Paradise Falls (film)

Paradise Falls
Directed by	Fantavious Fritz
Written by	Fantavious Fritz
Produced by	Ben Petrie Murray Angotti
Starring	Alex Crowther Alistair Ball Uri Livene-Bar Daiva Zalnieriunas
Cinematography	Kelly Jeffrey
Edited by	Calum J. Moore
Production company	Fritz Enterprises
Release date	September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)(TIFF)
Running time	17 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Paradise Falls is a 2013 Canadian horror comedy short film, written and directed by Fantavious Fritz. ^[1] Set in a mysterious neighbourhood that was abandoned after the revelation that it was built atop an ancient cemetery and was thus apparently cursed, the film centres on Sonny (Alistair Ball) and Dirk (Uri Livene-Bar), two young boys who decide to explore the developer's mansion and encounter the ghost of his dead daughter Eleanor (Daiva Zalnieriunas). ^[1]

The film features narration by Alex Crowther. ^[1]

It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. ^[2]

The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2013. ^[3]

The film was produced as thesis work at Toronto Metropolitan University's Image Arts: Film Studies program. The school’s film festival screened it in a retrospective of student work in 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘Paradise Falls,’ ‘Yellowhead,’ ‘I’m From the Future’ & More". The Film Stage, September 12, 2013.
2. "TIFF 2013: Focus On: Short Cuts Canada". That Shelf, September 3, 2013.
3. "TIFF selects top 10 Canadian films". Screen International , December 3, 2013.
4. Magazine, In The Mood (2025-05-08). "A Love Letter to Student Films 🎥". Are You Still Watching? 👀. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
5. "Retrospective — TorontoMet Film Fest". TorontoMet Film Fest. Archived from the original on 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2025-07-20.

External links

• Paradise Falls at IMDb