Bowen Island-based feature Re: Uniting marks Canadian premiere at Whistler Film Festival on December 3, online starting December 4

Picturesque 25-year reunion between old college friends brings up nostalgia as a sombre secret lurks in the background

Whistler Film Festival screens Re: Uniting as a Special Presentation at the Rainbow Theatre on December 3 at 8:30 pm, and virtually beginning December 4

LIFE-CHANGING NEWS looms over a nostalgic 25-year reunion between college friends in Laura Adkin’s debut feature Re: Uniting, which makes its Canadian premiere on closing night of this year’s Whistler Film Festival.

The film shot and based in Bowen Island, B.C. tells the story of Rachel and her husband Michael as their college friend group, who went their separate ways after graduating, finally reunites at the pair’s lavish island home. Rachel grapples with her mortality in private while laughing, drinking, and dancing with her old friends—a mother of 3, workaholic neurosurgeon, football star-turned-sportscaster, and playboy man-child, respectively. Re: Uniting seamlessly blends memories of the past with hopes for the future as secrets come to light within the group.

Featuring a star-studded cast, Re: Uniting presents Michelle Harrison as Rachel and Jesse L. Martin as Michael, both of whom starred in the CW television series The Flash. Martin gained popularity as Tom Collins in the 2005 Broadway musical film RENT, while one of Harrison’s more notable roles is as Kate Henry in the 2009 CBC Television series Wild Roses.

Adkin, producer Krista Rand, and cinematographer Stirling Bancroft will all be in attendance for the Special Presentation, along with Harrison and fellow cast members Bronwen Smith, Lennox Leacock, and Daphne Bibbings.

Re: Uniting also screens online beginning December 4. More info is at Whistler Film Festival.

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