Vesperia Films was created after founders Dakota Daulby and Harrison Houde met at a film award show in Vancouver, Canada. With a common desire to tell impactful stories, Harrison and Dakota got busy, asking friends for favors, renting a shitty motel where the room door fell off its hinges (literally), and nearly getting arrested on a set of train tracks, all this to capture their first short film moments.

It was at 4 AM in a dirty diner booth, with questionable breakfast burritos in hand, the groggy pair took a blood oath to tell unique, uncompromising, and empowering stories for their ENTIRE LIVES.

Fast forward years later, and you'll find the award-winning pair are doing just that, but... with more permits and stuff.

Now with Vesperia’s debut feature "Tight Lettuce" hitting screens in 2026 and a slate of ambitious projects in development, Vesperia has leveled up from those scrappy beginnings. These days, they're rolling with a curated dream team of collaborators, exponential growth in creative firepower, actual production budgets, and the hard-earned wisdom that comes from turning wild ideas into reality. 

The vision remains the same—they're just bringing it to life with the same hunger but way better catering. And on sets where the doors actually stay attached to the walls. Usually…