About The Documentary
From a love of the sport, The Hockey Film is a full-feature film documenting the lives of real, everyday people who “eat, sleep, and breathe hockey”. While featuring people like you and me, the film also showcases a glimpse into the lives of a few professionals, on how they fell in love with the sport.
The vision for this film comes from Christopher Aylward, an independent filmmaker, who happens to be a big hockey fan, and a proud hockey goalie. The film tells the true stories of various individuals, players, families, team reps, league commissioners, to owners of various hockey events.
From home here in Canada to around the world in New Zealand, the film covers various hockey stories from people in various parts of the globe.
A FILM ON HOCKEY LIKE NO OTHER
THE CONCEPT
It begins with an idea. What if the cameras and spotlight were turned away from the professionals, and directed on the rest of us?
GRASSROOTS
A documentary that tells stories most of us can relate to. How we got hooked, where the game took us. What hockey means to us.
THE FINAL PRODUCT
A passionate film featuring stories from fans and players alike, around the world from Canada to New Zealand.
The Filmmaker
Christopher Aylward
The Making of a Film
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Taking the Draw
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The Filmmaker with The Travelling Goalie
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In Haliburton for the Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships
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Meeting of the Goalies
"Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been."
Walter Gretzky
Film Updates
A few of the moments and happenings during the process of creating the upcoming grassroots documentary, The Hockey Film.