Phreaker

It was called Phreaker.

The story follows a blind teenager who joins the early 2000s underworld of "phone freaks"—hackers who manipulate telephone systems to gain money, power, and eventually, a place on the FBI's most wanted list.

Inspired by true events, it follows a legally blind hacker who discovered party lines at age 11 and became obsessed, staying on the phone for days at a time while learning from phone phreakers across the country.

I read it and immediately knew this was special. Adam had crafted something that felt completely singular—a true crime thriller about a subculture most people had never heard of, centred on a protagonist whose blindness becomes his greatest weapon. It was tense, it was human, and it was deeply Canadian in its quiet determination to tell an underdog story no one else was paying attention to.

But passion projects take time. A decade, in this case.

Phreaker began filming in 2025 and was produced without reliance on direct government funding—a testament to the team's dedication and belief in homegrown cinema.

As editor, my job was to find the rhythm of this world—the isolation, the adrenaline, the way a blind kid could outsmart an entire system just by listening. We used ample De Palma-inspired split-screens to bring that vision to life, it felt like coming home to something we both always knew was worth the wait.

Phreaker is set for release in 2026. It's been a long road. And it's been worth every minute.