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RED MILE

Justin McConnell

canada | 82min | world premiere | 2016 | english

Over the years, there have been a number of thrillers that have attempted to tell their tales in only a few or single takes. Hitchcock did it with ROPE in 1948, and the only reason he had to break up the film into four segments was because cameras could only hold twenty minute clips at the time. Last year, the German film VICTORIA attempted a similar stunt. And of course, while it was not a thriller, RUSSIAN ARK by Aleksandr Sokurov remains the most accomplished single take movie ever made. Now we can add to the list with an exciting new Canadian thriller by director Justin McConnell. A drug addict awakens in a daze after a night of hard partying, and realizes that a woman he had been partaking with may have OD'd. In a blurry state of panic, he bolts, taking off through the city, pursued by a man who knew the dead woman. He desperately seeks the help of a woman in hopes she can help protect him. Shot in real time with long, hand-held single takes, racing down city streets and dodging traffic, this is a viscerally exciting movie that is unlike anything ever attempted in Canadian film. And it really works: an edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride that is many cuts above your average cookie-cutter American thriller.

Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature, Gen Next | fiction

director Justin McConnell
Cast Francesco Filice, Caleigh Le Grand, Patrick McFadden
Executive Producer Pasha Patriki, Andrew Van Den Houten
Producer Justin McConnell, Dave McGrath
Cinematographer Justin McConnell
Screenplay Justin McConnell
Editing Justin McConnell
Production Company 79th and Broadway Entertainment, 9 Light Entertainment
Friday Dec. 2 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinema Theatre 7 82min Buy ticket

RED MILE

Justin McConnell | canada | 82min | world premiere | 2016 | english
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 11:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas Theatre 8 82min Buy ticket

RED MILE

Justin McConnell | canada | 82min | world premiere | 2016 | english
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The Whistler Film Festival Society is a charitable cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler.
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