Brennan Huizinga
Directing
Biography
Brennan Huizinga is an American director, writer, and editor known for Evan's Gambit (2018), Wake Up! (2018), and Sunsets (2016). He was awarded in the My Rode Reel Film competition in 2018 for his short film Wake Up!, and received both the Grand Student Prize and People's Choice Award at the Saugatuck Film Festival in 2016.
Known For

In order to escape the police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
Things Will Be Different

Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Once their plan goes shockingly awry, the haunting consequences of their failure can't stay hidden for long.
Vulcanizadora

Jon and Louise, a couple living in a leaky apartment, struggle with their relationship and material conditions. Louise is a server who is the sole income provider while Jon studies Marx's Capital. Beginning to lose her way, Louise cheats on Jon.
The Lovers

A lonely wedding photographer falls for a wedding crasher, who disappears under untold circumstances.
Something Blue

In the wake of his worsening illness, Silas leaves his significant other one night and hitchhikes West, encountering increasingly eccentric characters, and moving experiences.
Atrophy

A band of teenagers get more than they bargained for when the initiation of their newest member takes an ugly turn.
Thing from the Factory by the Field

Two brothers, raised by a chess master, must battle head to head in the world's most competitive chess tournament.
Evan's Gambit

A violent sneeze in church leaves a teenage girl confined to a claustrophobic bathroom stall, which grows more bloody and nightmarish by the minute, as she struggles to get a tampon.
In the Blood

Frank Bickle is roped into the underground crime ring at Easton High School, where he must decide whether or not to throw the Annual Spelling Bee.
The 46th Annual Easton High Spelling Bee

A woman witnesses a plane explode and struggles to communicate its effects to her friend.
Par Avion

A Shadow Breathes follows Pratik’s increasingly fragmented psyche, transforming him into a shell of what he once was: a shadow.
A Shadow Breathes
A man who has had a facial deformity his entire life finds himself in the midst of a pandemic. When he realizes he can hide his face with a mask he explores the outside world for the first time in a long time. Through everyday tasks he meets a woman, and begins to feel things that he never had before.