LoadBearingPictures
We develop and produce original stories across film and digital, alongside directing, screenwriting and production services that bring bold, distinctive ideas from concept to screen.
We develop and produce original stories across film and digital, alongside directing, screenwriting and production services that bring bold, distinctive ideas from concept to screen.
The Vision
Load Bearing Pictures is defined by a commitment to bold, structural storytelling. We don’t just produce films; we architect narratives that endure. Our approach merges the grit of independent filmmaking with the precision of high-end production, ensuring that every frame we capture carries the weight of a powerful, well-crafted vision.
Load Bearing Pictures
Brennan Martin is a director, cinematographer, actor, and editor in Toronto, Canada. In his 15-year career in film, he’s made dozens of short films, a television show for Bell, has edited for TV5, Unis, TFO, among others, and acted in some of the most popular TV series in the world, including Outlander (Sony) and Fubar (Netflix). He’s now editing his feature debut, The Friendly Town.
Born in Hong Kong, raised in Toronto, where she calls home, Mandy is a creative whose storytelling practice grew out of a long career in…Parkour! She has been practicing since 2007 and is one of the longest-practicing women in Canada. After a head injury interrupted her competitive trajectory, she began developing a short film based on that experience, ‘Wu Wei: After the Fall’.
We’re interested in building relationships with distributors and co-producers who believe in bold, original independent work.