Films Beyond the Frame
Documentary, fiction and immersive work from Vancouver.
Current projects
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Heteros
A feature documentary by Shannon Walsh and Chase Joynt, from Level Ground.
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Intimacies
A woman confronts the man she is falling for as he pulls away — not with cruelty, but with an inability to receive her.
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Mayisela
Simphiwe Mayisela is a cybersecurity specialist at Johannesburg’s Public Investment Corporation when he stumbles into the centre of a massive pension fund scandal.
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Vuka
An upcoming documentary feature, a Canada–South Africa co-production.
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Without Witness
A new fiction feature, now in development at Last Songbird.
Selected work
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Physician, Heal Thyself
A searingly intimate portrait of the celebrated expert on addiction, stress, and trauma, Dr. Gabor Maté.
Executive producer · Dir. Asher Penn
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Illusions of Control
A meditation on resilience in the face of disaster, following five women who have lived through major crises and built surprising new communities in the ruins.
Dir. Shannon Walsh
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Matsutake Hunters
The forest holds many mysteries.
Dir. Shannon Walsh
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Disappearance: Hong Kong Stories
Disappearance is a 360 VR non-fiction diving into the stories of three people who take us to places important to them in Hong Kong.
Dir. Shannon Walsh
About
Last Songbird Productions is a Vancouver-based film production company founded by award-winning filmmaker and Guggenheim Fellow Shannon Walsh. The company develops and produces documentary and fiction features, short films and immersive works, with a focus on distinctive perspectives and formally adventurous storytelling.
Previous works span feature documentaries, short films, immersive projects and music videos, including Illusions of Control (2019), Disappearance: Hong Kong Stories (2018), and Matsutake Hunters (2019). In 2023, Last Songbird served as executive producer on the Gabor Maté documentary Physician, Heal Thyself.