Emily Kai Bock ( born 1983 or 1984 ) is a Canadian writer and film director . In 2017 , her short film '' A Funeral for Lightning '' was included in TIFF 's annual Canada 's Top Ten list of the top 10 Canadian short films of the year , selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals . It went on to be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama , and won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film at the LA Film Festival and an honorable mention for Best U.S. Short and Best Tennessee Short at the Nashville Film Festival . In 2014 , Bock won the Prism Prize and UK Music Video Awards for writing and directing a video for the Arcade Fire song Afterlife and was nominated for Director of the Year at the 2014 Much Music Video Awards
LA Film Festival
LA Film Festival
Emily Kai Bock