Six producers from across Canada have been selected to participate in the Whistler Film Festival’s annual Feature Project Lab, held from December 2 to 5, 2014 during the Whistler Film Festival + Summit. Designed to advance Canadian creative talent, the WFF Feature Project Lab focuses on strengthening dramatic feature projects from script to screen by facilitating feedback as well as collaboration on and investment in film projects that have US and international appeal.
The six producers and projects selected for WFF’s 2014 Feature Project Lab are:
Amber Ripley, Goodbye Productions (BC) with the darkly comedic DREAMLAND written by Tony Burgess.
Angela Heck, Fringe Filmworks, Inc. (MB) with the family drama BUMPERSHINES written by Cathryn Atkinson.
Farah Merani, Lifeguard Productions (ON) with the suspense drama GOOD NIGHT AMHERST written by James Fanizza.
Jason James, Resonance Films (BC) with the empty-nester road trip film THE MOTHER OUTLAWS written by Garfield Lindsey.
Luke Black, Pretty Okay Pictures (ON) with the Sci-Fi/Action story TO BE CONTINUED written by Grant & Stu Marks.
Martin de Valk, Chiaro Productions (BC) with the claustrophobic thriller CONTAINER written by Brian Paisley, Keith Digby and Martin de Valk.