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Brianna Russell

Brianna Russell is a screenwriter and director based out of Clarke’s Beach, Newfoundland. Her work focuses on queerness in media, genre filmmaking, as well as the history and folklore of her childhood home. Brianna’s films have premiered at national and international film festivals, including the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival. She was a quarterfinalist in the Outstanding Screenpla…

Known For

First PositionFirst Position · 2023
First Position
★ 10.02023
MovieDrama
A person who hates all their clothes struggles to decide what to wear to a house party. At the party they see their ex-it’s-complicated with a new partner. A tense interaction sparks a nascent lifestyle change.
Watermelon SocialWatermelon Social · 2024
Watermelon Social
2024
MovieComedy
In a small town where nothing ever happens, a young girl steals the local watermelon, revealing tensions among the seemingly dull citizens.
BounceBounce · 2022
Bounce
2022
MovieComedy
When a boy from Darcy's cadet corps insists she attend the Trampoline Social, she sets off for a dramatic evening of self-acceptance and sweet backflips.
Black HoleBlack Hole · 2025
Black Hole
2025
MovieScience Fiction
Max is unsatisfied with the mundanity of his town in which no person has ever left. But when Max discovers a black hole that seemingly leads to "the outside" his life is turned upside down at the imminent possibility of escape.
TerryTerry · 2024
Terry
2024
MovieDrama
When an unexpected phone call interrupts Ben's quiet night in with his mother, tensions rise as Ben must grapple with the complexities of his parental relationships.
Poster ChildPoster Child · 2023
Poster Child
2023
MovieMusic
An insecure up-and-coming pianist fights to replace her injured childhood idol as the lead soloist at the most prestigious orchestra in the country.
Flight 487Flight 487
Flight 487
Movie
A traumatized social media influencer receives backlash on the anniversary of the tragic crash of Flight 487.
SweetwaterSweetwater
Sweetwater
MovieDramaRomance
Against the backdrop of the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, a pastor’s daughter begins a high-stakes clandestine relationship with another girl, a rebellious outcast, while working in their small town’s flower shop, the summer before going off to college.

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