Boundaries shift as two teen friends spend a ski weekend together.
Mercer Goddard, Freddie Markelov
Canada
2026
English
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Credits & Director
Executive Producer
Harland Weiss, Donovan M. Boden, Isil Gilderdale, Emily Harris
Producer
Declan McKenna
Screenwriter
Fraser Wolfe
Cinematography
John Takacs
Editor
Emily MacDonald, Fraser Wolfe
Production Design
Jordan Wong
Original Music
Kai Creedman-Ho
Fraser Wolfe
Fraser Wolfe is a Vancouver-born, Toronto-based writer, director, and producer. He is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Image Arts: Film Studies program. Buddies (2026) is his undergraduate thesis film and directorial debut.
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