Episode 531: In The Seats With....Graham Foy and 'The Maiden'

Growing up is rarely easy....On this very special episode we are getting the honor of diving into some incredibly beautiful Can-Con coming of age storytelling which is making it's debut at the TIFF Bell Lightbox tonight with some Q&A's and guests in attendance.  It's time for 'The Maiden'.Shot in glorious 16mm film, 'The Maiden' is a beautifully atmospheric mediation on growing up and all the challenges that it entails.  When a day of youthful abandon turns tragic, a new world opens for three suburban teenagers. Best friends Colton (Marcel T. Jiménez) and Kyle (Jackson Sluiter) skateboard, swim in a ravine, tag bridges, and pick flowers for a cat’s burial until a fatal accident changes everything. Meanwhile, Whitney (Hayley Ness) feels her best friend slip away into the world of boys and parties. When their paths cross, time slips, boundaries dissolve and what was certain ceases to exist. Shot in Alberta, 'The Maiden' is very much a film of its place that couldn't have taken place anywhere then in our own beautiful country.  I had the unique pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Graham Foy to talk about the origins of the story, shooting on film and so very much more.