Conor Forrest

Conor Forrest is an Canadian, Chinese, British Toronto writer/director with a passion for both fiction and documentary filmmaking. He got his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production at York University, part of the class of 2021.

His recent achievements include having his short film Used Furniture (2022) acquired by CBC Gem and released on their Canadian Reflections Platform in April 2023. His feature-length documentary Unravelling The Ravelled Mind (2022) picked up by Amazon Prime Video.

Conor's films have screened at various festivals, including the LA Shorts International Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, Forest City Film Festival and Yorkton Film Festival. In March 2023 he was selected into the Sundance Collab: Preparing To Direct Your First Feature Film Course taught by Fire Island (2022) director Andrew Ahn.

In May 2023 he was selected as one of only three filmmakers for the RBC Yorkton Film Festival Mentorship Program. In 2024 Conor received funding from the Ontario Arts Council for his upcoming short film Burdened, which later received NFB funding for post production

Read more about Conor's work at: https://lnkd.in/gYk9GCti