Thirteen-year-old Rein, tormented by toxic beauty standards, is terrified of never measuring up. When she stumbles across an unconventional and disturbing way to lose weight, Rein thinks she’s found a fast track to perfection…but ends up biting off more than she can chew.
Stephanie has appeared on CW’s “The 100”, Netflix’s “Firefly Lane”, Lifetime’s “A Mother’s Fury”, and is in her third season as Central City’s sweetest cop Officer Daisy Korber on CW’s “The Flash”. As a writer and director, Stephanie’s first horror short “Live Feed” won Scariest Film at its inaugural festival, Blood ‘N Guts in 2019. Since then, its enjoyed screenings at festivals across Canada and the US. Her follow-up screenplay Parabola was recently shortlisted at the 2021 Austin Film Festival. She has a BFA from Bishops University and is a graduate of Studio 58.
Toby has a BFA with distinction from Syracuse University (NY). She lived in LA until 2019, working as an actor and writer. Her notable acting credits include “Suck It Up” which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2017, “A Teacher” (FX) and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (CW). She currently lives in Vancouver.
After over a decade of writing, performing and recording music, Kevin Keegan quickly applied his music industry experience into producing music videos and short films. With the aid of Canada Council for the Arts as well as FACTOR, Kevin has had the opportunity to efficiently work with budgets on 8 music videos including, “Forever Unsung” and “Of sound and Fury” by Dead Quiet and, “No Easy Way Out” and “Heavy Steps” by Comeback Kid. Having experienced being a producer on all of these endeavors as well as 2 short films; “Nature’s Jim” and “Boss” (Just For Laughs Shorts Official selection), Kevin is looking forward to the next chapter of his film career as more opportunities present themselves.
Lori is an award-winning actor, producer, writer, and director who lives and works on the unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Tsleil-Waututh and Qayqayt First Nations. She has produced 12 shorts that have screened at several short film competitions, including the Leo award-nominated “Red Eye” which was shot with an all-female cast and crew and screened at the Cannes Court Metrage. Lori attended the Banff World Media Festival as part of the inaugural Diversity of Voices Initiative. In 2019 she produced “A Pregnant Woman”, which was selected as part of the Harold Greenberg/Creative BC Shorts program. This film is currently in the festival circuit. In the fall of 2020, she acted as UPM and producer on Mike Jackson’s independent film “Time Helmet”. This project is currently in post-production. Lori is also co-founder of Frolicking Divas Productions, a theatre company focused on female dominated works that has been on the Vancouver theatre scene since 2009.
Nic Altobelli is a freelance producer based in Vancouver and Los Angeles. Prior to diving into media production, they completed a Bachelor of Science Degree at a prestigious University and gained invaluable experience managing teams of over one hundred volunteers and planning international trips with Habitat for Humanity. They have also worked for the government and in brand ambassador roles, gaining experience with policy and communications. In the past 6 months, they have produced two short films and one music video. They have several projects on the horizon for early 2022; including the Crazy8s short ‘Consumer’.
Keara Barnes is an award-winning actor/writer/producer and emerging director from Vancouver, B.C. She holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. Over the past eight years as a professional performer, she has amassed almost 50 performing credits in both film/tv and theatre, as well as lent her voice to over a dozen voiceover projects.
As a filmmaker, Keara is the writer/producer of multiple short films, most recently A Midwinter Nightmare (which she also starred in) and which is an eight-time award-winner including “Best Romantic Comedy” at the 2021 Oregon Short Film Festival and for which Keara was nominated “Best Actress” at the 2021 Chilliwack Independent Film Festival and won “Best Actress” at the 2021 Montreal Independent Film Festival. Her newest film, The Stepmom, which she wrote, produced, directed and acted in, was adapted for the screen from her award-winning one-woman theatrical show and is set to tour the film festival circuit this year.
