Whistler Film Festival

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2024
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The 2024 Whistler Film Festival, held from December 4 to 8 in Whistler, British Columbia, presents a diverse selection of films, including feature-length narratives, documentaries, and short films from Canadian and international filmmakers. The festival's program encompasses various genres and themes, offering audiences a comprehensive cinematic experience. In addition to film screenings, the festival features industry events, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, fostering connections among filmmakers, industry professionals, and film enthusiasts.

Opening Night Film

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Gia Coppola
The Last Showgirl A seasoned performer must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a…

Closing Night Film

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Michael Gracey
Better Man Director Michael Gracey leverages his extensive visual effects background to produce a…

Canada's Oscar Contender

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Matthew Rankin
Universal Language In Winnipeg, Nazgol and Hossein try to help a classmate recover an Iranian banknote. At…

Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature

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Shortwork

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International Shortwork

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Yahav Winner
The Boy Avinoam and Barak, father and son from a Kibbutz bordering the Gaza strip, are forced to…
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Omar Elemawi
Is Anyone Alive? When a bombing destroys his house, a father gets stuck under the rubble and desperately…

Canadian Shortwork

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Christopher Beaulieu
Bracciante Devastated by the news of his grandfather's imminent passing, a third-generation…
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Rachel Beaulieu
Spirit Within An emotionally devastated woman seeks comfort in her choice to end her life. As she faces…
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Amelia Moses
Her Body A surreal encounter on an isolated beach forces a young woman to confront her situation.
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Kevin Ang
Gone Abroad Kevin, a shy 15-year-old at a conservative Chinese-Catholic school, is devastated when he…
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Teresa Alfeld
Toe Pick It’s 1999, and everything is going wrong for 12-year-old figure skater Chelsea. After a…
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Nedda Sarshar
Unibrow Unibrow follows Leyla, a second-generation Irani-Canadian girl striving for the perfect…
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Audrey Kerridge
Body Varial In a series of vignettes, a young transmasculine adult named Remy goes about their daily…

BC Student Shorts

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Kobe Stimpson
Ad Hominem Utilizing backdrops from Simon Fraser University with words from the poet Chantal…
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Tegan Dobrich, Huy Hoang
Bubblegum Ice Cream A girl fights for her innocence while trapped in bubblegum.
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Nicholas Tremblay
Call Your Mom When Ajay unexpectedly loses his job, he decides to take a break from city life and go…
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Malka Martz-Oberlander
Hats Off In a universe void of emotions one woman accidentally fries the computer chip on her head…
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Sam Jasmine Huang
Ketchup: a Garage Band Ditty Rodeo Carmina will stop at nothing to dodge her Dad and Brother's annual Cinephile's Spook-Easy.
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Taryn Foster
One Swallow Two Desperate to finally achieve their dream bodies, Sydney and her best friend Rebecca…
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Tristan Wei and 4 co-directors
Rhythm of Rain In a drought-stricken farmland, a boy receives guidance from an ancestor spirit to learn…

Country of Focus: Ireland

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Anne McCabe
Blue Fiddle Molly is a ten-year-old girl who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her…
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Ciaran Cassidy
Housewife of the Year It was a different time! The female contestants on an Irish TV show with an iconic…
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Rich Peppiatt
Kneecap Kneecap is set in West Belfast in 2019. Fate brings together disillusioned music teacher…
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Jason Buxton
Sharp Corner After a car crashes into his front yard, a family man develops an unhealthy obsession with…

Films On Tap

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Mike Cheslik
Hundreds of Beavers In this 19th-century, supernatural, winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from…

Mountain Culture Feature

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Louise Thaller, Stanislas Giroux
Altitudes Altitude connects them. From the glaciers of the Andes to the peaks of the Himalayas, via…
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Nays Baghai
Diving Into The Darkness Canadian explorer and storyteller Jill Heinerth is one of the world’s greatest living…
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Stephanie Johnes
Maya and the Wave After a brush with death, Maya Gabeira makes history in the male-dominated world of big…
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Van Alpert
Skategoat Leandre Sanders was born in Venice Beach, LA, into a world of gangs and crime. The only…
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Eleanor Church
X Trillion A journey that promises to change not only the women's lives but the very future of our…

Mountain Culture Shorts

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Movies You Missed

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Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Heretic Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East, this fiendishly irreverent chamber…

Play it Loud!

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Dale Heslip
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together “Blue Rodeo: Lost Together” is an engaging dive into the world of one of Canada’s…
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Maria Markina
Harkness Harkness, an enigmatic musician cloaked in an otherworldly outfit and visor, is determined…
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Alison Tavel
Resynator Inventor Don Tavel died suddenly when his daughter was ten weeks old. Growing up…
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Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted Hidden away, deep in the suburbs of Los Angeles, legendary cult musician Swamp Dogg,…

Special Presentation

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World Documentary

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Jen Muranetz
Fairy Creek In a last-ditch attempt to stop old growth logging, some impassioned forest defenders put…
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Calvin Hwang
The Legend in Me Living in the wake of Canadian sports legend Lionel Conacher (1900-1954), an athlete…
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Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
A New Kind of Wilderness In a forest in Norway, a family lives an isolated lifestyle in an attempt to be wild and…
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Jules Koostachin
NiiMisSak: Sisters In Film “NiiMisSak:Sisters In Film” is a compelling documentary that delves into the journeys…
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Simon Schneider, Sarah Sharkey Pearce
Resident Orca “Resident Orca” tells the shocking true story of a captive whale’s fight for…
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Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt
Space Cowboy Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, looks back on a lifetime of creating…
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Joanna Rudnick
Story and Pictures By Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a…