Rylan Friday

Rylan Friday (Saulteaux Ojibway/Plains Cree/Métis) is an award-winning multidisciplinary director, curator, writer, and producer from Cote First Nation, Saskatchewan. His work champions LGBTQ2+ and Indigenous representation, blending art-house influences with surrealism and grounded realism to create authentic, emotional performances. Rylan produced Portraits From a Fire, earning the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award at the CMPA Indie Screen Awards and a Leo Award for Best Motion Picture. As a director, his acclaimed short Terror/Forming screened at VIFF, Fantastic Fest, Māoriland, and imagineNATIVE, winning Best Short Horror at the 2023 London Independent Film Festival and Best BC Short at the Vancouver Horror Show. He is currently developing Terror/Rising, a feature-length follow-up to Terror/Forming. His other directorial works include The Sound of You Collapsing and Musk.