2017 Canadian film
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
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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