THE LOCKPICKER
Randall Okita

O.V. English

A schoolgirl’s sudden death shakes up a teenager prone to morbid dreams. For his first feature, the Calgary-based director delves into the troubled world of a teenager deeply affected by a schoolgirl’s suicide. Never resorting to overdramatization, The Lockpicker admirably captures the nuances of a paradoxical, ambivalent character. Made up of disconcerting and visually extravagant nightmare sequences, this independent production about young people trying to pull themselves out of their...