Whistler Film Festival

Whistler Film Festival

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"Blue Rodeo: Lost Together" and "The Beginning" win Audience Awards at Canada's Whistler Film Festival
The Whistler Film Festival (Canada) awarded the 2024 Audience Awards to Dale Heslip’s "Blue Rodeo: Lost Together" (feature) and Cristóbal Ruiz’s "The Beginning" (short). Both films resonated deeply wi…
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"Really Happy Someday" Wins Top Prize at Whistler Film Festival in Canada
The Whistler Film Festival in Canada awarded $188,500 across 15 categories, including the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature, won by "Really Happy Someday" by J Steven. The festival showcased 118…
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Whistler Film Festival Awards Milton Ng in 2024 Power Pitch Competition
At the 2024 Whistler Film Festival in Canada, Milton Ng won the prestigious Power Pitch competition for his project "New Diamond Restaurant," receiving a $36,000 prize package. The competition showcas…
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Morgan Taylor Campbell Wins Inaugural Northern Star Award at Whistler Film Festival
The Whistler Film Festival (Canada) launched its Northern Star Award, honoring Canadian talent. The inaugural recipient, Morgan Taylor Campbell, was recognized for her performance in Queen of the Unde…
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Whistler Film Festival 2024 Achieves Gender Parity with 46% Female and Non-Binary Directors
The 2024 Whistler Film Festival (WFF) in Canada, from December 4-8, celebrates gender parity, with 46% of its films directed by women and non-binary filmmakers. Notable films, mentorship programs, and…
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Explore the Films of the 2024 Whistler Film Festival on Vurchel
Vurchel.com now features the full selection of films from the 2024 Whistler Film Festival. Explore and track your favorite titles using Vurchel's notification feature to stay updated on streaming avai…
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Whistler Film Festival's Content Summit 2024 to Host Tatiana Maslany, Cobie Smulders
The Whistler Film Festival’s Content Summit, Dec. 4-7 in Whistler, Canada, will feature panels, workshops, and talks, including the Signature Series with Tatiana Maslany and Cobie Smulders. Industry n…
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Whistler Film Festival 2024 announces lineup of over 100 films in Canada
The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) in Canada has announced its 2024 lineup, featuring over 100 films, including Oscar contenders and world premieres. Running from December 4-8 in Whistler, BC, the event…
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Whistler Film Festival 2024 Names Ireland as Country of Focus
The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) 2024 has named Ireland as its Country of Focus, launching the Emerald Lens initiative to spotlight Irish cinema and foster co-productions with Canada. Highlights inclu…
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Whistler Film Festival Announces Industry Experts for 2024 Content Summit in Canada
The Whistler Film Festival, held in British Columbia, has announced the first group of industry professionals attending the 2024 Content Summit, which runs from December 4 to 7. The event will feature…
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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

The Last Showgirl

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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

Better Man

Michael Gracey

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

Canada's Oscar Contender

Universal Language

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

Aberdeen

The Birds Who Fear Death

Darkest Miriam

Hunting Matthew Nichols

Kryptic

Lucky Strikes

Phoenixes

Please, After You

Really Happy Someday

Shortwork

The Best

Counting Days

A Day Apart on the Seventeenth

Feral

For Sale

Hello Stranger

Anishinaabemowin

Ask The Plantain

Backbite

International Shortwork

The Boy

Yahav Winner

The Boy Avinoam and Barak, father and son from a Kibbutz bordering the Gaza strip, are forced to…

Is Anyone Alive?

Omar Elemawi

Is Anyone Alive?When a bombing destroys his house, a father gets stuck under the rubble and desperately…

Canadian Shortwork

Bracciante

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Christopher Beaulieu

Bracciante Devastated by the news of his grandfather's imminent passing, a third-generation…

Spirit Within

Rachel Beaulieu

Spirit Within An emotionally devastated woman seeks comfort in her choice to end her life. As she faces…

Her Body

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Amelia Moses

Her Body A surreal encounter on an isolated beach forces a young woman to confront her situation.

