About
Molly Shears is a writer-director born and raised in Toronto. In her work, she aims to make films about the chaotic beauty of disappointment and the silliness of how strange it is to be a human. In 2020, Molly was selected as one of ten filmmakers across Canada for the Pendance Rise Director’s Lab.
Molly Shears
Graduation film
Shoegazing
LFS Filmography
Shoegazing
Moshe and Amira
Middle of Nowhere
Zero
Emergency Exit
Interloper
TV Girl
The Death of Don Quixote
Need a Hand?
Beach Scene
Visiting Charlie
Family
Sadie Makes a Baby
Armchair
After Night
Sisters
Hard Lines
A Jolly Good Fellow
As a filmmaker, she is drawn to melancholic stories about growing up and the startling moments that shape adolescence. She aims to tell intimate visual stories about the chaotic beauty of disappointment and the adversity of loving people deeply.