Here's a look at what happened in 2024. Please check back for more information on the 2025 film lineup and events.
2024 Film Festival Overview
Enjoy feature and short film programmes including Oscar contenders, breakthrough Canadian films, and adventure-packed and award-winning stories from around the globe. Select films will premiere exclusively in theatre. The festival also hosts lively après events, conversations with top talent, Q&As, and so much more.
The 2024 lineup includes the star power of Jennifer Lopez, Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hugh Grant, Dave Bautista and Robbie Williams, to name a few.
Film Highlights
Whistler Film Festival’s full film lineup is now live and includes 118 exciting and moving films. There are 47 features and 71 shorts from 14 countries, including top award-season contenders, new breakthrough Canadian features, adrenaline-pumping mountain adventure films, and previously unseen projects from around the globe.
- The Last Showgirl 2024 | United States | Feature Film | Directed by Gia Coppola | Starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dave Bautista
- Better Man 2022 | Australia | Closing Night | Directed by Michael Gracey | Starring Robbie Williams, Damon Herriman, Steve Pemberton and Alison Steadman
- Blue Rodeo: Lost Together 2024 | Canada | World Premiere | Directed by Dale Heslip | Starring Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor
- Universal Language 2024 | Canada | Whistler Premiere | Farsi, French | Directed by Matthew Rankin
Mountain Culture
The lineup also includes a program stacked with stoke, adventure, and thirst for the great outdoors including three Canadian premieres.
- X Trillion 2024 | United Kingdom | International Premiere | Directed by Eleanor Church
- Altitudes 2024 | Switzerland | Canadian Premiere | Directed by Louise Thaller and Stanislas Giroux
- Maya and the Wave 2022 | United States | Western Canadian Premiere | Directed by Stephanie Johnes
- Skategoat 2024 | Canada | Canadian Premiere | Directed by Van Alpert
- She Talks to Strangers 2023 | Canada | World Premiere | Directed by Bruce Sweeney
Borsos Competition
The Whistler Film Festival’s (WFF) prestigious Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature is overseen by a jury of some of the country’s most accomplished film and screen talent. Now in its 21st year, the competition – named after the legendary Canadian filmmaker Philip Borsos – awards a $35,000 cash and in-kind prize for Best Canadian Feature, making it the second-largest in the country.
Film and Event Tickets
The box office is now closed. Pleae check back in Fall 2025 for passes and ticket packs.
Industry Access
Here's a look at what happened for 2024. Please check back again for more information on the 2025 event.
2024 Content Summit
Learn, network, and connect at the Content Summit while immersing yourself in as many films as possible!
The WFF Content Summit takes place from December 4 to 7, 2024 and showcases the most transformative ideas shaping the future of screen entertainment today. The Content Summit fosters an inclusive, progressive, and inspiring environment for industry professionals to network, collaborate, and connect.
Featuring more than 25 sessions including keynotes, masterclasses, panels, roundtables, and 1:1 Market Meetings – there's something for everyone. Topics include Indigenous languages and the global marketplace, showrunning for episodic series, big data and audience development, documentary filmmaking, casting, and music combined with unparalleled access to streamers, broadcasters, distributors and key decision-makers.
Your Festival Experience Includes:
- Full access to WFF’s Content Summit and après receptions
- Film screenings, Signature Series and Talent Talks
- Pre-registration for 1:1 Meetings and workshops
- Opening Night Reception and Filmmaker Party*
- Pre-festival access to the Sea to Sky Shorts Showcase
- And much more
*Limited spaces available.
About the Whistler Film Festival Society
The Whistler Film Festival Society (WFFS) is a charitable cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art and business of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must-attend festival for artists, industry and audiences. WFFS fulfills its mission by producing a highly respected and recognized international film festival (WFF) and industry summit that draw industry, audiences and global exposure for Canadian talent; delivering a robust slate of talent programs for Canadian artists including screenwriters, producers, directors, actors and musicians; and through year-round film and event programming that enriches community life beyond the festival. In all its programs, WFF strives for gender parity, inclusivity and diversity.
The Whistler Film Festival Society acknowledges that the land on which their office and venues are located are within the unceded territories of the Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh (Squamish) and Lil̓wat7úl (Lil'wat Nations).