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ONE WEEK

When a young man is confronted with his mortality, he takes a road trip on a vintage motorcycle. One Week tells the story of Ben Tyler, in his mid-twenties, who flees the confines of his life—an impending marriage, a job he’s not entirely happy with and a recent diagnosis—in order to attempt to live more fully. What starts off as an ill-defined venture, soon morphs into a journey from Toronto to Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. One Week asks the question, “What would you do if you had one week to live?” and answers it through our hero’s journey. It’s by examining the particular that the larger truths emerge about the universal.

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Michael McGowan
Director

Michael McGowan wrote and directed Saint Ralph, the critically acclaimed feature film that won an array of international prizes and was distributed in Canada, the U.S. Japan, Germany, France and South Korea. Winner of the Writers’ Guild of Canada Award for Best Screenplay, the Directors’ Guild of Canada Award for best director, Saint Ralph also won the Grand Prix at the Paris Film Festival, the audience award at the London Film Festival and the People’s Choice Award for the Canadian Film Circuit. One Week is McGowan’s third feature film.