Whole New Thing

Whole New Thing
Whole New Thing
Directed by	Amnon Buchbinder
Written by	Daniel MacIvor; Amnon Buchbinder
Produced by	Camelia Frieberg
Starring	Aaron Webber; Daniel MacIvor; Robert Joy; Rebecca Jenkins; Callum Keith Rennie; Kathryn MacLellan
Cinematography	Christopher Ball
Edited by	Angela Baker
Music by	David Buchbinder
Production; companies	Acuity Pictures Production; Palpable Productions
Distributed by	THINKfilm
Release date	September 12, 2005 (TIFF);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Whole New Thing is a 2005 Canadian drama film directed by Amnon Buchbinder.^[1] The film is a coming-of-age narrative about a 13-year-old boy, Emerson Thorsen (played by Aaron Webber) who lives in an isolated straw-bale house with his counter-cultural parents, Rog (Robert Joy) and Kaya (Rebecca Jenkins). However, when Kaya decides that homeschooling provides too little structure for Emerson, she enrolls him at the local middle-school under the tuition of 43-year-old Don Grant (Daniel MacIvor). Emerson, despite displaying a developed intellectual approach to sexuality, discovers the problems that come with developing a crush, and the taboo of this crush being his teacher.^[2]

Production

The script was co-written by Buchbinder and Daniel MacIvor, and was filmed entirely on location in Mahone Bay and Halifax, Nova Scotia, during winter and over the course of 15 days.^[2]

The film soundtrack is scored by David Buchbinder, and contains songs by The Hidden Cameras.

The film is distributed by THINKFilm and co-funded by the NSFDC.

Awards

Robert Joy received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 27th Genie Awards.^[3]

References

^ "Believable characters keep Whole New Thing from getting old". Edmonton Journal, October 4, 2005.
^ ^a ^b "Whole New Direction". Now, April 13, 2016.
^ "The Rocket takes off with 13 Genie Award nominations". Vancouver Sun, January 10, 2007.

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[1] "Believable characters keep Whole New Thing from getting old". Edmonton Journal, October 4, 2005.

[now-2] "Whole New Direction". Now, April 13, 2016.

[3] "The Rocket takes off with 13 Genie Award nominations". Vancouver Sun, January 10, 2007.

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