Synopsis
The Goose a mute young man attempts regain his voice and to escape his oppressive surroundings with the help of an inventive, but behind the times Travel Agent. The Goose must traverse a gauntlet of miscommunication, small town bravado and his Snowbird weirdos to achieve this goal. He meets a woman known as the Escape Artist in the hospital and they hatch a loose plot to migrate to Arizona, where the Goose can receive new age voice therapy and the Escape Artist can escape winter’s clutches.
Festivals
- New Horizons Film Festival, Poland, 2018.
- Sydney Underground Film Festival, Australia, 2018.
- FNC - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, Canada, 2018.
- Yukon Film Society,Whitehorse, Canada, 2019
- Unseen Movies Festival, Athens, Greece, 2019.
- Mamooth Lake Film Festival, USA, 2019.
- Gimli Film Festival, Canada, 2019.
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Director: Mike Maryniuk
Script: Mike Maryniuk
Cast: Rob Crooks, Bea Solsberg, Rob Vilar, Tim Roth, Washboard Hank Fisher, Al Simmons, Lee White, Mike Olito, Patrick Lowe, James “Pinhead” Miller, Darryl Nepinak
DOP: Josh Marr
Sound design: Andy Rudolph
Editing: Mike Maryniuk
Music: Paul Leary
Art direction: Gwen Trutnau
Production: Mike Maryniuk
Version
Original: English
Format
4K, 35mm, 16mm, 8 mm, 1:85, 5.1
DCP, Blu Ray, Pro Res
Mike Maryniuk was born in Winnipeg but grew up in rural Manitoba's backcountry. A self-taught film virtuoso, Maryniuk's cinematographic universe is an inventive hybrid of Jim Henson, Norman McLaren, and Les Blank. Maryniuk's movies are a visual stew of handmade ingredients and are full of home-cooked wonders. His films have screened at Sundance, SXSW, NY Views from the Avant Garde, TIFF, and around the world.
