Don McKellar is actor (e.g. in Exotica) and scriptwriter (e.g. Bruce McDonald's Roadkill) and realised two short films.<br />

Don McKellar

What is a film festival really all about?

IFFR 2001

Word from the Management, A

main programme short

A Word from the Management

Tragi-comic portrayal of the apocalypse. The world succumbs without panic, but not everyone is lucky or clever enough to fulfill their final wishes. McKellar and his colleague Cronenberg in captivating roles.

IFFR 1999

Last Night, 

main programme

Last Night

Peter Lynch

Crazy monologue about puberty in a concrete jungle and spectacular prehistoric finds.

IFFR 1997

Arrowhead, 

fake

Arrowhead

Olivier Assayas

Moving and convincing film about the young widow of a pop star, who fights for her child and against her addiction. A film that is carried by the famous Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung and in which everything figures. Especially feelings.

IFFR 2005

Clean, 

Kings & Aces

Clean

Moving and original drama set on the polar circle. On assignment for the Canadian government, an old Norwegian leads a herb of reindeer in a journey that takes years. A battle against the elements and bureaucracy.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Don McKellar

Filmography

Don McKellar at IFFR

Arrowhead

The Herd

Last Night

A Word from the Management

Clean