The Filmmakers

ZAAK ROBICHAUD
Director - Producer - Writer - Editor

This is Zaak’s first feature film. He has played with video and a variety of software to produce home videos, small projects for work, and a wedding. He hopes that this film will be a springboard to making other films.

Having worked as a youth pastor and as a teacher, he wants to help people realize their identity and to challenge them with natural experiences that will provoke growth. “There are too many artificial learning environments, we need to return to living, breathing moments that can teach us.”

Because of the limited budget and only his spare time to compile the documentation of his and his friends’ journey across Canada, the film had a couple years to mature. “I think the story tells itself very nicely. I didn’t want to force a theme or a point, I wanted to draw those themes out of the bike trip footage and the interviews I conducted. I’m still entranced when I watch the story unfold.”

He has lived in the Marshall Islands, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Québec, and now volunteers in Guatemala with his wife and baby boy.

JUSTIN JEFFERY
Composer

Justin grew up across Canada, BC to Newfoundland. He finish university in Michigan where he now works as a graphic designer at Andrews University. He joined this project because it presented a challenge to compose original music. Already an accomplished pianist and percussionist, he would like to compose soundtracks again in the future. Zaak has his number.

MIKE BOLDT
Animator

Mike grew up in central Alberta. He draws for Transglobal Communications’ Creative Publishing department as a children’s book illustrator. He recently spent a year in South Korea where he continued his Canadian job as an illustrator. In regards to film production, this is his first involvement. He hopes one day draw for an animated feature He looks forward to seeing this film in its entirety.