CHEW BEAR - ‘The Morning’
Narrative, Digital, 2022
Set to the backdrop of her suburban town’s evacuation, Thirteen-year-old Nora enlists the help of the boy next door to search for her apathetic big sister, who has snuck out to party with an older boy with questionable intentions.
Director: Molly Shears
Producer: Michael Mandarano
Cinematographer: Nikolay Michaylov
Editor: Joey Whitelaw
Composer: Nick Nausbaum
Production Designer: Lori Atik
Costume Designer: Cate Billinton
Sound Designer: Devon Bate
Colourist: Clinton Homuth
Starring: Aubree Field, Fegan DeCordova and Piers Bijvoet
*Premiered at Festival du Nouveau Cinema - 2022
Funded by The Canada Council For the Arts
Music Video, Digital, 2025
Each time a woman enters a liminal dreamscape, she seeks out a faceless companion who visits her in her dreams. The two embark on a peaceful journey, relishing in the friendship that they have...until she wakes up.
Director: Molly Shears
Cinematographer: Luke McCutcheon
Editor: Ted Husband
Colourist: Jordan Benegbi
Colour Studio: The Vanity
Colour Producer: Valentina Garcia Salazar
Production Supervisor: Shanan Kinsella
Press:
Most of the Time We are Just Waiting
The Skies Are Sunlit For Him
Narrative, 16mm, 2024
Hot dogs. Country Music. Old friends. On a soft summer day by a creek, the mood shifts when Devon is quietly pushed to share more about her decision to move away - forcing a painful truth to the surface.
Director: Molly Shears
Producer: Michael Mandarano
Cinematographer: Bryce Zimmerman
Production Designer: Stephanie Sakaki
Editor: Matt Blakely
Composer: Nick Nausbaum
Colourist: Jordon Benegbi
Sound Designer: Evan Jerred
Starring: Tavia Christina, Leah Zack, Tara Field, Matthew Sloane
Documentary, Super 8mm, 2025 (in post-production)
A short documentary observing the ongoing changes to a former coal mining town. Filmed in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Glace Bay
Buddy System
Narrative, Digital, 2025 (in post-production)
After the murder of a young girl on the other side of the city, 10-year-old Angel’s friends & family become obsessed with the details, forcing her to navigate a new reality in an anxious world.
Director: Molly Shears
Producer: Candice Napoleone
Associate Producer: Paul Aguilera
Cinematographer: Nikolay Michaylov
Production Designer: Sally Qi
Costume Designer: Jackie Knight
Editor: Daniel Haack
Composer: Nick Nausbaum
Casting Director: Margaret Rose
Starring: Iris Mottershead, Charlotte Buist, Gabby Grice, Magdalena Barys, Jassi Mahal
Executive Producers: Harland Weiss, Isil Gilderdale, Donovan Boden, Emily Harris
Funded by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council