Awards & Recognition

• Best After Dark Film | Vancouver Short Film Festival 2024

• Jury Prize for Best Film | Dufferin Film Festival 2024

• Best Director | Dufferin Film Festival 2024

• Best Editing | Dufferin Film Festival 2024

• Best Short | Fog Fest Horror Film Festival 2024

• People’s Choice Award | Cabbagetown Short Film Festival 2024

• Best Film | SHORT To The Point Film Festival August 2023

• Best Director | SHORT To The Point Film Festival August 2023

• Best Editing Nominee | Vancouver Short Film Festival 2024

• Best Screenplay Nominee | Vancouver Short Film Festival 2024

• Best Short Fiction Nominee | Yorkton Film Festival 2024

• Best Director Nominee | Fog Fest Horror Film Festival 2024

Official Selections

• Bolton International Film Festival 2024

• Boston Underground Film Festival 2024

• Midwest WeirdFest 2024

• Blood in the Snow Film Festival 2023

• Buffalo International Film Festival 2024

• Vancouver Short Film Festival 2024

• Yorkton Film Festival 2024

• Durham Region International Film Festival 2024

• Cinema Columbus Film Festival 2024

• Fog Fest Horror Film Festival 2024

• Dufferin Film Festival 2024

• Hamilton Film Festival 2024

• Ottawa Film Festival 2024

• Grand River Film Festival 2024

• Cabbagetown Short Film Festival 2024

• Hysteria Film Festival 2024

• Film Collective Short Film Showcase 2024

• Leo & Brian’s Film Festival 2024

• Finalist | Film Quest Festival 2023

Cast & Crew

Louisa Zhu as Isha
Scott McCulloch as Arthur
Kendall Wright as Neighbour #1
Percy Anane-Dwumfour as Neighbour #2

A Public Space Production

Director: Kyle Marchen
Producer: Van Wickiam
Writer: Ben O'Neil
Director of Photography: Max F. Sims
1st AC: Adrian Muir
Production Designer: Nina Eržen
Production Manager: Eponine Young
1st Assistant Director: Joanne Gnatek
Gaffer: Gauthier Gacon
Grip: Daniel Lane
Sound Recordist: Jake Moss
HMU & SPFX: Heather Jennings, Stephanie Cruz
Set Decorator: Ashley Frederick
Wardrobe: Kyle Marchen
Continuity Supervisor: Joanne Gnatek
Stunt Coordinator: Dillon Jagersky
COVID Compliance Officer: Eponine Young
Editor: Van Wickiam
Sound Designer: Joseph Sims
Music: Matthew Kinahan
Sound Mix: Deanna Marano
Colourist: Max F. Sims
VFX: Aldo Mauro
Title Design: Ben O'Neil
Post Production Supervisors: Van Wickiam, Kyle Marchen

Produced with support of the Canada Council for the Arts through the DRIFF Incubator Program.

“Heap is a darkly humorous and thrilling journey into the absurdities and desperation that the housing crisis can elicit”
—HorrorFacts.com

“The dark humor and twists and turns are awesome, taking you to a dark place that is both surprising and inevitable”

—Paul Thomas via Letterboxd