This piece weaves together seven vignettes—ranging from the familiar to the surreal—all focused on the collective scrolling addiction. It’s a timely and fun exploration that might just leave viewers feeling personally attacked—in a good way.

The film presents seven genre-spanning vignettes, each featuring a DOOMSCROLLER oblivious to their surroundings in the following scenarios:

1. A deadly home invasion
2. An apocalyptic rapture-like event
3. A neon-lit house party
4. An incoming nuclear missile strike
5. An active war zone
6. A cult sacrifice ceremony
7. A raging house fire

The vignettes are tied together by kinetic visuals, AI-generated imagery, social feeds, and a pulsating electronic score by UK artist Ben Chatwin.

Director’s Vision for ‘Doomscrolling

I don’t want to know the number of hours I’ve wasted doomscrolling. I’ve nearly been hit by a car thanks to being glued to my phone. It’s a real problem. And it’s only getting worse.

With that in mind, I teamed up with a group of Montreal filmmakers to create a surreal, experimental loop of fake public safety announcements about the dangers of scrolling. We drew inspiration from sci-fi, horror, dark comedy, and satire, and the project ultimately evolved into a three-minute short film made up of seven interlocking vignettes, narrated by Lee Marshall.

Doomscrolling highlights—and pokes fun at—the endless cycle of fake news, infotainment, global chaos, and our obsession with everyone else’s lives. In short, it’s a quick shot in the arm that’ll leave you feeling personally attacked.