Jess is trapped. Approaching her mid-twenties, she still lives in her hometown on Vancouver Island with her college boyfriend Scott. The only good times in her life are party nights with her newly-single friend Kayla. But soon a pattern of self-destruction forces Jess to face her apathy towards life and the creeping discomfort that comes any time she is sober.
Born and raised in Victoria, James Weicker received his undergraduate degree in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. During this time he studied screenwriting and filmmaking, as well as fiction. James has worked as a writer and director on several indie short film and video projects, ranging from sketch comedy to web advertisements. In his last semester as an undergrad, he completed his first feature-length screenplay, Six Shooter, which went on to earn 4th runner-up for WGI’s 2018 Michael Collyer Memorial Fellowship and a 7.8/10 rating on blklst.com. Also during this time, he co-wrote/directed a short film, “Windfall”, which was accepted to the 2018 Toronto Lift-off Festival. James is currently hard at work on his MFA at UVic, where he is focused on filmmaking and screenwriting.