Ben Petrie

Ben Petrie
Petrie at the 2025 Berlinale
OccupationFilmmaker
Known forDead Lover, The Heirloom, Her Friend Adam
SpouseGrace Glowicki

Ben Petrie is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.

Career

He is a producer, co-writer and actor in Dead Lover, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and had its Canadian Premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. He stars in Honey Bunch, which premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special.

His feature directorial debut, The Heirloom, premiered in 2024 at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. It was named as one of The 10 Best Canadian Films of 2024 by The Globe and Mail.

He is the writer and director of the short film Her Friend Adam, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was named Best Comedy of 2016 by Vimeo. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.

As an actor he has also performed in BlackBerry, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Tito, and The All Golden.

Personal life

Petrie is married to his frequent collaborator Grace Glowicki.

References

  1. ↑ "Twenty Five New Faces of Independent Film: Ben Petrie". Filmmaker Magazine, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Program Guide | 2025 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  3. ↑ Elfadl, Murtada (2025-02-03). "'Dead Lover' Review: Macabre Attempt to Keep a Lost Romance Alive Is Both Entertaining and Inventive". Variety. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  4. ↑ Economou, Vassilis (December 17, 2024). "The Berlinale announces the first Berlinale Special, Panorama and Generation titles". Cineuropa. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  5. ↑ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Ben Petrie's The Heirloom to world premiere at IFFR". Playback, January 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The 10 best Canadian films of 2024, a year on the cusp of confidence and crisis". The Globe and Mail. 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  7. ↑ Alex Southey, "Her Friend Adam (Review)". Hollywood North Magazine, January 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ Rizov, Vadim (2016-07-25). "Ben Petrie - Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  9. ↑ "Best of the Year Award Winners 2016". vimeo.com. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  10. ↑ "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival". CBC News, December 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ Johanna Schneller, "Filmmaker Grace Glowicki on breaking norms and the secret to shooting 13-15 pages of script a day". CBC Arts, May 14, 2021.