“Imagine that E.T. was made of rocks and lichen and had hung out in the subarctic for a few thousand years before meeting the cool kid that helps him to get home. This is a story about adventure, about aliens from across the stars, about kids and how resourceful they are, and it’s a story […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – ROOBHA executive producer Raji Nair
“Roobha is a delicate tale of love that deals with the complexities of personality and gender identity. She is a charming twenty year old dancer…and he is a family man in his forties. Their attraction is mutual, perhaps more because they feel trapped by their circumstances. She is trapped in the wrong body, and he, […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – SKIN IN THE GAME director Adisa
“The film is really about a parents worst nightmare. When a fifteen year old girl named Dani meets a young man online and decides to meet up with him – all hell breaks loose. Unbeknownst to Dani it is really not what it appears to be and she gets abducted into a sex trafficking ring. […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – ACQUAINTED director Natty Zavitz
“ACQUAINTED is about how two people in committed relationships fall for each other and how that drips through the rest of their lives.” Congratulations on your film playing and welcome to the wonder that is Whistler Film Festival! So is this your first time here and are you planning to attend your show? Yes I’ll […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – WAY OF THE HUNTER director Robert Moberg
“WAY OF THE HUNTER is about the very controversial subject of hunting. We now live in a very polarized world and among the most divisive, the most toxic, is the online fight between anti-hunter and hunter. I think in a way it’s a microcosm of the dysfunctional way we now communicate, especially considering the current […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: INTO INVISIBLE LIGHT director Shelagh Carter
“What would you choose if you had a second chance at defining your life? What kind of courage does artistic expression involve? And though appealing, camouflage deeper and darker secrets most fail to reckon?” Congratulations on your film playing and welcome to the wonder that is Whistler Film Festival! So is this your first […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: WALDEN LIFE IN THE WOODS director Alex Harvey
“This narrative feature film takes Henry Thoreau’s book WALDEN and refracts it through three contemporary stories that show people in different stages of cutting themselves free from attachments. Each narrative corresponds to one of the three lenses Thoreau used to look at modern life: Solitude, Friendship and Society. The film asks questions about taking part […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – LOVE, SCOTT director Laura Marie Wayne
“LOVE, SCOTT follows the journey of a young, gay musician, Scott Jones, who was attacked and left paralyzed from the waist down. The film is a window into Scott’s fragile process of healing as he learns to move through life in a wheelchair, all the while turning to music for healing as he seeks […]
Whistler Film Festival Interview: Zack Bernbaum and Katherine Fogler from THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA
Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Andrea Peek at the recent Austin Film Festival. THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA is currently screening at the Whistler Film Festival. I caught fellow Canadians Zack Bernbaum (director) and Katherine Fogler (lead actor, Sarah) in the Driskill Bar at the Oscar-contending Austin Film Festival for a […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – NOSE TO TAIL director Jesse Zigelstein
“Nose to Tail stars Aaron Abrams (HANNIBAL, BLINDSPOT) as a talented but abrasive chef struggling mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the course of one frantic day and night, he faces a rash of private trials and professional tribulations in a desperate bid to beat the […]
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 […]