The Canadian lineup includes a Trailer Park Boys spinoff film and two music-focused documentaries.
Villeneuve’s horror-thriller follows a diabetic biology student who must escape a deadly cat and mouse game.
Joobeur’s debut feature Who Do I Belong To earned the honour at the Windsor International Film Festival on Oct. 27.
All 12 films are taking part in the festival’s Borsos Competition, which includes the award for Best Canadian Feature Film.
Each of the Whistler Film Festival’s (WFF) cohorts consist of five B.C.-based filmmakers.
This year marks the first time that the award has been turned into an official competition.
Plus: WIDC selects eight women and non-binary directors for Career Advancement Module and WIFT-AT sets 2024-25 Mentorship Match cohort.
Drive Back Home took home the Audience Award for Canadian Narrative Feature, while The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal earned the overall top score.
The Vancouver International Film Festival will name the Audience Award winners after it wraps on Oct. 6.
The lineup includes the world premieres of the features Words Left Unspoken and Lovely.
Planet in Focus will open with Made in Ethiopia and close with Resident Orca.
The CBC Gem series won the grand prize at the two-day short-form festival in Toronto.