

The Young Arsonists
Direction & Screenplay: Sheila Pye
Producers: Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo, Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos
DoP: Michael LeBlanc
Editor: Lev Lewis
Cast: Maddy Martin, Jenna Warren, Sadie Rose, Madison Baines, Aaron Poole
2022 | English | 97 Mins | Colour
Set in 1980s rural Canada, director and visual artist Sheila Pye’s haunting feature debut follows a group of teenage girls – each suffering some form of family trauma – whose relationships with one another are both strengthened and tested over the course of a summer.
Sheila Pye is an internationally acclaimed visual artist and her short films have screened at prestigious festivals including Locarno & TIFF. Her short film, ‘The Red Virgin’, premiered at TIFF in 2011 and won the Night of the Spanish Short Film Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain.