Get your canoe on!

Paddle into Greenwood Features on Saturday, August 8th for a hilarious, one-of-a-kind interactive screening of the Indie comedy Canoe Dig It?! 

Before the film, grab a drink at our cocktail hour and witness (or compete in!) the First Annual Greenwood Freestyle Canoeing Championship. We’re using rapid-fire trivia to pick three brave contestants from the crowd, strapping them into a ridiculous wearable cardboard canoe, and forcing them to improvise a routine to a mystery soundtrack. 

The crowd decibel meter and the film's writer/director, Sam Dunning, will judge the chaos!

Canoe Dig It? is a mockumentary comedy about a fictional canoeing competition in Northern Maine for the nonfictional sport of “Freestyle Canoeing”, a form of performative canoeing best described as “canoe dancing”. Competitors paddle out and spin, dip, and “dance” in circles in perfect synchronization with the music of their choice.

The film tracks a handful of quirky and curiously relatable competitors vying for the blue ribbon at the Moosehead Regional Finals. We follow our cadre of diverse canoeists’- a cutthroat perfectionist, a backwoods natural, an aging underdog, a squabbling couple of summer camp owners, and a hard rocking bartender- as they prepare for the big stage (lake), seeing glimpses into their personal lives, their eclectic preparation methods, and learning what it takes to make it to the top of the Freestyling world.

What does it take to bring home the “Top Paddler” ribbon? Athleticism? Technique? Core Strength? Song choice? These and all your other burning questions will be answered!

Canoe Dig It Official Website | Instagram | Trailer

Saturday, August 8th

• 7:00 PM – Doors Open & Cocktail Hour
• 7:30 PM – The Pre-Show Freestyle Canoe Showdown 
• 8:00 PM – Canoe Dig It? Screening
• 9:40 PM – Post-Film Q&A Mingle with writer/director Sam Dunning