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René Brar is a Vancouver-born producer and filmmaker whose work spans independent film, television, and international format development.

After studying film at Yale University, he gained early production experience working on films directed by Todd Haynes and Todd Solondz. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a development executive for Ridley Scott before focusing on his own producing and directing career.

Brar made his feature directorial debut with Taylor’s Way, a visually atmospheric drama that premiered at the Potenza International Film Festival in 2009, where it won the Audience Prize. His second feature, Martin’s Pink Pickle, a bittersweet coming-of-age story, premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2014. His 2025 short horror film, Away with the Fairies, screened at Fantasia International Film Festival and Overlook Film Festival, and won Best Horror Film at the Berlin Short Film Festival.

As a television producer, Brar has developed and sold original formats to major international streamers and broadcasters including Netflix, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television, Virgin Media Television, and Channel 4.

He holds both a bachelor’s degree in film and a master’s degree in religion from Yale University.

Media Plaster is a Vancouver-based creative boutique for film and TV Founded by René Brar

PROJECTS

  • Feature Film / Horror / In Development

  • Feature Film / Horror / Developed with the support of Telefilm Canada and Creative BC

  • Feature Film / Horror / Developed with the support of Creative BC

  • Feature Film / Western / Developed with the support of Creative BC

  • Limited Series / Drama / Developed with the support of the Canada Media Fund (CMF)

  • 2025 / Short Film / Horror / Developed with the support of Canada Council for the Arts / Fantasia International Film Festival / Overlook Film / Berlin Short film Festival (Best horror)

  • 2014 / Feature Film / Drama / Vancouver International Film Festival / Fargo Film Festival

  • 2009 / Feature Film / Drama / Potenza International Film Festival (Audience Prize) / Santa Fe International Film Festival (Best Film Nominee) / Calgary International Film Festival / Whistler Film Festival / Fargo Film Festival (Best Actress)

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