Gone Abroad

Kevin Ang

Gone Abroad Kevin, a shy 15-year-old at a conservative Chinese-Catholic school, is devastated when he…

Toe Pick

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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…

Unibrow

Nedda Sarshar

Unibrow Unibrow follows Leyla, a second-generation Irani-Canadian girl striving for the perfect…

Body Varial

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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

Ad Hominem

Kobe Stimpson

Ad Hominem Utilizing backdrops from Simon Fraser University with words from the poet Chantal…

Bubblegum Ice Cream

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Tegan Dobrich, Huy Hoang

Bubblegum Ice Cream A girl fights for her innocence while trapped in bubblegum.

Call Your Mom

Nicholas Tremblay

Call Your Mom When Ajay unexpectedly loses his job, he decides to take a break from city life and go…

Hats Off

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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…

Ketchup: a Garage Band Ditty Rodeo

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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.

One Swallow Two

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Taryn Foster

One Swallow Two Desperate to finally achieve their dream bodies, Sydney and her best friend Rebecca…

Rhythm of Rain

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

Blue Fiddle

Anne McCabe

Blue Fiddle Molly is a ten-year-old girl who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her…

Housewife of the Year

Ciaran Cassidy

Housewife of the Year It was a different time! The female contestants on an Irish TV show with an iconic…

Kneecap

Rich Peppiatt

Kneecap Kneecap is set in West Belfast in 2019. Fate brings together disillusioned music teacher…

Sharp Corner

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Jason Buxton

Sharp Corner After a car crashes into his front yard, a family man develops an unhealthy obsession…

Films On Tap

Hundreds of Beavers

Mike Cheslik

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

Mountain Culture Feature

Altitudes

Louise Thaller, Stanislas Giroux

Altitudes Altitude connects them. From the glaciers of the Andes to the peaks of the Himalayas, via…

Diving Into The Darkness

Nays Baghai

Diving Into The Darkness Canadian explorer and storyteller Jill Heinerth is one of the world’s greatest living…

Maya and the Wave

Stephanie Johnes

Maya and the Wave After a brush with death, Maya Gabeira makes history in the male-dominated world of big…

Skategoat

Van Alpert

Skategoat Leandre Sanders was born in Venice Beach, LA, into a world of gangs and crime. The only…

X Trillion

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

Every Island Has a Name

Going East

Jamie

Welcome to the Pit

Barefoot Pilot

The Beginning

Ice Waterfalls

Wild Aerial

It Will Be Different For You

Movies You Missed

Heretic

Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

Heretic Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East, this fiendishly irreverent chamber…

Play it Loud!

Blue Rodeo: Lost Together

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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 most…

Harkness

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Maria Markina

Harkness Harkness, an enigmatic musician cloaked in an otherworldly outfit and visor, is…

Resynator

Alison Tavel

Resynator Inventor Don Tavel died suddenly when his daughter was ten weeks old. Growing up…

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

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

Anangong Miigaading (Star Wars: A New Hope)

Bob Trevino Likes It

Bushido

Chaperone

In The Summers

Queer

September 5

The Summer Book

Unstoppable

World Documentary

Fairy Creek

Jen Muranetz

Fairy Creek In a last-ditch attempt to stop old growth logging, some impassioned forest defenders put…

The Legend in Me

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Calvin Hwang

The Legend in Me Living in the wake of Canadian sports legend Lionel Conacher (1900-1954), an athlete…

A New Kind of Wilderness

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…

NiiMisSak: Sisters In Film

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Jules Koostachin

NiiMisSak: Sisters In Film “NiiMisSak:Sisters In Film” is a compelling documentary that delves into the journeys of…

Resident Orca

Simon Schneider, Sarah Sharkey Pearce

Resident Orca “Resident Orca” tells the shocking true story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and…

Space Cowboy

Marah Strauch, Bryce Leavitt

Space Cowboy Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, looks back on a lifetime of creating…

Story and Pictures By

Joanna Rudnick

Story and Pictures By Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a…