This Modern Love (2023)

A Short Film written and directed by Tyrel Lougheed. The film features Tyrel (credited as Wendy GoGo) as the lead actress.

During a zombie apocalypse, Candace digs up the corpse of her former lover, Sarah, in hopes that she can rehabilitate her when she's reanimated...

  • Candace - Wendy GoGo

    Danis - Nitasha Costa

    Sarah - Candaci Duke

    Graveyard Zombie - Mark White

  • Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by

    Tyrel Lougheed

    Assistant Director and Script Supervisor

    Beric Manywounds

    Story Editor

    Eva Thomas

    Camera Operator

    Max Goulet

    Music by

    Jane & The Boy

    Additional Crew

    Devin Sininger, Mark White, Candaci Duke, Nitasha Costa, Taylor Lougheed, Sheldon Donald

Awards & Recognitions

  • This Modern Love was selected to be screened at the 2023 Tuesday of Horror Festival in Unna, Germany. We were so happy to be selected and screened.

  • This Modern Love won BEST DRAMATIC SHORT FILM in the Feb 2023 Indie Movie Spark Film Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. This is our first award and we are honored to have been selected in this category. Given the subject matter, we never thought this film would be taken seriously as a drama as well as horror.

  • This Modern Love was selected as an Honorable Mention.

  • This Modern Love was selected as a finalist and subsequently a winner in the “Outstanding Achievement” sections at the Golden Fern Awards in Darjeeling, India.

  • This Modern Love was selected as an official selection, finalist, and WINNER of Outstanding Achievement in the LGBT Short Films category for the Knight of the Reel Awards in India.

  • This Modern Love was selected as an official selection, then finalist, and finally WINNER of Best Extended Short for the Strange Days Horror Festival in the USA.

  • This Modern Love was selected as an official selection and will be live screened at the MOMO Short Film Festival in Los Angeles!

  • This Modern Love was selected as an official selection at the Best International Film Festival.

  • This Modern Love was selected as a finalist with the Cooper Awards

  • This Modern Love was selected as a semi-finalist with the Boden International Film Festival

  • This Modern Love was selected as an Award Winner with the Goldspire International Film Festival

  • This Modern Love was selected as an Official Selection with Squish Movie Camp

  • This Modern Love was selected as an Official Selection with Asinabka Film Media Arts Festival in Ottawa! Our first Canadian Festival and it’s an Indigenous One! So proud! I will be attending the screening Aug 10, 2023!

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