Trigger debuted tonight at the Bell Lightbox as part of TIFF. I wasn’t there but Daniel Macivor, Trigger’s screenwriter, has a nice piece in the Toronto Star from earlier this month talking about how friends were driven to complete the film when the lead, Tracy Wright, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer prior to shooting.

My brother, who worked on the film, had this to say yesterday:

We are proud to have worked with Tracy Wright and a team of selfless souls on this piece of Canadiana which will be premiering at TIFF on Sunday. There are not enough projects that we get to work on that leave a lasting impression on our lives. This film is one of those for me. A truly unique experience and a genuinely collaborative process. Passion.

Tracy was supported by such a fantastic cast of great Canadian artists including Molly Parker, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley and Callum Keith Rennie, with Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene handling the musey, and all directed by Bruce McDonald.

The trailer’s currently the first one highlighted on Apple’s trailer site. You can watch it here. And hopefully have a chance to see the film in wider post-TIFF release.