Throughout this year, I have been developing a new feature film project entitled Ghosting, first with the help of Angela Cavallin and her 30-day idea to screenplay mastermind group, and now with the amazing support of the Whistler Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab.
The genesis of this project came out of one of the hardest chapters of my life. I was navigating severe postpartum depression, a panic disorder that had me spiralling about mortality, and the sudden loss of a friendship that once felt like family. I was trying to understand what it means to create life while being consumed by death and loss. I needed a lot of time and space to create perspective, but this project is my way of making sense of it.
Ghosting is about Sabs (they/them) pregnant death doula who’s called to care for a terminally ill woman, only to discover it’s their estranged best friend Jess, who ghosted them ten years earlier. It’s about what happens when the person who hurt you most is also the one who knows you best. It’s messy, emotional, intimate, and darkly funny… a character-driven drama about chosen family, death with dignity, and the fragility of reconnection.
Now feels like the exact right moment for this story. We’re living in the wake of so much disconnection — from each other, from our bodies, from what it means to live and die well. I believe audiences are craving stories that acknowledge that grief and offer an honest, hopeful path forward. Stories where queer people lead with complexity and care. Stories that sit with discomfort and still find light.
I direct and write to explore these emotional edges, the places where love, fear, and memory collide. Ghosting is deeply personal, but I know I’m not alone in the experiences that shaped it.