ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Award-winning Vietnamese-Canadian filmmaker Janet-Rose Nguyen is set to premiere her new short film Do You See Her? at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS),running November 17–22, 2025, in Toronto at the Isabel Bader Theatre. The unsettling psychological horror follows Katie (Ivy Miller), a woman who questions her sanity as she's stalked by a terrifying entity; one she can only see when her glasses are off. Inspired by the visually impaired, Janet-Rose's film is both an ode to the fragility of perception and a meditation on fear.
A rising voice in Canada's genre film landscape, Janet-Rose Nguyen is an award-winning writer and director whose work explores the intersections of horror, queerness, modern society, and the Asian diaspora. A Top 10 Finalist in the Screencraft Horror Competition for her feature Cedar Falls Bay, Janet-Rose has also been selected for Rising Voices Canada, Tribeca Film Festival's Creators Market, Stowe Story Labs, Reelworld's Emerging 20 Program and the Canadian Film Centre's CBC Actors Conservatory.
Janet-Rose Nguyen is currently in post-production on her debut feature, Welcome to Kurosawa House, starring Jean Yoon (Kim's Convenience). As a queer Vietnamese-Canadian storyteller, she is deeply committed to bringing underrepresented voices to the screen, crafting stories that challenge, unsettle, and expand the boundaries of genre.
Through her distinctive blend of horror and humanity, Janet-Rose is redefining what Canadian cinema can look like, using fear as a lens to reflect identity, belonging, and resilience.
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