Heartsworn Films – Film & Video Work

  • A Priest Walks into a Bar (Indie Short)

    It’s a joke set up as old as… well as old as priests and bars. What happens when scandal and grace show up in surprising places? A short comedy written and directed by Timothy Lenko.

    Currently on the festival circuit.

    World Premiere – SoHo International Film Festival 2025
    Winner Best Int’l Short – Golden Lion International Film Festival 2025
    Winner Best LGBT Short – Atlanta Movie Awards 2025
    Winner Best LGBTQ Short – Palm Beach Shorts 2025
    Winner Best First Time Director – Palm Beach Shorts 2025
    Winner Best First Time Director – Calgary Independent Film Festival 2025
    Winner Best Story – Toronto + Los Angles LGBTQ+ Festivals 2025
    Winner Best Male Actor (Thomas Michael Perras) – Hawaii Int’l Film Awards 2025
    Nominee Best Comedy – Montreal Independent Film Festival 2026
    Nominee Best Comedy – London Director Talents Movie Awards 2026

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  • Soil (Indie Short)

    A short thriller written and directed by Timothy Lenko exploring isolation, dissociation, and the dehumanizing experience of loneliness.

    Currently in pre-production.

    Fully funded by the SK Arts Independent Artist Grant

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  • Swallow You Whole (Indie Short)

    A Black Mirror style short written and directed by Timothy Lenko. A gay love story exploring the difference between true human relationship and engagement with technologies.

    Currently in development.

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  • Fear and Trembling (Indie Short)

    Directed by Jeremy Ratzlaff. Written by Timothy Lenko, Jeremy Ratzlaff, and dustan j. hlady.

    Against a backdrop of abuse within her Evangelical Church community, Kit pits on a stage play adaption of “The Binding of Isaac.”

    WINNER Best Technical Achievement, SIFA 2023

    WINNER Best Saskatchewan Short, RIFFA 2024

    Official Selection for:

    • SOHO International Film Festival 2023

    • Chilliwack Indie Film Festival 2023

    • Yorkton Film Festival 2024

    • Regina International Film Festival & Awards 2024

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  • Grant Hall Hotel (Commercial)

    Directed by Jeremy Ratzlaff and Timothy Lenko. Written by Timothy Lenko.

    Tonal markers of CLUE and Knives Out to promote the historic Grant Hall Hotel in Moose Jaw SK.

    WINNER Best SK Commercial, Yorkton Film Festival 2024

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  • Moose Jaw Centre for Arts & Culture (Commercial)

    Written and directed by Timothy Lenko. Cinematography by Jeremy Ratzlaff.

    Original Music by Jared Robinson, Nebulus Entertainment.

    NOMINEE Best Colour Grading, Yorkton Film Festival 2025

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