• Volcano

    Directed by Karen Moore
    Canada | 11 minutes |

Hannah and Jess meet up at a tiki bar, seeing each other for the first time since Hannah’s romantic Mexico trip. Hannah has a lot to say about it, except what really happened.

In competition for Best International Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Karen Moore
Producers: Alona Metzer, Karen Moore
Screenwriter: Karen Moore
Cinematographers: Gabriela Osio Vanden
Editor: Joe Kicak
Music: Antonio Naranjo
Cast: Hannah Cheesman, Jess Salgueiro
Country: Canada
Language: English
Year: 2019
Running Time: 11 minutes
Primary Company: This is Karen Moore Productions
Contact Email: thisiskarenmoore@gmail.com
Website: https://www.thisiskarenmoore.com/

director biography

Karen Moore is a CSA-Nominated television writer and filmmaker based in Toronto. Karen's directorial debut, VOLCANO, had its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Her TV writing and producing credits include the International Emmy-Nominated WORKIN' MOMS (Netflix/CBC), MARY KILLS PEOPLE (Hulu/Global), ROOKIE BLUE (ABC/Global), and DETENTION ADVENTURE (CBC).

Karen is the writer/co-producer of the award-winning comedy short, MUST KILL KARL (Dir: Joe Kicak, Austin Film Festival '18). The film won Best Comedy at HollyShorts Film Festival (2018) and was featured on Short of the Week. She wrote and co-produced the Bravo-funded short drama YOUR PLACE OR MINE and the award- winning short FROZEN MARBLES. Karen is a graduate of Ryerson University's Radio and Television Arts program (BA) and alumni of the 2018 National Screen Institute's (NSI) Features First program. She is a member of the Writers Guild of Canada, Women in Film and Television - Toronto (WIFT-T), and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Meet the Filmmaker

2020 ShortFest Archive