Fireworks Logo

Latest Shorts...

  • Little One
  • Ismay - 'Stranger in the Barn'
  • Chappell Roan: Casual
  • Worst Date, Best Date
  • My Condolences to Your Future Lovers
  • What I'm Hiding from You...
  • I Know Two Boys
  • Halfway
  • Cursive
  • Safety State
  • YDHTLM: You Don't Have to Like Me
  • For the Ones Stuck at Home
  • Maika Küster: Wtchsong
  • Out of the Corner of Our Eye
  • Pride is not available in your region
  • Cul Riculum Vitae
  • Batter My Heart
  • 13 grammes
  • Frisky Business
  • Pacemaker
  • Ausência
  • Best Wishes
  • Bro
  • Camderina Diner (The)
  • Other Side of Clean (The)
  • altSHIFT Volume One
  • Male Gaze: A Better Tomorrow (The)
  • Hangry
  • Strange Way of Life
  • Troy
  • Revived
  • Lollygag
  • Bleach
  • Dykes on Bikes: An Origin Story
  • Betty and Jean
  • Malcolm
  • Talent (The)
  • Just Passing
  • First Kiss (The)
  • Bubbling

Sweet Affliction

Country: Canada, Language: English, 8 mins

  • Director: Jess Lee
  • Writer: Anna Leventhal
  • Producer: Jonathan Beaulieu Cyr; Carol Fernandes

CGiii Comment

It takes 'creepy' to an entirely different place!

It's deadpan funny...with a sinister undercurrent!


Watch...

Sweet Affliction from Jess Lee on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Deadpan and 18, Stacey grapples with romantic feelings for her hardened older sister Angela.

Cast & Characters

Satine Scarlett Montaz as Young Stacey;
Maddalena Vallecchi Williams as Angela;
Thomas LeBlanc as Henry;
Georgie Iordanidis as Young Angela;
Bryce Cody as Couch Loafer;
Gabriel Guertin-Pasquier as Party Host;
Hilary King as Stacey;
Chris Robertson as Truck Date;
Chamille Roger-Youngs as Chamille