LUNA FERGUSON

Producer, Actor, Writer

Luna Ferguson (Ph.D.) is an actor, producer and writer. Ferguson’s filmmaking includes the award-winning Whispers of Life (2013); Limina (2016), which was shown at festivals around the world and praised for its trans inclusivity and the queer love story Henry’s Heart (2019), Circle (2020), and the dark comedy 0UTL4W (2021). Luna grew up acting in local theatre in Ontario, beginning at the age of eight, and toured theatre shows in high-school. 

As a producer, Ferguson believes in supporting new creative and compelling stories that both reflect and revitalize our reality: seeking underrepresented, marginalized and oppressed voices that still make up a minority in television and cinema. Ferguson has three projects in development: a dramatic feature, a feature comedy and an episodic comedy series.

Their writing and advocacy efforts have been featured in international publications including HuffPost, VICE, BuzzFeed, Teen Vogue, OUT Magazine, NBC News, The Guardian, and the Toronto Star. 

Their first book, Me, Myself, They, a memoir published by House of Anansi Press, was released in May 2019. 

Ferguson lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with their partner Florian.

FLORIAN HALBEDL HESS

Director, Writer, Producer

Born in Luzern, Switzerland, Florian Halbedl Hess immigrated to Canada with his family in 2000. While studying Medical Sciences at Western University, he shot his very first short film for a Vertebrate Biology class. Halbedl Hess graduated with a double major in Film Studies and Medical Sciences and received his B.A. in 2009.

While living in Vancouver with partner and collaborator Luna Ferguson, some of Halbedl Hess’ credits in the film and television industry include Joe Carnahan’s The A-Team, Gareth Edward’s Godzilla, Patricia Rozema’s Into the Forest, Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, Gene Stupnitsky’s Good Boys as well as Hulu’s Shut Eye, FX’s Wayward Pines, History’s Project Bluebook, Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle and CW’s Batwoman. 

In 2012, Halbedl Hess founded Turbid Lake Pictures with Ferguson. During that collaboration, Halbedl Hess has written and directed five short films, which combined have screened at over to sixty film festivals around the world: the award-winning and Directors Guild of Canada-nominated Whispers of Life (2013), Limina (2016) which made Canadian history in the industry for its trans inclusivity, Henry’s Heart (2019), Circle (2020), and most recently 0UTL4W, to be released in 2022.

Halbedl Hess is currently developing his feature film debut Nebel - a psychological family thriller set in the Swiss mountains and he is writing a road movie.