Brain Food Studios

12/24/2025

It's Day 10 of our Countdown to Christmas and we have a BRAND NEW RELEASE!! This term, we challenged the groups to make whatever movie they wanted with only 1 rule: NO TALKING! They had to rely strictly on visual storytelling and this is one of the hilarious outputs from that challenge. Please enjoy "Rock Paper Scissors"

12/22/2025

Time for a lesson if Greek Mythology (pun intended) as we teleport into Day 9 of our Countdown to Christmas! "Rocco's Adventure's Through Time - Episode 1: Athena's Timeless Lesson". This is a great example of film's edu-tainment power!

Attention Teachers: we do this stuff in schools too. If you'd like to have some experiences filmmakers visit your class for some filmmaking fun, drop us a line and we'll make it happen!

12/21/2025

We're going back to our very first film class on Day 8 of our Countdown to Christmas with "A Royal Court". This class was given the prompt "What if fairy tales were realistic," and things got letigious FAST! These princesses are no pushovers in this comedic character piece in which classic antagonists get their come-uppins in court.

What would you do with a prompt like that? Wanna find out? Join us for the 2026 season by registering at www.brainfoodstudios.ca. We are now offering subsidized registration for families that might need it. We want to make sure EVERYONE can access these types of experiences.

12/20/2025

Countdown to Christmas: Day 7
"The Shed" and AWARD-WINNING psychological thriller inspired by the Silent Hill franchise. Featured at the Pope Youth Film Festival, Josiah won Best Cinematography across all categories. 🏆

Whether you're already quite knowledgeable or just starting out, participating in filmmaking programs is (if nothing else) an great excuse to keep making movies. We're always at something - c'mon along and make movies with us!

12/19/2025

On Day 6 we're realizing this is more of a CountUP to Christmas but whatever! Today is a crowd favorite; a comedic battle of wits and wills between Glor-Bak and the Door Keeper. Enjoy "You're Telling Me You're Human?!"

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12/18/2025

Day 5 of the Countdown to Christmas features "Mean Streets" - an action packed underdog story produced with the help of . We may have upset some of our neighbours filming this one (sorry, friends). This one was SUPER FUN to film!

Stay tuned for more locally-produced short film as the Countdown to Christmas continues!

12/17/2025

On the fourth day of the Countdown to Christmas, Brain Food Studios sent to me...
"The Legend of Funky Monkey"! In this cursed short film, a morning routine is anything but routine as the curse of the late great Funky Monkey claims another poor soul.

Special thanks to Cool Pond Productions who led a script-writing workshop during the pre-production phase of this film.

This, like all of our films, are written, directed, and produced by the Jr. Filmmakers of our filmmaking programs. Join our troop at www.brainfoodstudios.ca.

12/17/2025

Day 3 of our Countdown to Christmas!!🎄"Emily" is the first film produced by our senior group of filmmakers back in 2023. In this short film, a new student known only to the kids has some nefarious plans for the teacher.

Want to make films with us? Find out how at www.brainfoodstudios.ca.

12/15/2025

Day 2 in our Countdown to Christmas brings us to a puppet ghosttown with "Welcome to Grander". In this fun collab with Rabbittown Community Center and STREAMS Education, the filmmakers explored local folklore and tales of legendry and invented some of their own as Bunny, a medium, is visited by the spectral residents of Grander - a town grander than yours. 😅

12/14/2025

It's only 12 days away so we're kicking off the Countdown to Christmas!!
Every day between now and Christmas, we're pulling some of our favourite films from our Jr Filmmakers starting with the first one we every made: The Picture.

Upon inheriting a distant relative's estate, Levis Kingsley discovers that once he moves in, he may never leave.

12/14/2025

Die Hard. Gremlins. Not to be all Hallmark about it, but I think a Christmas movie is whatever puts you in the spirit of the season. Jason Stapleton wrote a wonderful piece recently featuring our founder Matt on what makes a Christmas movie a Christmas Classic.

For many people, a big part of getting into the Christmas spirit involves watching some classic holiday movies with family

12/14/2025

Die Hard. Gremlins. These are divisive "Christmas" movies. I don't think there is a single correct answer to what defines a Christmas movie. Not to be all Hallmark about it, but I think it's whatever movies brings about the spirit of the season for you.

Jason Sheppard wrote a piece to this effect featuring our founder Matt and his thoughts on the matter. Check it out - it's a wonderful piece!

For many people, a big part of getting into the Christmas spirit involves watching some classic holiday movies with family