An Evaluation of Whistler Film Festival 2012
Every November, amidst the onset of ski and snowboard season, the Whistler Film Festival attracts a crowd of producers, filmmakers, journalists, critics and the occasional celebrity (this year the token stars are Daniel Radcliffe and Rashida Jones). Left off that list would be cinephiles — sure, there may be a tiny scattering of hardcore movie buffs, but they’re the exception that proves the rule — as WFF is a deliberately uncinephilic festival composed of accessible indie-ish Canadian cinema and more emphatically put the spotlight on an industry-driven summit. You’re more likely to find a far greater number of people squeezed […]
by Adam Cook on Dec 5, 2012