| Cardinals | |
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| Directed by | Grayson Moore Aidan Shipley |
| Written by | Grayson Moore |
| Produced by | Marianna Margaret Kristy Neville |
| Starring | Sheila McCarthy Noah Reid Katie Boland Grace Glowicki |
| Cinematography | Jackson Parrell |
| Edited by | Daniel Haack |
| Music by | Todor Kobakov |
Production companies | Wildling Pictures Touchpoint Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Cardinals is a 2017 Canadian thriller film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley.[1] The film stars Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker, a woman who has just recently been released from prison after killing a coworker in a drunk driving incident, when Mark (Noah Reid), the son of the man she killed, shows up on her doorstep demanding answers of his own.[2]
Cardinals, part of Telefilm Canada's Micro-Budget Production Program, was filmed in Stratford, Kitchener, and Barrie, Ontario.[3]
The film premiered in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
Cast
- Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker
- Katie Boland as Eleanor Walker
- Grace Glowicki as Zoe Walker
- Noah Reid as Mark Loekner
- Peter MacNeill as Jim Walker
- Peter Spence as Jonah Pastekh
Awards
At the 2017 Whistler Film Festival, Moore won the award for Best Screenplay in a Borsos Competition Film.[5]
For her performance as Valerie Walker, Sheila McCarthy won the 2018 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Female.[6]
References
- ↑ Chris Knight, "Everyone did it in Cardinals, a dark, Canadian crime drama". National Post, August 29, 2018.
- ↑ Andrew Parker, "Review: Cardinals". TheGATE.ca, August 29, 2018.
- ↑ Regan Reid (8 April 2016). "Production underway on micro-budget thriller Cardinal". Playback. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ "Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem". The Wrap. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ Brandon Barrett, "Two-way tie for WFF's coveted Borsos Award". Pique Newsmagazine, December 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Winners: The 16th annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto" (Press release). ACTRA Toronto. CNW Group. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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