
7 short films celebrating the art of cinema, from animation, cinema verite, experimental to narrative fiction gems.
On the day of a very high profile nightclub photoshoot, a street photographer struggles to control his compulsive lying, soaring debts, feelings toward a recent ex-girlfriend, and artistic integrity.
Director Biography - Ryan Terk
Director, writer, producer and editor, Ryan Terk, was born in Montreal, Quebec on December 12, 1998. He began his career working as an editor and video technician for a film distribution company promptly after realizing film school was not for him.
One year later, he started as a runner and moved his way up to production coordinator at a VFX company, most recently working on Top Gun: Maverick. Having a strong lifelong desire to make his own original work, he wrote, directed, produced and edited his first short film, There's Nothing You Can Do.
Some of his favourite filmmakers are Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Cassavetes, The Safdie Brothers, Edward Yang and D.A. Pennebaker.
- Year2021
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorRYAN TERK
- ScreenwriterRyan Terk
- ProducerRyan Terk
- CastJessica Barbusci, Ryan Terk, Lou Phelps, Justice Manly
- CinematographerRaphael Cohen-Demers
- EditorRyan Terk
- ComposerWiser Times
- Sound DesignRyan Terk

7 short films celebrating the art of cinema, from animation, cinema verite, experimental to narrative fiction gems.
On the day of a very high profile nightclub photoshoot, a street photographer struggles to control his compulsive lying, soaring debts, feelings toward a recent ex-girlfriend, and artistic integrity.
Director Biography - Ryan Terk
Director, writer, producer and editor, Ryan Terk, was born in Montreal, Quebec on December 12, 1998. He began his career working as an editor and video technician for a film distribution company promptly after realizing film school was not for him.
One year later, he started as a runner and moved his way up to production coordinator at a VFX company, most recently working on Top Gun: Maverick. Having a strong lifelong desire to make his own original work, he wrote, directed, produced and edited his first short film, There's Nothing You Can Do.
Some of his favourite filmmakers are Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Cassavetes, The Safdie Brothers, Edward Yang and D.A. Pennebaker.
- Year2021
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereWorld Premiere
- DirectorRYAN TERK
- ScreenwriterRyan Terk
- ProducerRyan Terk
- CastJessica Barbusci, Ryan Terk, Lou Phelps, Justice Manly
- CinematographerRaphael Cohen-Demers
- EditorRyan Terk
- ComposerWiser Times
- Sound DesignRyan Terk