A graduate of the Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre, award-winning writer and director Liz Cairns’ short films have played at festivals internationally, including TIFF, Austin Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin, Female Eye Film Festival and VIFF, among others. VIFF Programmer, Curtis Woloschuk commented on Liz’s ability to “elicit remarkable performances.” In 2017, Liz was invited to the Berlinale Short Film Station at the Berlinale, one of ten participants selected out of thousands of applicants, to develop the script for her short film Animals Don’t Commit Suicide (currently in post-production). In 2019, Liz’s feature project Inedia was short-listed for the Sundance Screenwriting Lab.Currently being developed by producer Tyler Hagan of Experimental Forest Films Inedia will go into production in the Fall of 2021. Liz is also an in-demand production designer, working on a wide range of projects. She was the production designer on Never Steady, Never Still (TIFF 2017) and The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (Berlinale 2019). She has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award and Leo Award for her work.
WIDC Alumna:
2020-2021 Story & Leadership
Location: Vancouver, BC
Genres: drama
Formats (Produced): short film
Formats (In Development): feature film
Affiliations: CFC
Agent: Carl Liberman, The Characters Agency
Location: Vancouver, BC
Genres: drama
Formats (Produced): short film
Formats (In Development): feature film
Affiliations: CFC
Agent: Carl Liberman, The Characters Agency
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