Anna Catley

Editor

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Anna's editing credits include Paying For It (dir. Sook-Yin Lee), We Forgot to Break Up (dir. Karen Knox), the award-winning web series Avocado Toast, and the short film Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie, which premiered at Sundance in 2023. In addition to her narrative work, she has cut music videos/musical performances for artists like H.E.R, Simple Plan, Alessia Cara, The Tragically Hip, Mother Mother + more. She has been nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards and three Canadian Cinema Editor…

Filmography

6.1

Infinity Pool

While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.

6.3

Code 8

In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)

6.6

Paying for It

In the late '90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, a painfully introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.

5.3

Mouthpiece

Based on a stage play of the same name by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, the story follows Cassandra, who is portrayed by the two women, expressing the opposing voices that exist inside the modern woman's head, during a 48-hour period as she tries to organize the affairs for her mother's funeral.

N/A

We Forgot to Break Up

A trans musician is caught in a love triangle with his bandmates as they rise to fame, in this love letter to Toronto’s 2000s music scene.

4.0

My Soul to Take

Hopeless and lonely, Quinn accepts a software update on her phone. An update, which summons her into a dream world of antiquities, powerlessness and night terror.

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Sea Star

Personal tragedy prompts an elderly Black man to take his first swimming lesson in Tyler Mckenzie Evans’ profound observation of the Herculean strength needed to move through grief in the face of unshakeable fears and generational trauma.

5.5

Things I Do for Money

Brothers Eli and Nick are genius cellists, but as they prepare to audition for the opportunity of a lifetime, they inadvertently steal a bag of money from a hitman. They are abruptly thrust into a world of crime, blackmailed to act as performing decoys during the thet of an eight-million-dollar painting. Suddenly, the brothers are no longer just fighting for a place in a prestigious music academy, but for their lives, too.

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Alessia Cara: Live From Niagara Falls

Alessia Cara performs brand new songs, along with some of her biggest hits, set against the backdrop of Niagara Falls.

10.0

Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie

A surrealist exploration of dissociative identity disorder (DID) based on the lived experience of a Black, nonbinary, disabled artist and former sex worker.

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Internet Friend

In the dial-up days of the '90s, lonely 12-year-old Cleo finds solace in her only friend-an anonymous internet pal named Kitty. But as their bond deepens, strange occurrences make Cleo question if Kitty is who she says she is.

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Little Bird

A young man flees his late mother's wake as he comes to terms with his new reality.

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I Do(n't)

Carrie questions the institution of marriage in this feel-good, rom-com with a modern twist.

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Dirty Bad Wrong

Desperate to keep her promise to host the best superhero party for her 6 year old, young mother Sid, a sex worker, takes extreme measures and books a last-minute client with a dark fetish.

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Finding Shelter

Hana, alongside her father and their loyal dog Ronaldo, embarks on a perilous journey to escape conflict, navigating treacherous landscapes and the depths of human resilience in search of a place to call home.

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