“E Y A N” By Peter Widdrington
After he discovers his own dead body on a beach, Eyan sets out on a new chapter in life. However, he soon realizes that his past may not be as removed as he thought.
The more he tries to move forward, the closer it seems to catch up to him. EYAN is about figuring out when to leave your past behind you so that you may continue to grow as an artist, even when your past has made you the person you are today.
From the director
I have known Eyan and our DP Liam Higgins since my first year of film school. We quickly became friends, and worked together on projects with one another as we figured out what we wanted to do.
Back in university, life felt like it had a plan, but after a year of being outside of school, life felt aimless. Eyan had left to BC for a year to work on getting his Canadian Visa, while Liam and I worked seperately on commercials. After Eyan came back to Toronto, we began to talk about our lives, and the lack of direction we were both facing with our work. After many conversations, it became clear that there was a universal story in each of us.
At a certain point, every artist needs to look at their past and decide how much of it is going to dictate their life moving forward. Even when we feel like we moved on, it sometimes seeps through the work we make, and can prevent us from fully progressing into our new selves. After hearing Eyan talk about his own past, and how it incorporated itself into his work, I knew there was a chance to create a film and tell a story that could resonate with an audience.
Credits
Director: Peter Widdrington
Producer: Sara Jade Alfaro
Writers: Eyan Weiss and Peter Widdrington
Cinematographer: Liam Higgins
AC: Adam Cummerford
Gaffer: Douglas Cunningham
Editor: Oliver Whitfield-Smith
Sound Recordist: Michael Curtis
Art Director: Nikayla Van Asperen
Makeup: Samantha Ryan
Composer: Alex Gluch
Colour House: Art Jail
Colourist: Kevin Wu
Colour Assistant: Shay Koshy
Stills Photography: Eyan Weiss
Production Assistants: Ibrahim Issa and Yasmin Evering-Kerr