Lizzie Derksen

A documentary about the psychological costs of working in Alberta's oil sands and the mental health crisis that's been ignored for a decade.

Prudence, a dishwasher and housecleaner with the telepathic power to eavesdrop on people’s consciousness, creates eccentric characters out of clothing she steals from her clients and stages confrontational performances in the street. She’s estranged from her mother, an artist, and the only person who shares this telepathic gift. As Prudence comes to terms with her mother's terminal illness and the knowledge that her telepathy comes at a cost, she gains a clearer understanding of how to find meaningful connections with others.

Facing a mid-life crisis, a journalist discovers the regular folk moonlighting as indie wrestlers, who help him transform his childhood dream into reality as "Fake Nooz Neville."

Two kids in Saskatchewan, a bound boy and a free spirit, spend their summertime with each other, getting into different sorts of situations.

In SHY WOMAN, Lizzie Derksen investigates why her relationships with other women feel so strained—interviewing the very friends, ex-friends, relatives, teachers, nemeses, and former lovers that she has struggled to connect with.