Dan Abramovici

Dan Abramovici immigrated to Canada as a teenager a background that has fueled his interest in stories exploring identity and belonging A graduate of the Canadian Film Centres prestigious Actor Conservatory Abramovici made his mark with his debut feature Bens At Home which he cowrote and starred in Following a theatrical release in Canada it reached wider audiences on Netflix in 2017 His next feature script You Have Feet In Your Shoes earned recognition at Cinequest where it won a Top 10 award and led to mentorship opportunities with industry legends including Lawrence Kasdan and Dennis Lehane As an actor Dan has appeared in series such as Star Trek Discovery Wayne What We Do In The Shadows JANE and Tales From The Void His film work includes Tehranto The Marsh Kings Daughter Sofia Coppolas Priscilla and the upcoming The Fallers opposite Georgina Campbell In 2019 Dan turned to directing with liminal which won Best Short at both the Canadian Film Fest and Snowdance International earned an Honorable Mention at the Oscarqualifying Dances With Films and screened widely at festivals including HollyShorts Dublin Newport Beach BendFilm and Raindance His followup short Play It Again premiered at the Austin Film Festival where it won the Jury Award for Best Short making it Academy Awardqualifying in 2023 In 2024 his proofofconcept short Spaceman premiered as an Opening Night Selection at HollyShorts The film stars Trevor Copp with voice performances by Academy Award winner JK Simmons Whiplash Juno SpiderMan and Mena Massoud Aladdin Most recently his horror short Heirlooms premiered at Fantasia winning the Audience Choice Award before going on to claim the Jury Award for Horror at HollyShorts It then screened at Sitges FilmQuest and Telluride LEOPARD his latest short just had its world premiere at the Austin International Film Festival Dan currently has three feature films in development including Searching for Marceau an Academy Nicholl Fellowship and Shore Scripts finalist that he aims to bring to the screen in 2026