Starwalker (2025)
- Directed by
- Corey Payette
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A homeless indigenous teenager finds community and acceptance after meeting a friend and joining a drag house. The story follows his journey of belonging through music and performance.
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What happens
Starwalker is a Canadian musical comedy-drama film, directed by Corey Payette and released in 2025. An adaptation of his own 2023 stage musical, the film stars Dillan Chiblow as the Star, a homeless indigenous teenager who finds community and acceptance after he meets Levi (Jeffrey Michael Follis) and is introduced to the House of Borealis, a drag house presided over by Mother Borealis (Stewart Adam McKensy). The cast also includes Jason Sakaki, Jennifer Lines, Connor Parnall, Emma Slipp, Ralph Escamillan, Hank Pine and Jesse Alvarez in supporting roles. The film premiered at the 2025 Inside Out Film and Video Festival. It is also slated to screen in the Borsos Competition program at the 2025 Whistler Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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