
Alex Darling
Directing
Biography
Alex Darling is a Toronto-based filmmaker, editor, and composer. He co-founded and runs the YouTube channel EYEWASH, a hub for his films and the work of other young Canadian filmmakers. His films often deal with experimental, visceral, and surreal subject matter, with a goal to use the medium to further the specificity of emotional and thematic communication.
Known For

A lonely, recluse sculptor must confront his inner turmoil and reckon with his romantic desires when his statue comes to life.
Stone Cold

Having fallen on hard times, a college student takes refuge at their rich friend’s mansion but soon finds themselves tormented by the presence of the friend’s prized stuffed bear.
Vinnie's House

A broken refugee must brave the poisoned ruins of a nation to secure medicine for a dying child.
Mercury
A melancholic weather broadcaster rediscovers her past at her familial home on her 28th birthday; the day of her suicide.
Forecast

A popular live streamer gets invited to a podcast where the questions begin to blur the line between reality and his traumatic past.
Say Hello!

In a near-future world where petty thieves use the dark web to coordinate robberies, a destitute burglar is confronted with a malevolent presence in an apartment she found online.
INTRUDr

Following a family tragedy, a reserved teen moves in with his uncle, but begins to suspect not everything is as it seems.
everything is fine

The death of a young girl's cat provokes a self-discovery journey of what it means to accept the inevitability of change.
I'm Sorry For Your Loss

In their last summer together, two young men must confront the doom of change and come to terms with feelings they didn't know they had.
August

Lonely teen Nate, shaken by the events of his past, becomes nervous on his first day at university. Within the walls of the school lie his darkest fears.
B A C K R O O M S

A film director and sound designer discover a disturbing sound cue hidden in the mix of their short film, forcing the director to confront demons from his past.
TRAINTRACKS

A short film about grief, and the journey towards recovery.
Handler

August 19th, 1989. Small-town teen Wyatt Stevens is gifted a Sony Camcorder for his birthday, unaware of what he's about to capture on tape.
Wyatt's Video

It’s 2008, and one high school grad is out for revenge. A year after a mysterious tragedy in a small town, friends reunite and party. Haunted by their reputations, one by one they’ll all get what’s coming for them. Whether it kills them or not.
Heartbreakers

A woman inherits a house from her extended family, but the new home in question holds its own dark secrets.
This Is Not My Beautiful House

A socially awkward, neurodivergent youth struggles to adapt at a social gathering that quickly takes a turn into the uncanny and surreal.
Social Butterfly

Using poetry, interviews with psychologists and survivors, and corporeal imagery, Broca is an experimental documentary hybrid that explores how the mind-body connection is altered after trauma. The Broca’s Area in the brain is involved primarily in speech production. During a traumatic event or when trying to recall a traumatic event, this area shuts down. This makes it harder for a survivor to talk about what’s happened. Our project is an experimental documentary hybrid that offers a platform for survivors to tell their stories both verbally and non-verbally.
Broca

With his parents away from home, teenager Harry agrees to let old friend Jason stay for the night in his suburban mansion, allowing buried demons from their past to inhabit the house.
Order Inside
In late 2020s Toronto, a solitary food delivery driver runs into an old college friend named whilst making a delivery, becoming embroiled in the friend's bizarre conspiracy.