Director + Cinematographer Demo Reel
Sean Stiller’s directorial and cinematography demo reel featuring recent work in film, television and branded/commercial productions.
Who We Are – William’s Lake First Nation
A documentary film about the William's Lake First Nation (T'exelc), exploring the nation's history, cultural traditions and contemporary life.
War For The Woods
Thirty years after historic logging protests on Vancouver Island, the battle to protect old growth forests is still raging. Produced for CBC's The Nature of Things.
Ancestral Threads
Ancestral Threads follows Joleen Mitton on her mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver's Indigenous community. Produced for HotDocs Citizen Minutes Season 2.
Ni gii e daa (Our journey home)
A short film for the Bekaadendang (Being Peaceful) program at Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, featuring the testimony of two trafficking survivors and their journey to healing.
Four Days at the National Preservation Centre
Four Days at the National Preservation Centre (2019) is a symphonic short documentary about the mechanics of one country’s efforts to conserve its archival heritage.
Solastalgia
The everyday intimacy of climate change often goes under-acknowledged. This short film explores the dislocation, grief, and longing we all feel from the changes happening to our shared home. Can we find healing in acknowledging and accepting the sorrow and pain we are experiencing?
Returning Home
"Returning Home balances Stiller’s stunning cinematography with clear-eyed testimonies to the unforgivable transgressions endured by Phyllis and other survivors within the walls of residential schools. Likewise, it effectively illustrates what it means to truly be in good relationship with the land..." - VIFF
Sephora Canada
Short films featuring Montreal-based proud Inuk throat singer, Shina Novalinga, and Winnipeg-based Nehinaw content creator and changemaker, Michelle Chubb, as part of Sephora Canada’s first-ever National Indigenous History Month Campaign.
Sigma ARTisans – Don Taylor
A mini documentary featuring Don Taylor, a Toronto-based bookbinder and all around lover of books. Commissioned by Sigma Canada as part of their ARTisan series, shot exclusively with their ART line of lenses.
100 Years
Music video for Amanda Rheume's new single, 100 Years. Produced by Ottawa based Ishkode Records.
Secwepemc Health Caucus
A short documentary film exploring the impact of the On The Land community health Program in three Secwepemc communities.
Kéwku
An award-winning film by Sean Stiller, Kewku weaves the tumultuous life experiences of Ralph Phillips to his relationship with the healing medicine sage. Filmed in Secwepemc/Shuswap territory in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.
F.R.E.S.H.
A documentary film featuring a series of individual client vignettes that together tell the story of Gerstein's F.R.E.S.H. program - finding recovery through Exercise, Skills and Hope.
FREE
The official music video for FREE by Andrea Ramolo, featuring Kinnie Starr and Emilee Ann Pitawanakwat
Sephora Celebrates All Moms
This Mother's Day, we're celebrating all the different kinds of moms out there, because there is no one definition of mothering.
EdMeCo
Do you know a young person in your city who's new to Canada? Do you know what it means for a young person to migrate to Canada in their late teens? Follow the complex daily lives of two late-arriving newcomer youth to Vancouver and the barrage of barriers they face and overcome on a daily basis, to access and finish their basic education and to seek out and pursue career opportunities.
o5 Tea
A cinematic journey into the inner world of tea and the meditative craft of its preparation. A creative collaboration with o5 Rare Tea Bar in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Bella.
A documentary exploration of what it is to be Indigenous in Canada - seen through the day-to-day reality of an Anishanaabe youth living in Toronto.
Stephen F. Fisher
A documentary film exploring the day-to-day work and life philosophy of Toronto-based knife maker Stephen Fisher, at his studio Helve Haft and Handle.
