunt man in a decomposing suit.

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.

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

Gafur - an extreme Muslim who was brought up to view all aspects of earthly life as an investment in the afterlife. He runs into a streetwalker who looks exactly like his wife (if she were to wear make-up and seductive clothing). He takes a second glance, and, in horror, realizes that the woman could truly be his wife's identical twin. After a period of spiritual struggle, Gafur considers this a sign from God and decides to take on the mission of "saving" this woman from her perverted and sinful life. Stepping out of his secluded life, he spends time with the identical twin and experiences the outside world for the first time. This experience slowly drives Gafur into delusion and paranoia.

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

An Orthodox pilgrim embarks on a transformative experience to a hidden temple in Mount Meru, where his long-awaited encounter with his the Everlasting propels him into a mystical journey, challenging his deepest beliefs about faith, love, and the very fabric of existence.

Robbie, an awkward newly turned vampire, needs to feed on a human for the first time even though he is terrified about it, so he seeks the help of a more experienced vampire who unknowingly sets him up with a vampire hunter.

In order to impress the schools fashionistas, McKenna, an underprivileged loner, finds a dead fox on the side of the road sparking an idea in her to use roadkill to create the clothes she can’t afford.

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

A comedy about an actress on a chaotic film set who really needs to go pee but the egocentric director doesn't let her go as she wants to finish the scene right away.

A young boy embarks on a quest to return a very important notebook after it was left at his grandmother's bookstore.

A man is troubled by the worms inside his body. He seeks to rid himself of them, only to find out that the solution is not what he expects.

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.