Avalon Fast

While working with Francine on this poster I came to understand things about CAMP I had been blind to before. She had the idea of the angelic presence impailing herself with the camp’s “talking stick” as a sort of metaphor for the removal of one’s spiritual wound while talking openly about trauma. I feel so close to this image, it’s become an important part of the entire vision.

We’re thrilled to share the official poster for @madvalon and @jillian_frank ’s DRINKING AND DRIVING, which has its world premiere at @lafestivalofmovies this weekend. The film plays at @2220arts this Saturday (with Q&A moderated by Amanda Kramer) and at @now_instant on Sunday (with Q&A moderated by Micah Gottlieb) — tickets are still available for each show. ⁣Poster designed by @darcydemerse.art . ⁣ Early twenties Iris (Jillian Frank) and Palmer (Avalon Fast) never left their hometown. They work at the same restaurant, share the same bed, and both have a habit of drinking and driving. They run into Levi (Ethan Hawksworth), a guy they used to know. They spend time with him and his cousin, Phoenix (Henri Gillespi), in cars, backyards, and other people’s bedrooms. When Levi shares a dream he had with Iris things change between the four of them. The reality of the summer becomes faded, the parties die. The four end in a field of unified confusion.⁣

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Watch an exclusive trailer for CAMP from director Avalon Fast Exclusively in US theaters June 26. Add to watchlist at the link in bio.

We’re happy to team up with @filmmakermag to share an exclusive clip from DRINKING AND DRIVING, which will have its world premiere at @lafestivalofmovies this weekend. ⁣ ⁣ A lo-fi hangout film for the fuckups, DRINKING AND DRIVING was co-directed and co-stars Avalon Fast (@madvalon ) and Jillian Frank (@jillian_frank ). Fast previously helmed the homespun yet audacious features HONEYCOMB and CAMP, which explore grisly, supernatural aspects of girlhood and on which Frank closely collaborated. Fast has also been working with a slew of rising, boundary-pushing filmmakers, including Louise Weard on her transgressive CASTRATION MOVIE series, and most recently starred in prolific 21-year-old filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay’s BUFFY-inspired THE SERPENT’S SKIN. ⁣ ⁣ Now skewing more realistically raw, DRINKING AND DRIVING was filmed in several separate hometowns of the cast and crew of Canadian twentysomethings. As a result, the film feels entrenched in the stagnant, stubborn haze of youthful nescience. The parties don’t end, the consequences don’t come, the lessons are never learned—or at least it starts to feel that way.⁣ As Fast and Frank describe it, “DRINKING AND DRIVING is the trip you didn’t ask for, to the hometown you didn’t grow up in.”⁣ ⁣ Early twenties Iris (Jillian Frank) and Palmer (Avalon Fast) never left their hometown. They work at the same restaurant, share the same bed, and both have a habit of drinking and driving. They run into Levi (Ethan Hawksworth), a guy they used to know. They spend time with him and his cousin, Phoenix (Henri Gillespi), in cars, backyards, and other people’s bedrooms. When Levi shares a dream he had with Iris, things change between the four of them. The reality of the summer becomes faded, the parties die. The four end in a field of unified confusion.⁣ ⁣ More festivals and release details to be announced soon.⁣

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DRINKING AND DRIVING directed by Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank Canada, 2026, 106 min, DCP World Premiere with writer/directors @madvalon and @jillian_frank Sat, April 11 6:00 p.m. at @2220arts Sun, April 12 3:45 p.m. at @now_instant Vancouver-based filmmakers Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank put themselves behind and in front of the camera in this dreamy, funny and libidinal hangout movie, a beguiling portrait of working-class carnal oblivion in rural Canada. Resembling a seedy ‘90s Larry Clark movie but from a distinctly female perspective, the film’s revelry of parties and drunken hookups blur the line between character and performance, but always with an authentic feel for place and character. The film’s confident scrappiness and sneaky melancholy feel like getting a glimpse into a private world, and further evidence of the riches of recent microbudget Canadian cinema. -MG LAFM festival passes are on sale now at lafestivalofmovies.org. Pass-holders can reserve their tickets now, and individual tickets will be available to the general public on March 23rd.

We’re very proud to announce that CAMP 🌲 has been officially selected as part of this year TIFF Next Wave where it will have it’s Ontario Premiere 🙌 We can’t wait to see you there ✨

Happy Birthday miss Jillian. I have loved you since international cat day, 2013, and I’ll love you for the rest of my life.

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Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank’s new film DRINKING AND DRIVING will have its world premiere at @lafestivalofmovies next month. More festival dates to be announced soon!⁣ ⁣ DRINKING AND DRIVING⁣ dir. Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank⁣ 2026, Canada, 105 min.⁣ ⁣ “Boys like that don’t have dreams like this.”⁣ ⁣ Early twenties Iris (Jillian Frank) and Palmer (Avalon Fast) never left their hometown. They work at the same restaurant, share the same bed, and both have a habit of drinking and driving. They run into Levi (Ethan Hawksworth), a guy they used to know. They spend time with him and his cousin, Phoenix (Henri Gillespi), in cars, backyards, and other people's bedrooms. When Levi shares a dream he had with Iris things change between the four of them. The reality of the summer becomes faded, the parties die. The four end in a field of unified confusion.

Ohhh fuck yeah Last night was beautiful thank you people for coming to see the movie