Selected Press:
2023
“A documentary that’s as chilling as any narrative film this year” (Variety)
“The haunting SXSW doc Satan Wants You tracks the explosion of 1980’s Michelle Remembers” (The Daily Beast)
“Satan Wants You Offers a Fascinating, Chilling Look at the Roots of Satanic Panic" (Gizmodo)
“Devilishly enthralling" (Collider)
“Adams and Horlor have crafted one of the year's wildest and most unmissable pieces of documentary filmmaking” (The Chattanoogan)
“I was blown away by this film” (Downright Creepy)
“The true story behind the 1980s Satanic panic" (The Independent)
“A masterclass in documentary” (The Blueprint)
Exclusive SXSW First Look: ‘Satan Wants You’ Digs Into The Satanic Panic Of The 1980s (Deadline)
2022
'Another year that I can believe in my dream': Filmmakers recognized at awards ceremony (Las Cruces Sun News)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations (Vancouver Sun)
2021
Nominees Announced For 20th Annual DGC Awards (Directors Guild of Canada)
Telefilm Canada Supports 22 Docs (POV Magazine)
Telefilm selects 22 films for $3M theatrical doc fund (Playback Magazine)
Hot Docs 2021 unveils audience award, Forum winners (Screen Daily)
Rogers Audience Award winners (Playback)
Hot Docs’ Canadian Slate Reflects Global Issues Through Local Eyes (Variety)
This new film shows the uniquely complicated journey of one LGBTQ refugee (CBC)
Hot Docs review: Someone Like Me (Now Magazine)
These 12 films are good bets at the online Hot Docs documentary festival (Toronto Star)
The year of compassion and complications shown in "Someone Like Me" (CBC Vancouver)
Hot Docs 2021: Someone Like Me Review (That Shelf)
Directing Duo of 'Someone Like Me (NFB)' Sean Horlor & Steve J. Adams (Queer FM)
Someone Like Me (TVO On Docs Podcast)
‘Someone Like Me’ Documents a Gay Asylum Seeker’s Struggle for Freedom and Survival (The Tyee)
DOXA 2021: Someone Like Me shows the power of love (The Georgia Straight)
Hot Docs 2021 (Frameline)
Former Fort St James resident to release first feature-length documentary film (Caledonia Courier)
Victoria native Sean Horlor makes waves with his new documentary, Someone Like Me (Times Colonist)
The Future Of Film Is Queer (BC Creates)
DOXA celebrates 20th birthday with full festival ready to stream at home (Vancouver Sun)
DOXA Pick: Someone Like Me (Stir Magazine)
Film documents hope and heartbreak of sponsoring refugees fleeing persecution for being gay (CBC All Points West)
Episode 160: Steve J. Adams & Sean Horlor (YVR Screen Scene Podcast)
DGC Visionaries: Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor (Directors Guild of Canada)
Someone Like Me- The challenges of queer solidarity in Vancouver (The Source)
Gay Ugandan refugee’s odyssey to Vancouver chronicled in film (Vancouver Is Awesome)
NorthwestFest keeps the documentary flame burning with a record-high 80 films (Edmonton Journal)
NorthwestFest: Stay in, binge-watch documentaries online until May 16 (St. Albert Today)
LGBTQ+ highlights at Hot Docs 2021 (The Queer Review)
New doc follows parallel journeys of gay refugee and his queer sponsors (Red-Eye Radio)
Episode 214: Someone Like Me (CanQueer Radio)
Fighting For The Freedom To Love Fearlessly (Gorilla Radio)
10 Queer Films To Watch (YOHOMO)
Talent On Tap: Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams (Hollywood North Magazine)
Virtual Hot Docs to open (Hollywood Reporter)
Films in Hot Docs ‘21 lineup (Realscreen)
2019
Brunch Queen filmmakers serve up inside look at dynamic duo behind Vancouver’s Elbow Room Café (Toronto Star)
Our Vancouver (CBC Vancouver)
Outside the Box: New Production at the NFB (NFB Blog)
CBC On the Coast – 88.1FM, Gloria Macarenko (August 22)
An Interview with Directors Sean Horlor & Steve J. Adams (Booooooom TV)
How gossip and fake news traveled through a Vancouver retirement community (Vancouver Courier)
Fake News: What Happened When One Man Discovered He Was Supposed To Be Dead (Zoomer Magazine)
#HotDocs19: First Set of Capsule Reviews (One Movie Our Views)
5 Local Shorts To Watch at Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Inside Vancouver)
Opposites Attract: Interview with Steve Adams and Sean Horlor (Toronto Outdoor Picture Show)
2018 and earlier
Transitioning In The Middle Of Nowhere (The Atlantic)
About A Boy (Squamish Chief)
Storytelling meets life at Vancouver's Queer Film Festival (Megaphone)
Bravofactual distributes $500K across 11 projects (Playback Magazine)
What It Takes To Become A YouTube Star (IndieWire)
New Documentary Explores How To Get Famous On YouTube (New Media Rockstars)
Here’s A Documentary Full Of Insights About Life On YouTube (Tubefilter)
