PNW Awards: To Kill A Wolf
November 22, 2025
In a modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway in the Oregon Wilderness and does his best to help her find a way home—a troubling exploration of trauma and redemption.
Director Kelsey Taylor and Cinematographer Adam Lee scheduled to attend for introduction and Q&A.
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
“What Taylor illustrates in this version of Little Red Riding Hood is a sensitive portrait of guilt, of the difference between people who simply want to bury it and those that are consumed by it. Her sympathy for those caught in its warm, familiar pain is what fills To Kill a Wolf with life.”— Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
Stunning shots of a forest and a haunting soundtrack set the stage for this contemporary riff on Little Red Riding Hood. First-time feature writer-director Kelsey Taylor explores what might have inspired the original fairy tale: The Woodsman (Ivan Martin) lives a simple life, clinging to routine in his cabin nestled deep in the fog-cloaked pines of the Oregon Cascades. Isolated in his nearly off-grid property, he is hidden from his past and the outside community—until a half-frozen Dani (Maddison Brown) appears on his doorstep. Taylor's fascination with fairy tales and their deeper meaning shines through this thriller that reveals not only Dani and the Woodsman’s difficult pasts but also what wolves they are fleeing. But the wolves may not be who we expect them to be—and neither are the ones working so hard to keep them at bay.
- Director: Kelsey Taylor
- Principal Cast: Ivan Martin, Maddison Brown, Michael Esper, Kaitlin Doubleday, David Knell
- Country: USA
- Year: 2023
- Running Time: 91 min.
- Producer: Joseph Restaino, Ricky Fosheim, Adam Lee, Kelsey Taylor, Jay Burnley
- Screenplay: Kelsey Taylor
- Cinematographers: Adam Lee
- Editors: Dawson Taylor
- Music: Sara Barone, Forest Christianson
- Website: Official Film Website
- Language: English