film & video
departures
my favourite projects from the past few years.
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CONTRADANCE
Narrative Short, 2026.
CONTRADANCE (2027)
The empire is collapsing. The stars are dying. And in the middle of it all, a girl builds a spaceship in a field and falls in love, or else.
An original feature film.
Checkered Out
Narrative Short, 2026
Checkered Out (2026)
Two hands brush in passing. A lovestruck, amateur stalker is born as Red spirals into eclectic and painfully obvious obsession. Will she continue to wait and watch, or shed her grandiose disguise and get the girl?
An original short film.
Wild Goose Chase
Narrative Short, 2026.
Wild Goose Chase (2026)
Twenty minutes before the most important job interview of his life, Matt has to track down the baby his flaky brother lost somewhere on campus, and prove, to absolutely no one’s surprise, that he’s still not as employable as he thinks.
An original short film.
ORNOASIS
Narrative Short, 2026.
ORNOASIS (2026)
A birdwatcher is blindsided by the eccentric
endeavours of an unconventional nature retreat.
An original short film.
THE ENGLAND NOTEBOOK
Documentary Short, 2026.
THE ENGLAND NOTEBOOK (2026)
A notebook made to hold a trip through England becomes something else entirely: a record of a man tracing home across every place he’s ever left, trying to figure out what the word even means when leaving is the only thing he’s ever been good at.
An original documentary.
Slowburn
Music Video, 2025.
Slowburn (2026)
A music video for Vancouver, BC band Luxury Sport Sedan, made with borrowed gear and zero experience, in service of a song about the same thing: just being yourself, and meaning it.
A music video.
Luxury Sport Sedan
Band Client, 2024-
Luxury Sport Sedan
Vancouver, BC based alternative rock band — one of my recurring clients.
Wishbone
Band Client, 2025-
Wishbone
Vancouver, BC based alternative rock band — one of my recurring clients.
Five Stories
Web Series, 2025.
Five Stories (2025)
An eight-part episodic art film about what we find when we leave, and what we carry when we do. blending montage, spoken word, and experimental forms, Five Stories drifts through border towns, ferry terminals, and all the in-between places we pass through in search of someplace to call home.
An original web series.
LIVE FREE OR DIE
Documentary Short, 2025.
LIVE FREE OR DIE (2025)
An indie documentary series chronicling a four year adventure across North America. each episode consists of autobiographical vignettes that together form a linear storyline about home, memory, and motion.
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING
Narrative Short, 2025
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING (2025)
…it’s keeping on the road that counts.
A short film created in association with Camp Studios to promote the release of Baron Ryan’s feature Two Sleepy People. IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING traces a personal narrative of becoming and explores the magic of creation through a distinctly internet-age cinematic lens.
Vault of Heaven
Documentary Short, 2027.
Vault of Heaven (2027)
A trip to document the last holdout of the Soviet Union becomes something else entirely — a confrontation with a war on the horizon, and an uncomfortable reckoning with what it means to travel toward someone else’s collapse.
Better Beings
Narrative Short, 2026.
COMING SOON!
SoundGuys & Android Authority
Video Journalism, 2024-
SoundGuys and Android Authority
Some of my favourite projects I worked on for the SoundGuys & Android Authority YouTube channels, two of the largest consumer tech publications in the world.
Puddy Waters
Documentary, 2026.
Puddy Waters (2026)
A documentary about whether a band can make an album without each other becomes, almost by accident, a documentary about whether its filmmaker can make anything without them either.
arrivals
my favourite projects from over the years. completed (at least for now).
No Joy in Mudville (2025)
when a burned-out filmmaker and a self-destructive musician collide in a city built on ambition and emotional repression, their passionate affair becomes a refuge from the noise, and a trap they can’t escape. as their love deepens, so does the cost of staying. to become who they were meant to be, they must destroy the world they’ve built together. an original screenplay.
Say Less (2025)
a girl’s miming hobby gets a little out of hand. created in 10 days in collaboration with crash test cinema, a festival by citr 101.9fm at the university of british columbia. cinematography and editing by me.
First Year (2023)
a short film about what it means to be alive.
A Pig in a Cage on Antibiotics (2023)
when a man dares to question a totalitarian system built on social status and obedience, he sparks a quiet revolution — but in a world of android-like citizens, his defiance may cost him everything. an original screenplay adapted for theatre.
Ad Astra (2023)
a short film celebrating the high school experience.
Frequencies of Sound (2024)
an explainer video made in association with SoundGuys, an online tech publication.
Insecurity in the Rainbow Nation (2022)
a video exposé on the history of collective insecurity in south africa.
Silent Killers of the Great War (2021)
a short documentary on the rise of mechanised warfare.
Bishop Carroll High School (2021)
a promotional video for the religious studies department at Bishop Carroll High School of the Calgary Catholic School District.
Something New (2020)
2019 – a year in review.
The Ansel Tan Archive (2015-2018)
a collection of montages from the first prototype of my youtube channel.