To Hold The Night

Official Selection 
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Toronto Shorts Festival
SIMI Film Fest
(Winner for Best Editing, Best Hair & Makeup and Best Costumes)
Forest City Film Festival
​Topaz Film Festival
Topanga Film Festival

Read the 4 Star Rave from The Independent Critic, Richard Propes

Watch the Trailer!

We made a film! To Hold the Night, inspired by a feature that we've been working to produce since it made it to the second round of the Sundance Producers Lab and was titled, The Night We Met. In mid-August 2023, Jessica started reaching out to people about possibly making the short SOON and in the first week of October we shot the film with the most incredible cast and crew.

Anwen O'Driscoll as Nadine
Megan Hutchings as Anne
Mike Taylor as Tad
Valentina Battrick as Young Nadine
and Chris Potter as George
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Jessica Petelle - Director/Producer
Alyson Shelton - Writer/Producer
Jen Prince - Producer
Alana Omolayole - Producer
Nikki Andrew - Producer
Brad Turner - Director of Photography/Producer
Peter Mabrucco - First Assistant Director
Jason Knight - Casting Director
Craig Harris - Production Designer
Nola Chaters - Costume Designer
Dylan Twigg - Hair
Jaye Falcioni - Make-up
Maxyme Tremblay - Editor
Erica Procunier - Composer

Special thank you to our partners at The Little Inn of Bayfield Jamie McDougall and John Rishworth

So much about this production was charmed. The weather! Lake Huron looking like glass as we sailed into the sunset. The overwhelming support of Bayfield with locals coming out to feed us and work on the film. And we can't wait to keep you updated as the film moves through post-production and into the festival world.

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