Driftless Film Festival 2025
Hundreds Of Beavers

Hundreds of Beavers

Filmmaker: Mike Cheslik

2022 | United States | 108 min.

Screenings: Thursday, Nov 6, 8:00 pm

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. JEAN KAYAK finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and sinister creatures – all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – KAYAK develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover.

Crew
Director
Mike Cheslik
Producers
Kurt Ravenwood
Matt Sabljak
Ryland Brickson
Cole Tews
Sam Hogerton
Writers
Mike Cheslik
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Cinematography
Quinn Hester
Cast
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Olivia Graves
Wes Tank
Doug Mancheski
Luis Rico