While the film revels in its disorienting nature, filmmaker Mitchell Stafiej and co-leads Travis Cannon and James Watts provide clarity about the inspiration, process, and production of The Diabetic. Traveling all the way from Montréal to a different section of Montréal, this gang of storytellers and comedians exuded an affability that their film’s anti-hero would do well to learn from, as well as providing restaurant recommendations North of the Border.

“[W]e needed to get into Alec’s mind because otherwise he was just like this huge loser, and that’s all he was.”—Mitchell Stafiej

For those of you who enjoy James Watts’ on-screen shenanigans, we hope you can check out his film Death Trip, a mumble-gore comedy he co-wrote with his partner, Kelly Kay Hurcomb.