These one-day shoots are called “VOICE” and are professionally produced 5 minute productions designed to showcase the writer’s voice and potential of a feature script in development. These are a carefully crafted moment or scene that connects an audience to what’s at the heart of the writer’s feature. These pieces will be screened at an Industry Showcase event for The Norman Jewison Film Program and will eventually be available online through the CFC’s YouTube channel for further viewing.

BIO
Brianna Russell (she/her) is a queer filmmaker from Clarke’s Beach, NL. Her work focuses on queerness in media, genre filmmaking, as well as the history and folklore of her childhood home. Brianna’s films have premiered at national and international film festivals, including the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, the Atlantic International Film Festival, and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. She was a quarterfinalist in the Outstanding Screenplay Competition for her feature film script POSTER CHILD. Her short of the same name premiered at the Closing Night Gala of SJIWFF and was a finalist in the 18th season of the CBC Short Film Face Off. In 2024, Brianna was selected to make a PictureStart short film entitled ‘Black Hole,’ which is currently entering the festival circuit. Brianna is the 2022 recipient of the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award, an alumni of the WIDC Career Advancement Module, and a participant in the 2024 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab. She is currently a member of the 2025 CFC’s Norman Jewison Writers’ Lab.

A desperate woman attempts to steal her husband’s organs, in order to save the life of her ex-lover: a thoracic surgeon dying of lung cancer.