Aidan Beatty
Directing
Biography
Aidan Beatty is a writer/director/actor from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He's a published poet and founder of the award-winning amateur film company: Social Skeleton films. He performers and teaches Improvised theatre and Comedy across the country. He also appears as an extra in many Alberta-made productions like: The Last Of Us, Joe Pickett, The Order, Die My Love, etc...
Known For
When a woman's adoptive mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she begins to question her family's potential involvement.
Murder Runs in the Family
Plot Kept Under Wraps
Witches X
Christian Angel is back and he's not alone this time. In a last-ditch effort to restore his place in the crime syndicate, a crime boss enlists the help of a killer "boxer" known as The Devil to kill Christian Angel once and for all...for good...to end things...one last time…again
The Box-er II
A kitten wants to play outside.
The Very Next Day
'Tis a tale of ass-kicking martial art, betrayal, anger, vengeance, fury, and rage. Created in under 48hrs for the Okotoks International Film Festival 2023 and Winner of the award, "Best Use Of Dialogue"
Rage And Redemption: A Quarrel Of Morality
During the height of Soviet fear in the United States, JFK calls a secret meeting with famous icons believing that one of them is a spy.
1963
Claudius has grown ill and it's up to his best friend Kyle to embark on a journey to finding the doctor that can save his life.
Claudius
Created in under 24hrs for the Okotoks Horror festival and winner of BEST PICTURE, Cult Fastball follows a group of cultists who spawn the God of Foul Play and must battle his demons in order to be granted an all powerful wish.
Cult Fastball
A man travels to Québec during Carnaval in an attempt to heal from heartbreak.
The Grey Of Winter
The first fully francophone film made in Alberta. A comedic road trip from Fort McMurray to Calgary that changes the lives of those involved in a way they never anticipated.
The Red Key
Debuted at the 2022 Calgary Underground film festival and made in under 48 hours, The Box-er is about a crime boss who hires the most innocent man he can find to lose a boxing match so he can make more money.
The Box-er
After multiple experiments, Samuel Bransfield is now able to make endless cereal come out of his hands, but at a price.
Toucan
After being kidnapped and beaten, a dangerous criminal ventures to the house of those that attacked him.
Walk Out
Three men discuss how each of them wants to approach an upcoming heist. Stealth, action, and disguises. The film was written, shot, and completed within 48 hours for the Okotoks Film Festival 2021 where it won the award for "best use of genre".
The I'Cest
On Bill Bilingston jr the III's 20 1/2 birthday, he invites his friends from the multiverse over for some fun...or did he? Created in under 48 hours for the Okotoks film festival 2022.
20 1/2
Our protagonist races against time and space to deliver a cure to their partner. Created in under 48hrs for the Calgary Underground Film Festival 2023.
A Piece Of You In Time
Told through polaroids; we revisit the life of a couple as they age through the perspective of a man slowly losing his memory.
Abstraction Lethologica
A rambunctious adolescent's reality starts to melt on Halloween night. Winner of Best use of Genre at the Okotoks 24hr Horror Film Festival 2024.
Take ONE Please
Created in only 24 hours for the Okotoks 24hr Horror Film Festival 2021 and withdrawn at the last second. "Not, Violent, I Promise, I Swear", is a film about a random group of people who take shelter in a house during a Kaiju attack.
Not Violent, I Promise, I Swear
The body of a missing teenager is “found”. Completed in under 24hrs and winner of, "Best Use Of Prop" at the Okotoks Horror Film Festival 2022.