Paradise Falls is a 2013 Canadian horror comedy short film, written and directed by Fantavious Fritz.Jared Mobarak, "TIFF Short Cuts Capsules: ‘Paradise Falls,’ ‘Yellowhead,’ ‘I’m From the Future’ & More". The Film Stage, September 12, 2013. Set in a mysterious neighbourhood that was abandoned after the revelation that it was built atop an ancient cemetery and was thus apparently cursed, the film centres on Sonny (Alistair Ball) and Dirk (Uri Livene-Bar), two young boys who decide to explore the developer's mansion and encounter the ghost of his dead daughter Eleanor (Daiva Zalnieriunas).
The film features narration by Alex Crowther.
It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival."TIFF 2013: Focus On: Short Cuts Canada". That Shelf, September 3, 2013.
The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2013."TIFF selects top 10 Canadian films". Screen International, December 3, 2013.
The film was produced as thesis work at Toronto Metropolitan University's Image Arts: Film Studies program. The school’s film festival screened it in a retrospective of student work in 2025.
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