- Brenna Goodwin-McCabe is a versatile writer and director with a keen interest in Gothic horror. She has presented writing at McGill, Dalhousie, and the University of British Columbia, where she completed her grant awarded Masters of English degree with a thesis on Mary Shelley and Guillermo del Toro.
In 2020, Brenna established Hearth Pictures with her first horror short, "Half Full" (2021), followed by "The Still" (2022). "Half Full" won honourable mention at the Vancouver Badass Film Festival (2022), and "The Still" premiered at the Toronto Indie Horror Festival (2022).
She continued by Writing, Directing, and Executive Producing the short "I Can't Go On" (2023) with the Crazy8s organization, which won Best Foreign Short Award at La Femme International Film Festival (2023), and Outstanding Screenplay, Cinematography, and Directing at the Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival (2024). "I Can't Go On" also won four prestigious Leo Awards, including Best Direction of a Short Drama, and is being developed as a feature film.
In addition to filmmaking, Brenna publishes critical film analysis through her blog "You Remind Me of the Frame" (youremindmeoftheframe.ca), writing about some of her favourite works. These include "Pan's Labyrinth", "Phantom of the Paradise", "Mad Max: Fury Road", "Twin Peaks", and "Labyrinth".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Brenna Goodwin-McCabe
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