Whole New Thing

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]

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Whole New Thing (disambiguation).
Whole New Thing
Directed byAmnon Buchbinder
Produced byCamelia Frieberg
Written byDaniel MacIvor
Amnon Buchbinder
StarringAaron Webber
Daniel MacIvor
Robert Joy
Rebecca Jenkins
Callum Keith Rennie
Kathryn MacLellan
Music byDavid Buchbinder
CinematographyChristopher Ball
Edited byAngela Baker
Production
companies
Acuity Pictures Production
Palpable Productions
Distributed byTHINKfilm
Release date
  • September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • February 3, 2006 (2006-02-03) (Canada)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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