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Matt Sadowski

Screenwriters Lab

2026-2027 Fellow

Matt Sadowski

SHiVA

After accidentally uncovering a mirror during shiva, a grieving Jewish family unleashes an ancient entity that slips between reflections, forcing them to survive seven nights before it fully crosses into their world.

Matt Sadowski is a Toronto-based screenwriter, actor and playwright whose writing alternates between the hilarious, and the heartbreaking. His work includes the award-winning feature Pretend We’re Kissing, the John Hughes documentary Don’t You Forget About Me, his one-man show Welcome to Splitsville, and the novelette Last Shot at Love. He also holds the distinction of playing the first canonically Jewish Power Ranger.