Brenna Goodwin-McCabe is a versatile writer and director with a keen interest in Gothic and cosmic horror.
She has presented writing at McGill, Dalhousie, and the University of British Columbia, where she completed her grant awarded Masters of English degree with a thesis on Mary Shelley and Guillermo del Toro.
Brenna established Hearth Pictures in 2020 with her first horror short, "Half Full" (2021), followed by "The Still" (2022). "Half Full" won honourable mention at the Vancouver Badass Film Festival (2022), and "The Still" premiered at the Toronto Indie Horror Festival (2022).
She continued by writing, directing, and executive producing the surreal horror short “I Can’t Go On” with the Crazy8s organization, which won Best Foreign Short Award at La Femme International Film Festival (2023), and Outstanding Screenplay, Cinematography, and Directing at the Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival (2024). “I Can’t Go On” also won four prestigious Leo Awards, including Best Direction of a Short Drama. Most recently, Brenna wrote, directed, and executive produced the upcoming Canada Council for the Arts funded horror short, “Start the Show”.
In addition to filmmaking, Brenna has published 160 articles on critical film analysis through her blog "You Remind Me of the Frame".