Ben Petrie

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Petrie at the 2025 Berlinale

Ben Petrie is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.[1]

He is a producer, co-writer and actor in Dead Lover,[2] which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and had its Canadian Premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.[3] He stars in Honey Bunch, which premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special.[4]

His feature directorial debut, The Heirloom, premiered in 2024 at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam.[5] It was named as one of The 10 Best Canadian Films of 2024[6] by The Globe and Mail.

He is the writer and director of the short film Her Friend Adam,[7] which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival[8] and was named Best Comedy of 2016 by Vimeo.[9] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.[10]

As an actor he has also performed in BlackBerry, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Tito, and The All Golden.

He is married to his frequent collaborator Grace Glowicki.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Twenty Five New Faces of Independent Film: Ben Petrie". Filmmaker Magazine, 2016.
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  5. ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Ben Petrie's The Heirloom to world premiere at IFFR". Playback, January 10, 2024.
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  7. ^ Alex Southey, "Her Friend Adam (Review)". Hollywood North Magazine, January 17, 2017.
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  10. ^ "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival". CBC News, December 7, 2016.
  11. ^ Johanna Schneller, "Filmmaker Grace Glowicki on breaking norms and the secret to shooting 13-15 pages of script a day". CBC Arts, May 14, 2021.
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