
Justin Gothreau
Directing
Biography
Director / Cinematographer / Producer
Known For

When a struggling young drug dealer unknowingly steals from the city's most feared crime family, he becomes the unsuspecting pawn in a silent war orchestrated by a brilliant underground mastermind.
Runner

At a futuristic train station, Beatrice, a woman in her 40s, prepares to travel back to 2002, while Olivia, a frustrated 17-year-old, impatiently awaits a train to the year 2046. Despite their differences, the two engage in a spirited discussion about life, responsibilities, and regrets. Beatrice, weighed down by adult responsibilities, questions Olivia's eagerness to grow up, while Olivia, frustrated with her teenage struggles and longing for more control over her life, believes that adulthood will offer her the escape she desires. Their conversation reveals Beatrice's unhappiness with her career and Olivia's strained relationship with her family, each reflecting what the other resents or longs for. As their trains come in, Beatrice steps off with a renewed determination to alter her future, while Olivia remains the same, holding tightly to the assurance of her initial direction.
The Station

With everything to prove, a determined young painter competes in a twelve-hour art competition. But when her model becomes mysteriously frozen in time, she is forced to confront the truth that real creativity needs movement, vulnerability, and connection.
Hold Still

A short film about two former lovers who accidentally meet in purgatory after the(ir) world ends.
Gone Cold

After having the feeling of being watched, a young and paranoid conspiracy theorist walks into a pawn shop and buys his first camcorder to share his findings of “truth”, only to find some chilling recordings of himself on it that certifies his fears and anxieties.
SECOND HAND

Anaya, a young Barbadian woman living in Toronto, is forced to confront her growing disconnection from home after she realizes she can no longer remember a song her late grandmother used to sing to her. When two Caribbean folklore spirits appear in her apartment offering to help, what begins as a search for memory transforms into a haunting test of identity, ancestry, and cultural belonging.