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Le Tour De Canada

Rivals go head to head in a cross-country cycling race.

Director
Cast

Ben Cockell, Zander Eke, Matthew Rankin

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

In English and French with English subtitles

Links
18+
6 min
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Credits & Director

Producer

Aidan Kyle, Kenji Yukinaga-Paradis

Screenwriter

John Hollands

Cinematography

Valeriya Kahn

ANIM

John Hollands

Editor

Elliot Farinaro

Production Design

Rowan Landaiche

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John Hollands

John Hollands is a filmmaker, writer, and photographer living and working in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. His films have been screened across Canada.

Photo by Dan Muller

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