Synopsis
When a familiar face moves into the apartment next door, a sexually inhibited couple attempts to overcome their intimacy issues, despite the haunting sounds coming from beyond their thin walls.
Festivals
AWARDS
Nominee: Best Live Action Short Drama - Canadian Screen Awards, 2026
Nominee: Performance in a Live Action Short Drama - Lee Lawson - Canadian Screen Awards, 2026
SELECTIONS
Canadian Film Fest, Canada, 2025 (World Premiere)
New Directors / New Films Festival, Portugal, 2025
Fantasia International Film Festival, Canada, 2025
Dzada Film Fest, Montenegro, 2025
New Orleans Film Festival, USA, 2025
Director: Robert Armanyous
Script: Robert Armanyous
Cast: Lee Lawson, Jordan Dawson, Steven McCarthy
DOP: Anders Nydam
Editing: Robert Armanyous
Production: Robert Armanyous, Dayyaan Jameel
Version
Original: English
Subtitles: English, French
Format
35mm / 2:39:1 / stereo or 5.1
ProRes, DCP
Robert Armanyous is an Egyptian-Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto. His work often explores themes related to trauma, masculinity and the conflicts spurred from living within a working class environment. His screenplays have placed in the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. He teaches film production at Sheridan College, Toronto Film School and Toronto Metropolitan University. He is currently outlining a screenplay through the Canada Council for the Arts “Research and Creation” grant. Thin Walls is his directorial debut.
