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).
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Angus SwanteeDirector
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Walter ForsythDirector
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Angus SwanteeWriter
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Walter ForsythWriter
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Craig GunnWriter
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Pamela SeggerWriter
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Pamela SeggerProducer
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Craig GunnKey Cast"Preston"
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Holly StevensKey Cast"Tanya"
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Dale BellefontaineKey Cast"Demon"
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Christopher BallCinematographerCamera Operator for The Lighthouse, Mr. D, Anne with an E, Haven, Jesse Stone, October 1970
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Darren FungScore2019 Canadian Screen Award: Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series The Nature of Things For "Equus: Story of the Horse".
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Shawn BeckwithEditorRoller Town, (vimeo staff pick) Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:horror comedy
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Runtime:7 minutes
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Completion Date:July 31, 2019
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Toronto After Dark (TAD)Toronto
Canada
October 19, 2019
Ontario Premiere
Official Selection -
Nevermore Film FestivalDurham, North Carolina
United States
February 28, 2020
North Carolina Premiere
Official Selection -
Faux Film FestivalPortland, Oregon
United States
September 11, 2020
Award: BEST HORROR -
RevengeFestChicago
United States
October 30, 2020
AWARD: Audience Choice -
7th Siding Festival of FilmCreston, BC
Canada
November 14, 2020
AWARD: Best Canadian Comedy Horror -
SoHo Horror Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
March 6, 2021
Official Selection -
NOLA Horror Film FestNew Orleans, LA
United States
September 25, 2020
Official Selection -
Fargo Fantastic Film FestivalFargo, North Dakota
United States
October 15, 2020
Official Selection -
Carnival of Darkness: The Haunted Pamlico Film FestivalWashington, NC
United States
October 8, 2020 -
Slasher Film FestivalPeoria, Illinois
United States
March 13, 2020
Illinois Premiere
Official Selection -
Sin City Horror Film FestivalLas Vegas, Nevada
United States
September 22, 2020
Official Selection -
Dawson City International Short Film FestivalDawson City, Yukon
Canada
October 10, 2020
Yukon Premiere
Official Selection -
Festival Boca do InfernoSão Paulo
Brazil
November 14, 2020
Brazil Premiere
Official Selection -
FIN Atlantic Film FestivalHalifax
Canada
September 15, 2019
Official Selection -
Austin After DarkAustin, Texas
United States
June 14, 2020
Texas premiere
Nominee: Best Horror Comedy Screenplay -
Cabane A SangMontreal
Canada
April 18, 2020
Quebec Premiere
Official Selection -
A Slice of Fright Film FestivalBay City, Michigan
United States
October 12, 2019
Award: Audience Favorite Runner-Up -
Charlottetown Film FestivalCharlottetown
Canada
October 25, 2019
Official Selection -
The Film Club TorontoToronto, Ontario
Canada
August 16, 2020
Best SFX & MKUP -
The Indie Horror Film FestivalDeKalb, 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 FestNew Westminster, BC
Canada
September 18, 2020
Official Selection -
Creature Feature Competition & FestivalTampa, FL
United States
October 30, 2020
Official Selection -
FesterfestButte, Montana
United States
October 31, 2020
Official Selection -
Stuff MX Film Festival
Mexico
December 31, 2020
Official Selection -
Bite Night PresentsMaine
United States
February 20, 2021
Movie of the Month June 2021 -
Ottawa Spookshow and Fantastic Film FestivalOttawa, Ontario
Canada
February 25, 2021
Official Selection -
Horror Lust Film Festival
United Kingdom
March 1, 2021
Official Selection -
Reel Shorts Film FestivalGrande Prarie
Canada
April 26, 2021
Official Selection -
Okotoks Film FestivalOkotoks, Alberta
Canada
June 4, 2021
Official Selection -
Fantasm's Shock Reel Cinema Film FestivalOrlando
United States
October 1, 2021
Official Selection
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.