Bison (2014 film)

Bison
Directed byKevan Funk
Written byKevan Funk
Produced byKevan Funk
StarringDylan Playfair
Tyler Burrows
James Michel
Kurt Max Runte
Kody Abrahamson
Derek Abrahamson
CinematographyBenjamin Loeb
Edited byKevan Funk
Release date
  • September 2014 (2014-09) (TIFF)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Bison is a Canadian short film, directed by Kevan Funk and released in 2014.[1] A critique of colonialism, the film stars Dylan Playfair as a young man who makes an unsettling discovery while helping to brand cattle on a ranch.[1]

The cast also includes Tyler Burrows, James Michel, Kody Abrahamson, Derek Abrahamson and Kurt Max Runte.

The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[3]

  1. ^ a b Eric Volmers, "Banff native Kevan Funk's short film, Bison, part of Canada's Top 10 Film Festival". Calgary Herald, February 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Casey Cipriani (August 6, 2014). "Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Canadian Features and Short Films". IndieWire.
  3. ^ Derek Flack, "The Top 10 films in Canada from 2014". BlogTO, December 2, 2014.