Aced It

“Aced It” follows the story of Ace as she navigates a media fuelled over-sexualized world from an asexual lens which she has yet to realize.

  • Lucy Belgum
    Director
    The Horror in the Fog, Stranding, In Production, In This House, Latchkey Sibs, The Fixer, Jim N Rex
  • Hools Kay Wyder
    Writer
    #BasicBaes, Forever Alone, Female Therapy
  • Madelaine Rose
    Producer
    Home Suite Home, Social Witches, Can You Hear Me, On Hold
  • Natasha Advani Thangkhiew
    Producer
    Coloured Emotions, The Whipping Boy, Mirror, What Can Indian Look Like
  • Hools Kay Wyder
    Key Cast
    "Ace"
    #BasicBaes, Forever Alone, Female Therapy
  • Amanda Cordner
    Key Cast
    "Isabelle"
    Sort Of, Body So Florescent, The Expanse, Baroness von Sketch, Slo Pitch
  • Ucal Shillingford
    Key Cast
    "Timothy"
    Bakugan: Battle Planet, R.O.I, Song & Story: Amazing Grace, The Dating App Chronicles, Sex/Life
  • Carol Huska
    Key Cast
    "Whisper 1"
    Baroness Von Sketch, Heartland, The Boys
  • Jessica Wareing
    Key Cast
    "Whisper 2"
    Terms of Employment, Enchanted Mafia: Dark City
  • Scott Garland
    Key Cast
    "Damien"
    Workin' Moms, Mayor of Kingstown, What Kills Hitman, Titans, Killjoys
  • Florian Francois
    Key Cast
    "Waiter"
    Canadian Reflections, La Switch, Did You?!, Roncontres
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 34 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 5, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    6,333 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Lucy Belgum

Lucy Belgum is a Toronto-based Transgender director known for their wit and creativity. A light-hearted military brat who spent their childhood moving all over the place before finally settling in Ontario as they entered their teens. As a child, Lucy looked to Cinema to provide a base constant and sense of stability in her life and now works as a filmmaker that aims to make movies that revel in fantasy, the absurd and the wondrous. She finds nothing more boring than the real world and always looks for heightened reality or to twist perception in everything she creates. Working in Toronto, she has spent many years either directing, producing or writing and is currently represented by Real Life Pictures as a writer and director.

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Director Statement

I was aiming for a whimsical pseudo-fantasy with the film, which felt playful but also ironic in how it handled the story in question. It was meant to be silly while devastating, funny while sad, campy while serious, and so on and so forth. This is a film about fighting yourself and knowing that you can't overcome yourself alone. Isolation is what our worst thoughts and feelings thrive in. This film is about someone who is able to be vulnerable and what it means to be there for someone else and help them be the best person that they want to it. It's wholesome, it’s funny, it’s cute, but at the end of the day, it's a story that is highly relatable to anyone who had to figure themselves out. We all have an Isabelle, we've all been an Ace and we've all been yelled at by our whispers.