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| HOLIDAY 2014 PHOTO (WHISTLER) MIKE CRANE/TOURISM WHISTLER 16 T his year, a familiar face is repre- senting the Whistler Film Festival. Vancouver born-and-bred actor Jason Priestley has been appointed the festival's ambassador. It's quite an honour, as Priestley is the very first ambassador for the festival, now going into its 14th year. e festival is needed, says Priestley. "It's hard for Canadian filmmakers to get their movies a) made and b) seen, even for me as a Canadian filmmaker," he said during a recent visit to Vancouver for the Whistler Film Fest kickoff party. "Any festival like Whistler's that show- cases Canadian talent and Canadian films is incredibly important and something that needs to be supported." ough still best known for his role on the hit '90s TV series Beverly Hills, 90210, Priestley has racked up numerous acting credits in other TV series, including HBO Canada's Call Me Fitz, in which he played against type as a morally bankrupt used car salesman (his character Brandon Walsh in Beverly Hills was famously virtuous). Priestley also directed a number of episodes of Fitz, and First Canadian movie you remember watching "Probably Strange Brew (1983), the Bob and Doug McKenzie movie. I remem- ber feeling proud it was a Canadian movie." Favourite recent Canadian movies "I loved Goon (2011); I thought that was great. And The Art of the Steal (2013) with Jay Baruchel and Kurt Russell, shot in Montreal." Priestley's CANADiANA PiCks First Canadian movie you remember watching "Probably (1983), the Bob and Doug McKenzie movie. I remem First Canadian movie you remember watching "Probably Strange Brew (1983), the Bob and Doug McKenzie movie. I remem- ber feeling proud it was a Canadian movie." Favourite recent Canadian movies "I loved Goon that was great. And of the Steal Baruchel and Kurt Russell, shot in Montreal." First Canadian movie you remember watching "Probably (1983), the Bob and Doug McKenzie movie. I remem