''Amazon Falls'' is a 2010 Canadian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Katrin Bowen. The film stars

April Telek April Amber Telek (born April 29, 1975) is a Canadian actress. Early life and career Telek was born and raised on the North Shore of Vancouver, British Columbia. In Japan, she pursued her modeling career and won a Shiseido Cosmetics contract fo ...

as Jana, a faded

B-movie A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...

actress. The story was based in part on Bowen's own experience as an aspiring actress, as well as by the shooting death of B-movie actress

Lana Clarkson Lana Jean Clarkson (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-and-sorcery films. In 2003, record producer Phil Spector shot and killed Clarkson ins ...

in 2003. The cast also includes

Anna Mae Routledge Anna Mae Wills (born Anna Mae Routledge; March 31, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Celeste in the Disney Channel Original Movie ''16 Wishes''. Biography Wills was born in Calgary, Alberta. She graduated from the U ...

Zak Santiago Zak Santiago (born January 3, 1981) is a Canadian actor and DJ. Early life Santiago was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Santiago has appeared in many television shows, including ''Young Blades'', ''Smallville'', ''Robson Arms' ...

William B. Davis William Bruce Davis (born January 13, 1938) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as the Cigarette Smoking Man on ''The X-Files''. Besides appearing in many TV programs and movies, he founded his own acting school, the William Davis Ce ...

, Gabrielle Rose,

Tom Braidwood Tom Braidwood (born September 27, 1948) is a Canadian actor and director known for the role of Melvin Frohike, one of the conspiracy theorists known as The Lone Gunmen on the American television series ''The X-Files''. Braidwood also served as ...

and

Benjamin Ratner Benjamin Immanuel (also credited as Ben Ratner or Benjamin Ratner) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is most noted for his performances in the films ''Last Wedding'' and '' Looking for Leonard''. Career Immanuel has appeared in the films ''M ...

. The film premiered at the

2010 Toronto International Film Festival The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' La ...

."In the spotlight: Katrin Bowen showcases 'Amazon Falls' at the Toronto film fest".

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, September 11, 2010. The film received a

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nomination for Best Makeup (Amber Makar) at the

32nd Genie Awards The 32nd Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 8, 2012 to honour films released in 2011.

in 2011.

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* 2010 films 2010 thriller films Canadian thriller films English-language Canadian films 2010 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub