THE CRASH REEL
The 13th Whistler Film Festival (WFF) taking place from December 4th to 8th, 2013, in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada has unveiled its lineup of films . WFF’s Closing Night Gala film is the Western Canadian Premiere of THE CRASH REEL by two time Academy Award nominated documentary director, Lucy Walker, and is about champion half-pipe snowboard legend Kevin Pearce’s inspiring rehabilitation following a devastating neck injury.
The festival previously announced Canadian director and actor Jason Priestley’s CAS & DYLAN (Western Canadian Premiere) is this year’s Opening Night Gala presentation.
Additional feature film World Premieres include: snowbound romantic comedy THREE NIGHT STAND directed by Pat Kiely; and late night thriller ICE SOLDIERS directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. Returning programming strands include the 10th Anniversary Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature featuring six diverse titles including CAS & DYLAN, THE HUSBAND, PATCH TOWN and UVANGA, LOUIS CYR and Richie Mehta’s SIDDHARTH.
The Documentary competition returns with five titles, including Barry Avrich’s FILTHY GORGEOUS: THE BOB GUCCIONE STORY, and the Canadian Premiere of Whitney Ransick’s MISFIRE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SHOOTING GALLERY.
Mountain Culture is back with three Western Canadian premieres, and includes THE RIDGE, THE CRASH REEL, and the Latvian snowboard doc SKLMNTI.
WFF’s World Now will showcase four films from diverse corners of the world including the Canadian Premieres of Chinese box office giant FINDING MR. RIGHT (China) directed by Xiao Lu Xue; CINCO DE MAYO: THE BATTLE (Mexico) from director Rafa Lafa; and Benecio Del Toro starring JIMMY P: PSYCHOTHERAPY OF A PLAINS INDIAN, directed by Arnaud Desplechin.
Nine films make up this year’s Special Presentations including, LE DEMANTELEMENT (Sébastien Pilote), SEX AFTER KIDS (Jeremy LaLonde), THE GRAND SEDUCTION (Don McKellar), and the Canadian nominee for the Best Foreign Language category at this year’s Academy Awards GABRIELLE (Louise Archambault).
Late Night selections will showcase great genre films including the World Premiere of ICE SOLDIERS directed by Sturla Gunnarsson; the Canadian premiere of SAVAGED directed by Michael S. Ojeda; and the Western Canadian premieres of ODD THOMAS directed by Stephen Sommers and Austria’s THE STATION directed by Marvin Kren.
A selection of all age friendly flicks make up the Family program, including the World Premiere of BC film IF I HAD WINGS directed by Allan Harmon and starring Lorne Cardinal and Jill Hennessey; and the Western Canadian nature doc AMAZONIA, WFF’s first ever 3D presentation.
Finally, WFF’s American Indies strand features a particularly edgy collection this year with Justin Long and Tyler Labine in BEST MAN DOWN; Lukas Haas in METH HEAD from director Jane Clark; THE WAIT starring Chloe Sevigny & Jena Malone, directed by M. Blash; and the jaw-droppingly shocking CHEAP THRILLS featuring David Koechner.
WFF 2013 Complete Feature Film Listing:
World Premieres:
AFTERPARTY (Canada) Dir. Michelle Ouellet
DOWN HERE (Canada) Dir. Teach Grant
IF I HAD WINGS (Canada) Dir. Allan Harmon
ICE SOLDIERS (Canada) Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
NO CLUE (Canada) Dir. Carl Bessai
THREE NIGHT STAND (Canada) Dir. Pat Kiely
Canadian Premieres:
CINCO DE MAYO: THE BATTLE (Mexico) Dir. Rafa Lara
BEST MAN DOWN (USA) Dir. Ted Koland
FINDING MR. RIGHT (China) Dir. Xiao Le Xue
JIMMY P: PSYCHOTHERAPY OF A PLAINS INDIAN (USA/France) Dir Arnaud Desplechin
JINGLE BELL ROCKS! (Canada) Dir. Mitchell Kezin
METH HEAD (USA) Dir. Jane Clark
PATCH TOWN (Canada) Dir. Craig Goodwill
MISFIRE: THE RISE & FALL OF THE SHOOTING GALLERY (Canada) Dir Whitney Ransick
SAVAGED (USA) Dir. Michael S. Ojeda
WAIT, THE (USA) Dir. M. Blash
Western Canadian Premieres:
ANIMAL PROJECT, THE (Canada) Dir. Ingrid Veninger
AMAZONIA 3D(France) Dir Thierry Ragobert
CAS & DYLAN (Canada) Dir. Jason Priestley
CITIZEN MARC (Canada) Dir. Roger Larry
CHEAP THRILLS (Canada) Dir. E.L. Katz
CRASH REEL, THE (USA) Dir. Lucy Walker
DARK BLOOD (USA) Dir. George Sluizer
DEVIL’S KNOT (USA) Dir. Atom Egoyan
EMPIRE OF DIRT (Canada) Dir. Peter Stebbings
FILTHY GORGEOUS: THE BOB GUCCIONE STORY (Canada) Dir. Barry Avrich
HI-HO MISTAHEY! (Canada) Dir. Alanis Obomsawin
HUSBAND, THE (Canada) Dir. Bruce McDonald
LE DEMANTELEMENT (Canada) Dir. Sébastien Pilote
LIFE’S A BREEZE (Ireland) Dir. Lance Daly
LOUIS CYR, STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD (Canada) Dir. Daniel Roby
ODD THOMAS (USA) Dir. Stephen Sommers
RIDGE, THE (UK) Dir. Pablo Iranburu
SIDDHARTH (Canada) Dir. Richie Mehta
STATION, THE (Austria) Dir. Marvin Kren
SKLMNTI (Latvia) Dir. Ernests Cerbul
UVANGA (Canada) Dir. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu
BC Premieres:
GRAND SEDUCTION, THE (Canada) Dir. Don McKellar
SEX AFTER KIDS (Canada) Dir. Jeremy LaLonde
Whistler Premieres:
CALIGULA (USA) Dir. Tinto Brass/Bob Guccione
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (USA) Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
GABRIELLE (Canada) Dir. Louise Archambault
Special Presentation:
PRISONERS (USA) Dir. Denis Villeneuve