Veronica Dymond
Directing
Biography
Veronica Dymond is an award-winning writer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her work is known for being queer, playful, silly, and honest - except when it's not. Since 2013, Vero has been a working stand-up comedian, performing with Newfoundland comedy titans like Mary Walsh, Shaun Majumder, and Matt Wright. She was a two-time finalist of Last Comic Standing NL, is featured on the JFL Originals album "Infinity Plus Pizza," and in 2023 she wrote her first solo show "I Kill Myself: A Live Comedy Show." A skilled storyteller, Dymond has written for the page, stage, and screen. She won an Arts & Letters Award in 2012 for her short story Au nom du pere and "I Kill Myself" was shortlisted for the NL Fresh Fish Award in 2024. Her writing has been featured on Bell Fibe TV, CBC, Cracked, Riddle Fence Magazine, and Word Magazine. Her plays, sketches, and films have appeared in festivals like Toronto Sketch Fest, NL Sketch Fest, the St. John's Shorts Festival, the Halifax Animation Festival, the ReelOUT Queer Film Festival, and the Nickel Independent Film Festival. She is a multi-disciplinary artist and works in stand-up, sketch, shorts, music, film, animation, prose, and comics.
Known For
Max is unsatisfied with the mundanity of his town in which no person has ever left. But when Max discovers a black hole that seemingly leads to "the outside" his life is turned upside down at the imminent possibility of escape.
Black Hole
Christmas lover Lori Jo and her roommate head to Yuletide Springs for a longtime tradition to honor her late grandmother — and meet two men, Carl and Jason, along the way.
Everything Christmas
Desperate for an apartment, naive George finally lands a great spot - only to discover her new roommate is less corporeal than she expected. Unable to break the lease, George and her ghost roommate learn to "live" with each other, but there are more surprises ahead.
Ghost Roommate
Ann and Amy are sisters with a positive relationship, despite being very different people. They have been separated for the last two years due to Covid and work/ life situations. They are finally together to reconnect and share their lives as new moms. They are both in for a surprise.
The Odds of That
Two actors bemoan the standard roles for women in film.
Witchy Prostitute Number Three
A man returns home to attend the funeral of a past love. When he receives a package she left for him, it takes him down a road of long-forgotten memories and a classic haunting romance.
Attar of Roses
A mother isn’t sure she can accept her daughter’s new paramour in this animated short originally created for last year’s Nickel Sci-Fi Challenge. St. John’s comedian Veronica Dymond made this one, so you know it’s funny and a little bit weird.