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Grave Sight

Grave-robbing Tanya, with her precious hubby Preston in tow, unearths a cursed ring and unleashes a powerful demon hellbent to get it back by any means necessary.

Official selection of 31 festivals: Toronto After Dark, the Atlantic International Film Festival, Reel Shorts Film Festival, NOLA Horror, Fargo Fantastic Film Festival, Charlottetown Film Festival, Slice of Fright, Nevermore Film Festival, Slasher Film Festival, Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Cabane a Sang Film Festival, Austin After Dark, The Indie Horror Film Fest, The Film Club Toronto, Film 4 Fun Comedy Fest, New West Film Fest, Carnival of Darkness: The Haunted Pamlico Film Festival, Sin City Horror Film Festival, Festival Boca do Inferno, Revenge Fest, 7th Siding Festival of Film, Creature Feature Competition & Festival, Festerfest, Stuff MX Film Festival, SoHo Horror Film Festival, Bite Night Presents, Ottawa Spookshow and Fantastic Film Festival, Horror Lust Film Festival, Okotoks Film Festival, Fantasm's Shock Reel Cinema Film Festival and Faux Film Festival.

Grave Sight won the Best Horror award at the Faux Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award at Revenge Fest, the Audience Favorite Runner-Up Award (Slice of Fright Fest), Best SFX & MKUP at Film Club Toronto, Best Canadian Comedy Horror at 7th Siding Film Festival, Movie of the Month for June 2021 at Bite Nights Film Fest and was a nominee for Best Horror Comedy Screenplay (Austin After Dark).

  • Angus Swantee
    Director
  • Walter Forsyth
    Director
  • Angus Swantee
    Writer
  • Walter Forsyth
    Writer
  • Craig Gunn
    Writer
  • Pamela Segger
    Writer
  • Pamela Segger
    Producer
  • Craig Gunn
    Key Cast
    "Preston"
  • Holly Stevens
    Key Cast
    "Tanya"
  • Dale Bellefontaine
    Key Cast
    "Demon"
  • Christopher Ball
    Cinematographer
    Camera Operator for The Lighthouse, Mr. D, Anne with an E, Haven, Jesse Stone, October 1970
  • Darren Fung
    Score
    2019 Canadian Screen Award: Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series The Nature of Things For "Equus: Story of the Horse".
  • Shawn Beckwith
    Editor
    Roller Town, (vimeo staff pick) Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    horror comedy
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 31, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Toronto After Dark (TAD)
    Toronto
    Canada
    October 19, 2019
    Ontario Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Nevermore Film Festival
    Durham, North Carolina
    United States
    February 28, 2020
    North Carolina Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Faux Film Festival
    Portland, Oregon
    United States
    September 11, 2020
    Award: BEST HORROR
  • RevengeFest
    Chicago
    United States
    October 30, 2020
    AWARD: Audience Choice
  • 7th Siding Festival of Film
    Creston, BC
    Canada
    November 14, 2020
    AWARD: Best Canadian Comedy Horror
  • SoHo Horror Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    March 6, 2021
    Official Selection
  • NOLA Horror Film Fest
    New Orleans, LA
    United States
    September 25, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
    Fargo, North Dakota
    United States
    October 15, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Carnival of Darkness: The Haunted Pamlico Film Festival
    Washington, NC
    United States
    October 8, 2020
  • Slasher Film Festival
    Peoria, Illinois
    United States
    March 13, 2020
    Illinois Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Sin City Horror Film Festival
    Las Vegas, Nevada
    United States
    September 22, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Dawson City International Short Film Festival
    Dawson City, Yukon
    Canada
    October 10, 2020
    Yukon Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Boca do Inferno
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    November 14, 2020
    Brazil Premiere
    Official Selection
  • FIN Atlantic Film Festival
    Halifax
    Canada
    September 15, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Austin After Dark
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    June 14, 2020
    Texas premiere
    Nominee: Best Horror Comedy Screenplay
  • Cabane A Sang
    Montreal
    Canada
    April 18, 2020
    Quebec Premiere
    Official Selection
  • A Slice of Fright Film Festival
    Bay City, Michigan
    United States
    October 12, 2019
    Award: Audience Favorite Runner-Up
  • Charlottetown Film Festival
    Charlottetown
    Canada
    October 25, 2019
    Official Selection
  • The Film Club Toronto
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada
    August 16, 2020
    Best SFX & MKUP
  • The Indie Horror Film Festival
    DeKalb, Illinois
    United States
    September 4, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Film 4 Fun - International Comedy Short Film Festival

    Romania
    July 30, 2020
    Official Selection
  • New West Film Fest
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada
    September 18, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Creature Feature Competition & Festival
    Tampa, FL
    United States
    October 30, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Festerfest
    Butte, Montana
    United States
    October 31, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Stuff MX Film Festival

    Mexico
    December 31, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Bite Night Presents
    Maine
    United States
    February 20, 2021
    Movie of the Month June 2021
  • Ottawa Spookshow and Fantastic Film Festival
    Ottawa, Ontario
    Canada
    February 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Horror Lust Film Festival

    United Kingdom
    March 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Reel Shorts Film Festival
    Grande Prarie
    Canada
    April 26, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Okotoks Film Festival
    Okotoks, Alberta
    Canada
    June 4, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Fantasm's Shock Reel Cinema Film Festival
    Orlando
    United States
    October 1, 2021
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Angus Swantee, Walter Forsyth

Angus Swantee has written, directed and/or produced horror shorts that have screened at over 100 festivals worldwide - including Sitges, Fantastic Fest and Telluride Horror Show to name a few. The films have won a number of awards, including Best Horror Comedy at the Canadian Comedy Awards.

Walter Forsyth is a filmmaker, programmer and film fan. He currently works for the Lunenburg Doc Fest, has programmed for the Atlantic International Film Festival, co-founded the Canadian Surf Film Festival, volunteered for the Sundance Film Fest and initiated the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, now in its 14th year.

At TIFF Talent Lab participant and CTV Banff Fellow, Walter has written and directed several award winning short films and documentaries including The Luckiest Most Unlucky Man in the World, LSD 25 and The June Bug Symphony (Hot Docs) as well as several episodes of the digital comedy series, Everyone's Famous. He won TIFF's 2011 Pitch This! and received a 2012 Sundance Doc Fund. Walter produced the feature documentary, Cubers and the short film, How to Be Alone, which has been viewed over eight million times on YouTube, as well as the award winning dramatic feature, The Disappeared and Everyone's Famous, both nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards. He produced Ingrid and the Black Hole (2016 Cannes FF Not Short on Talent), Boyclops (TIFF) and There’s a Flower in My Pedal (TIFF Honourable Mention). He co-wrote and co-directed the horror comedy, Grave Sight, currently on the festival circuit.

His feature script, Shred, was part of Whistler’s Feature Film Lab, AFF’s Script Development Program, the PEI Bootcamp, the Los Cabos Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund and the 2018 Trans Atlantic Partners Co-Production Program. His music video, Scott Pilgrim, was turned into a graphic novel series and the Universal feature film, Scott Pilgrim Versus the World.

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