Drake and Rihanna Featured on Canadian Ski Movie Masterpiece

My personal favorite segment had to be Shonny Charbonneau’s epic street segment, and not just because it was backed by one of my all-time favorite Rihanna songs.

There’s something about watching Charbonneau ski that just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and like I want to go hit park features way out of my depth. Jacob Belanger also deserves more than an honorable mention for his segment. Belanger’s skiing takes us from the streets of Nelson to the Whistler backcountry and slots some odd-triangle shaped features in the middle. The film concludes with Belanger hitting a massive jump in the backcountry and landing switch before skiing out of the frame. Epic.

Of course, films would be nothing without the folks that make them, and it’s obvious watching The Harvest, that filmmaker Joey Kraft is a master of, well, his craft. The film strikes as good a balance between b-roll moments and ski shots as it does park skiing and big mountain. As a viewer, I never felt lost or like any segment felt unfinished or underdelivered.

Kraft’s cinematography did well to artfully showcase location, scale, and skiing. Perhaps most importantly, (although I guess it depends who you ask), he absolutely nailed the soundtrack. I could talk about how much I like the film all day, but really, you should just give it a watch.

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