Whitewash

Details
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
Run Times:
88 min
Language:
English
Cast:
Thomas Haden Church, Marc Labrèche
Director:
Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Writer:
Marc Tulin, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Plot Summary

In the midst of a violent snowstorm, a drunken middle-aged man runs over and kills someone with his yellow sidewalk snowplow. He wakes up at the wheel, deep in the forest unaware of where he is, and must rely on the weapon of his crime to survive the harsh winter conditions.

Set in the snowy winter of Northern Quebec, Whitewash is a dark-comedy thriller that follows a man’s imprisonment in the forest and his quest for survival, redemption and sanity.

Festivals and Awards

Tribeca Film Festival, U.S.A., April 2013
*Winner: Best New Narrative Director

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, June 2013

Filmfest München, Germany, June 2013

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea, July 2013

Filmfestival Freistadt, Austria, August 2013

São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, October 2013

Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, October 2013

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, November 2013

Torino Film Festival, Italy, November 2013

Festival International du Premier Film D’Annonay, France, February 2014

Beijing International Film Festival, China, April 2014

East End Film Festival, UK, June 2014

Canadian Screenings at the Copenhagen Cinematheque, Denmark, March 2015