A WELCOME DISTRACTION
Written and Directed by Brian Daniel Johnson
Produced by Dide Su Bilgin and Maddy Chang
Cinematography by Andriy Lyskov
Edited by Sam Mohseni
Music by Zach Treble
Featuring the Music of
Nick McClurg
Your Friend Brennan
Starring:
Simon Farrell
Madison Isolina
Adriana Marchand
Liam McCully
DreW Carlson
Tom Black
Isabel Hansen
Tatenda Hatugari
Drew Ogle
Chad Tanner
Produced by Dide Su Bilgin and Maddy Chang
Cinematography by Andriy Lyskov
Edited by Sam Mohseni
Music by Zach Treble
Featuring the Music of
Nick McClurg
Your Friend Brennan
Starring:
Simon Farrell
Madison Isolina
Adriana Marchand
Liam McCully
DreW Carlson
Tom Black
Isabel Hansen
Tatenda Hatugari
Drew Ogle
Chad Tanner
A layabout 20-something. A grad school drug dealer. A mysterious girl. A spiritual leader. A Welcome Distraction is a sprawling character study of Ernest Prinze, a young man stewing in the aftermath of a family tragedy. We get to watch a man drift through a life as he desperately tries to let the vestiges of a distressed family fade away. This desire for separation leads him to increasingly abstract venues... but will the past let him go?
This is a fully self-funded independent feature film, shot over a whole year, from February 2023 and March 2024. It was created with the support of the entirety of the young filmmaking community in Vancouver, BC. We, the creative team behind A Welcome Distraction, are forever indebted to the generosity of the technicians and talent in this town.
A Welcome Distraction is currently in post-production, with eyes on a 2025 Festival Release
︎︎︎TRAILER︎︎︎
This is a fully self-funded independent feature film, shot over a whole year, from February 2023 and March 2024. It was created with the support of the entirety of the young filmmaking community in Vancouver, BC. We, the creative team behind A Welcome Distraction, are forever indebted to the generosity of the technicians and talent in this town.
A Welcome Distraction is currently in post-production, with eyes on a 2025 Festival Release
︎︎︎TRAILER︎︎︎
