Writer and Filmmaker
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I’m a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC. On my filmmaker side I make narrative films and music videos. On my writing side I’ve published short stories, essays, and book reviews. I’ve also written novels, feature screenplays, and film theory that are just sitting on my computer as of now but I’d like to publish them too one day. That would be so cool. I love writing.
I’m currently researching and developing a feature film with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
You can read essays I’m writing as part of my research here.
I graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2018 with a BFA in film and literature. Since then I’ve been in VIFF’s Catalyst Program and had my work shown in festivals across the country and my writing published in magazines distributed all over North America.
This is really fun for me and I like doing it. I’m going to keep doing it. Thanks for reading. (Click Email to say you’re welcome).
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Haley Blais performed this song for the first time at her first show since COVID began. The entire crowd sang the outro with her even though no one had ever heard the song before. I think that’s when you know you’ve made what is colloquially known as a “hit record.” This song plunged into everyone’s cerebellum immediately.The version that came out of the studio was anthemic. Haley strung the song with ripping trumpets and off-kilter drum rhythms and her signature operatic theatricality. I find it such an intensly sad song that is so fun to listen to.
Haley always writes songs about herself but this was the most explicit she’d ever been. I wanted to make it clear she wasn’t playing a character or an abstraction in the music video so as extant elements of music video imagery fly past her so do references to her previous work, band mates in her other projects, and (by virtue of them being willing to do a favour for us) all of our friends.