Ben Petrie

Ben Petrie is a Canadian writer, director, and actor, featured in Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” His debut feature, The Heirloom, in which he stars opposite Glace Glowicki, opens March 21 through Factory 25. He co-wrote and stars in Glowicki’s new feature, Dead Lover, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and has subsequently played at the Rotterdam and SXSW, and he and Glowicki also star in Honey Bunch, opposite Kate Dickie and Jason Isaacs, which had its world premiere at the 2025 Berlinale. Visit his website for more info.

Talks

On Luna, Dilly and Milly

By Ben Petrie | March 20, 2025

On Luna, Dilly and Milly

The Heirloom’s writer-director-star Ben Petrie on how making a movie about his new dog revealed much more about himself than he’d expected.