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Healer

A young woman attends a healer’s book-signing event with her sick mom.

Director
Cast

Fiona Highet, Shaelynn Estrada, Billy North Glouberman, Wilfred Lee, Deborah Lobban

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

English

Film Contact
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18+
17 min
Drama Family Relations Shorts Talent to Watch Women Directors
Visitor Media, Scarborough Pictures

Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Amar Wala

Producer

Soko Negash, Sean O’Neill

Cinematography

Matt Lloyd

Editor

Brendan Mills

Production Design

Daria Savic

Original Music

Katie Austra Stelmanis

Art Director

Emily Dickinson

Chelsea McMullan headshot

Chelsea McMullan

Chelsea McMullan (they/them) is an award-winning director, writer, and producer. Their films have screened at Sundance, TIFF, and the BFI London Film Festival, among other international festivals. They have directed episodic television for Netflix, Crave, and CBC, and their 2024 documentary feature and limited series Swan Song received the TFCA Rogers Prize for Best Canadian Documentary.

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