Projects

Serenity Spa

Dir. Gillian Fortin

In a future where desire is engineered and women are consumed as experiences, one captive struggles to remain human inside a paradise built on male appetite.

The Start of a Problem

Dir. Ali Mashayekhi

As political unrest engulfs a nation, a fractured family's private quest for revenge collides with the public chaos around them, exposing the devastating cost of violence, loyalty, and generational division.

American Ingenuity

Dir. Ali Mashayekhi

In a dystopian future where language proficiency dictates survival, a young woman is selected for a high-stakes job handling global complaints for a faceless AI corporation—only to face a moral dilemma when a final call forces her to confront the cost of human efficiency in a world devoid of empathy.

The Line

Dir. Gillian Fortin

Assigned to monitor a notorious prisoner under strict orders never to speak to him, a young guard slowly unravels as the man begins weaponizing the voice already inside her head.

Alarie Alienated

Dir. Gillian Fortin

After being erased from her daughter's life, a woman's fractured search for identity unfolds through memory, fantasy, and the role she can no longer stop performing.

A Simple Solution

In this darkly comedic allegory for the strife between women and the Iranian government both past and present, after a nervous breakdown results in deadly consequences, three estranged adult sisters must work together to dispose of a dead body from a crowded apartment building in Tehran, Iran.

Famished

Written by Gillian Fortin & Ali Mashayekhi

As the world is consumed by corruption and unrest, a fractured family gathers for one final supper, unaware that the estranged son they summoned home carries an ancient hunger sent to pass judgment on a world consumed by sin.

Untitled Documentary

From the temples of Mesopotamia to the workshops of Florence and the academies of Paris, to a new Indigenous-led studio in Northern Ontario, this documentary traces how the spaces we build to create have always shaped how we think, learn, and imagine—and asks what becomes of human knowledge when the studio itself enters the age of AI.

She Who Carries

Written by Gillian Fortin

An elevated horror rooted in folklore, body horror, and psychological terror. Drawing on the myth of the Whore of Babylon and centuries of suppressed feminine strength, the film positions itself alongside A24-style horror (Hereditary, The Witch). With its mix of historical resonance and visceral cinematic tension, it appeals to festival audiences and genre fans seeking horror with depth, meaning, and unforgettable imagery.

Someone's Coming

Written by Ali Mashayekhi

A raw, gnarly grindhouse creature feature in the tradition of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, and House of 1000 Corpses. The film fuses sleaze and spectacle with a modern edge, where unlikely survivors — porn stars and corrupt businessmen — unite against a monstrous family secret. Perfect for genre festivals, midnight screenings, and horror audiences craving blood-soaked chaos with a twisted sense of fun.

Highway 17B

Written by Gillian Fortin & Dan Abramovici

A gritty Northern Ontario crime drama that blends the visceral intensity of Fargo and Euphoria with the female-driven rebellion of Thelma & Louise. Targeting women 25–45, crime enthusiasts, and audiences drawn to stories of resilience, addiction, and power dynamics, the film delivers both genre thrills and sharp social commentary. A Canadian story with global reach, primed for festivals and streaming platforms hungry for authentic, place-rooted narratives.

The Dwelling

Written by Kaveh Mohebbi

When a fractured expedition arrives on a remote Japanese island searching for a missing man and a tribe untouched by modern civilization, they discover a mysterious house that traps each visitor inside personalized realities—forcing them to confront grief, addiction, regret, and the selves they cannot escape.

Rapture

Written by Donna Banks

When a devout thirteen-year-old girl with a learning disability claims she was impregnated by God, a young priest becomes consumed by the possibility of a miracle—triggering suspicion, scandal, and a town-wide reckoning over faith, sexuality, and who gets believed.

Dr. Varin Experiment

Written by Gillian Fortin

In 1950s Montreal, grief-stricken psychiatrist Dr. Elias Varin becomes entangled in a secret CIA program testing LSD on psychiatric patients. Obsessed with transcending the human ego, he blurs the line between science and delusion — creating a monster in his patient and, ultimately, within himself.

Still Waters

Written by Gillian Fortin (Story by Gillian Fortin & Dr. Dan Malleck)

After the First World War, a grieving nurse transforms a remote border town into a bootlegging kingdom, drawing the attention of gangsters, police, and the darkness within herself.

Serenity Spa

Written by Gillian Fortin

In a near-future city where male loneliness has become a billion-dollar industry, a kidnapped nurse is trapped inside a luxury wellness empire that traffics women as therapy, while a grieving widower enters as a client—unaware he is stepping into the machine that killed his wife.

The Nursery

Written by Gillian Fortin

After Earth collapses, a war survivor reaches the last human colony on the moon while secretly pregnant with a child conceived outside its design — forcing the remnants of humanity to confront what they lost trying to perfect themselves.

Community Complex

Written by Gillian Fortin

In the aftermath of a global nuclear fallout, a desperate couple seeks refuge in the subterranean utopia of the Community Complex, governed by an authoritarian regime enforcing strict civic duty and pervasive surveillance. As they uncover the regime's covert agenda to engineer a 'new and improved' humanity amidst dwindling fertility and looming extinction, they must defy the regime's grip and embark on a perilous journey to embrace true freedom.

Null

Written by Gillian Fortin

In a sealed future society that erased gender in the name of peace, a loyal state administrator begins transforming back into a woman and discovers the seventeen-year-old breeder she oversees is the daughter she was made to forget. As the regime prepares to sell the girl beyond the wall, she must reclaim her stolen identity and expose the lie that has sustained their utopia for generations.