“RED ROVER is a story about a guy who feels utterly rejected by everyone on Earth and figures applying for a one-way mission to Mars is his best bet to find happiness, until he meets Phoebe, an off-beat musician as lost as he is. This is a love story about fight or flight, when do […]
Author: Jason Whyte
WFF 2018 Interview – BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS director Wendy McColm
“Magnolia on Acid. A dark comedy exploring the surreal and delusional life we choose when we do no have the tools to love.” Director Wendy McColm on BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS which screens at the 2018 edition of the Whistler Film Festival. When was the moment you said to yourself “I want to get into the […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – Woodland director Jon Silverberg
“Set in 1989, Jake (Richard Harmon), an out-of-work photojournalist who struggles with addiction and a troubled past, takes a job as watchman of a wilderness lodge on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest, alongside veteran handyman Sparky (Philip Granger). Jake sets up a darkroom to develop the photos he shoots, which begin to reveal […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – 20 MINUTES TO LIFE director Veronika Kurz
“20 MINUTES TO LIFE is about Olivia, an elementary school “good kid” who has her very first detention. She imagines it as a prison, complete with guards, barred windows, and a prison warden. Once there, Olivia must befriend the “bad kids” and figure out how to solve 20,000 math problems in 20 minutes in order […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – IN GOD I TRUST director Maja Zdanowski
“IN GOD I TRUST is a film that takes us deep into the unpredictable and penetrating realities of race and religion in America. Inspired by true events, the movie follows three characters and storylines that all come together during a random encounter in a small Northern Idaho town. The film wastes no time pushing the […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: FUCK YOU ALL – THE UWE BOLL STORY director Sean Patrick Shaul
“FUCK YOU ALL: THE UWE BOLL STORY is a feature length documentary that looks at the life and career of notorious German filmmaker Uwe Boll. Love him or hate him, Uwe Boll is an undeniably interesting figure on the fringes of Hollywood. Outspoken and honest, Boll has always been a PR nightmare, yet somehow he […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: STOCKHOLM director Robert Budreau
“Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the psychological phenomenon, the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’. The story focuses on a female bank employees (Noomi Rapace) who falls for her captor, an unhinged American outlaw (Ethan Hawke) as they turn […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: THIS IS NORTH PRESTON director Jaren Hayman
“North Preston is the largest black community in the country that was once a safe haven for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad but has since been painted as one of the biggest hubs for pimping and human trafficking in the nation.” Director Jaren Hayman on THIS IS NORTH PRESTON which screens at this year’s […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: HONEY BEE director Rama Rau
“HONEY BEE is story of survival that follows the journey of quick-witted Natalie “Honey Bee” Sorensen an underage truck stop prostitute trapped by her ruthless Romeo-pimp boyfriend, Ryan until she is put into foster care with her new family in remote Northern Ontario where she discovers there might be more to life than the hand […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS director Collin Friesen
“SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS is about a young Dad who’s called home to bury his estranged father, only to find out his inheritance hinges on him being able to scatter his Dad’s ashes on the field of his favorite football team. So, it’s a comedy. But about death.” Director Collin Friesen on SORRY FOR YOUR […]
VIFF 2018 Interview – FROM ACROSS THE STREET & THROUGH TWO SETS OF WINDOWS writer Rayisa Kondracki
“Our film is about a woman who watches her neighbour across the street. She watches him as he eats dinner, talks on the phone, plays nintendo…stands naked in the window. She’s become obsessed. But it’s not sexual. His presence seems to comfort her loneliness.” Writer Rayisa Kondracki on FROM ACROSS THE STREET & THROUGH TWO […]
VIFF 2018 Interview: ELI director Colin Gerrard
“An elderly man’s visit to his local doctor ends up changing the lives of the other patients in the waiting room. Most of the somewhat disillusioned strangers start raising questions over immigration, identity and morality until the old man begins to tell a story he’s kept hidden for years.” Director Colin Gerrard on ELI which […]
VIFF 2018 Interview: HOLY ANGELS director Jay Cardinal Villeneuve
The following is an interview I conducted at last year’s Whistler Film Festival. It has been edited for inclusion in this year’s VIFF coverage. “Holy Angels uses the life-affirming power of dance and the resilience of an unbowed young protagonist to explore the devastating impact of residential school.” Director Jay Cardinal Villeneuve on HOLY ANGELS […]
VIFF 2018 Interview: IN LUCIA’S SKIN director Mayra Hermosillo & Ángel De Guillermo
“We are not aware that we are full of possibilities and that life is a constant opportunity to believe in the fundamental: love. It is the story of a mother and her daughter who arrive at the moment when it is time to allow the memory and choose between silence or allow truth and compassion […]
VIFF 2018 Interview: THEO AND CELESTE director Hannah Dougherty
“This film is about how far you will go for someone you love. Theo and Celeste play a game of ‘would you still be my friend if’ to test their new friendship and their hypothetical questions become reality, forcing them to confront their deepest fears and strongest yearnings.” Director Hannah Dougherty on THEO AND CELESTE […]