Francois Van Zyl
Writing
Known For

Phillip Early recounts the months spent investigating a cold case. A police interrogator presses him for answers while trying to decode the role of a retired detective/successful author in the mystery.
If Not to Die
Two actors bemoan the standard roles for women in film.
Witchy Prostitute Number Three

A small-time thug desperately tries to escape the law, only to find himself trapped in a forest plagued by physical and supernatural terror.
Bound By Blood

A young man who is riddled with dread about identifying his calling in life seeks the advice of an older man who is all too familiar of the insidious tragedy that connects the both of them in the claustrophobic space they occupy.
Elapse

An elderly woman recounts the disturbing history of mummering in 1920s Newfoundland. Eve witnesses a murder; her only escape is into the woods as a darker truth comes to light.
Mummering Legends
Jim, the father of a young girls finds her puppet shows most disturbing.