The Whistler Film Festival takes place from December 2- 6, 2015 in which over 400 filmmakers including actors, producers, writers, directors, and industry executives will be attending. This year, Whistler’s Signature Series proudly celebrates actors Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Carlyle. The WFF Rising Stars for 2015 include Lauren Lee Smith (How To Plan An Orgy […]
from whistler film festival Whistler, B.C. (November 16, 2010) – The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is proud to announce the three jurors selected to adjudicate the 2010 Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Film. Distinguished actor Bruce Greenwood (Jury President), prominent producer Don Carmody, and filmmaker Sophie Deraspe, who was the 2009 Borsos Award recipient, […]
BARNEY’S VERSION, a Sony Pictures Classics’ release, will screen at Guild Hall on October 7th as the Opening Night Film of the 2010 Festival! Richard J. Lewis’ Barney’s Version, produced by Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises, Being Julia), is based on the Mordecai Richler novel. The film stars Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, […]
by Allan Tong for FILMbutton.com As the Mao era crumbled in China, his cultural delegates plucked 11-year-old Li Cunxin from his poor Chinese village and took him to Beijing to study ballet. In China, that’s pretty much like boot camp. Kids followed a strict regimen that left no room for weakness or individuality. In Li’s […]
