Short Film Projects — Cameron Mackenzie

SHORT FILM PROJECTS | 2019- PRESENT | This collection highlights selected short films I have edited since late 2019.

Forest Echoes | 2024

Editor | Written and Directed by Eva Grant

Digital | colour | RED 5K | 18:30

A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Forest Echoes follows Echo and Wild, two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds but also offers them a chance to heal.

Official Selection, Victoria Film Festival, 2025 Official Selection, Santa Fe International Film Festival, 2024 Official Selection, Mirada Corta Short Film Festival, 2024 Official Selection, Skin Fest, 2024 Official Selection, RE Focus Fund, 2024

Developed with TELUS STORYHIVE, Creative BC, and ImagineNATIVE

Коріння | 2023

Editor | directed by Liliya Syvytska

Digita| b + w | dance, experimental | 11:00

Коріння (Roots) is a Ukranian experimental short film that explores emotional stages of displacement caused by war.

Distributed by Directors Notes, 2023
Official Selection Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity, 2024
Official Selection Kyiv Boutique Festival, 2024

Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/897317859

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The Gentle Hum of Spring | 2022

Editor | written and directed by Simon Garez

Digital | colour | Blackmagic Cinema Camera | 10:00

As the spring thaw approaches in Saskatchewan, a young beekeeper struggles to maintain his bee colonies.

Made with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, SK Arts, SK Filmpool, and Fransaskois cultural council.

Telefilm ‘Not Short on Talent’ Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2023 - Official Selection, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2023 Official Selection, RIFFA Regina International Film Festival, 2023 Winner - Best Saskatchewan short film Official Selection, Vienna Short Film Festival, 2023 Official Selection, Tacoma Film Festival, 2023 Official Selection, Santa Monica International Film Festival, 2023 Official Selection, Athens International Film and Video Festival, 2023 Official Selection, Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, 2023 Official Selection, Festival International Du Cinema, Francophone en acade, 2023 Official Selection, Courts d’un soir Festival, 2023 Official Selection Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, 2022 Official Selection, Fin Atlantic International Film Festival, 2022

Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/775153114/147c0e725f (please contact Cameron for the password)

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In Search Of | 2020

Editor | written and directed by Valentyn Korotkevych

Digital, 8mm film | colour, b + w | RED EPIC 5K, Super 8 | experimental

An elastic manipulation of memory through form.

Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/546232619 Password: insearchoffilm

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Silent | 2020

Editor | written and directed by Valentyn Korotkevych

Digital | colour, b + w | RED EPIC 5K | narrative, experimental | 8:05

A homeless boy relives the day that will inform his future.

Official Selection, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection, River Bend Film Festival, 2020