Making Beauty

In her secret shed a young girl attempts to beautify the world with savage results.

The Cast

Neli Kastrinos

as Ellie


Maureen Rooney

as Ellie's Grandma


Ecko Goffic

as Ellie's Mom


Tom Edwards

as Ellie's neighbour


Key crew

Director, Writer, Producer: Tammy Salzl
Executive Producers: Carolyn Whittaker & David Candler
Director of Photography: David Baron
Editor: Chris Mihailides
Music and Sound: Greg Mulyk
First Assistant Director: Eric B. Spoeth
Production Design: Tammy Salzl
Set Design and Key Collaborator: Ian Walker
Art Director: Kyrsten Lofts
Production Manager: Caitlin Burnett

Tammy Salzl is a Canadian Filmmaker and Visual Artist. The tales she creates blend whimsy and melancholy to embody what it means to be human in today's world. Salzl received a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 2014 and has presented her artwork and short films across Canada and internationally. 

Salzl has been awarded several awards, grants and residencies in Canada and internationally, and uses them to make her beautiful parasites: work that enters the eyes through beauty, sinks to the gut with uneasy questions, then rises to the brain and festers over time.