''Cardinals'' is a 2017 Canadian

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Grayson Moore Grayson Moore is a Canadian screenwriter and filmmaker, most noted as writer and co-director of the 2017 film ''Cardinals''.Brad Wheeler"Review: Cardinals is minimalist and uniquely structured" ''The Globe and Mail'', August 30, 2018. Although Moo ...

and

Aidan Shipley Aidan Shipley (born December 11, 1992) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, most noted as co-director with Grayson Moore of the 2017 film ''Cardinals''.Brad Wheeler"Review: Cardinals is minimalist and uniquely structured" ''The Globe and Mail'', A ...

. The film stars

Sheila McCarthy Sheila McCarthy (born January 1, 1956) is a Canadian actress and singer. She has worked in film, television, and on stage. McCarthy is one of Canada's most honoured actors, having won two Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), an A ...

as Valerie Walker, a woman who has just recently been released from prison after accidentally killing a coworker in a drunk driving accident, when Mark (

Noah Reid Noah Nicholas Reid (born May 29, 1987) is a Canadian voice, stage, and screen actor; and musician. He has performed in several films and television series, including ''Franklin'' and the CBC comedy ''Schitt's Creek''. In 2016, he received a Cana ...

), the son of the man she killed, shows up on her doorstep demanding answers of his own. ''Cardinals'', part of

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's Micro-Budget Production Program, was filmed in Stratford, Kitchener, and

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. The film premiered in the Discovery section at the

2017 Toronto International Film Festival The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down b ...

Cast

as Valerie Walker *

Katie Boland Katie Boland (born 1987 or 1988) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, and producer. She began her career as a child actress in film and television and has since branched out into adult roles, in addition to writing, directing, and producing ...

as Eleanor Walker *

Grace Glowicki Grace Glowicki is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta.Fish Griwkowsky"Edmonton-born actress wins at Sundance" '' Edmonton Journal'', February 2, 2016. She is most noted for directing and starring in the 2019 film '' Tito'', whic ...

as Zoe Walker *

as Mark Loekner *

Peter MacNeill Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor and voice-over artist who has starred in numerous television series and films. His film credits have included '' The Hanging Garden'' (for which MacNeill won a Genie Award for Best Suppo ...

as Jim Walker *

Peter Spence Peter Spence (born 24 April 1944) is an England, English journalist and writer. He is perhaps best known for creating and writing the British sitcom ''To the Manor Born''. Early life Born in 1944, Peter Spence was educated at Bromsgrove School ...

as Jonah Pastekh

Awards

At the 2017

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, Moore won the award for Best Screenplay in a

Borsos Competition The Borsos Competition is the main awards program for Canadian feature films screening at the annual Whistler Film Festival. Introduced for the first time in 2004, the juried competition presents six awards annually to honour films, actors, screenpl ...

Film.Brandon Barrett
"Two-way tie for WFF's coveted Borsos Award"
''

Pique Newsmagazine ''Pique Newsmagazine'' is the only newspaper serving the resort community of Whistler, British Columbia. It was founded in 1994 and operated as an independent, locally owned weekly newspaper until July 2013, when it was purchased by Glacier Media ...

'', December 6, 2017. For her performance as Valerie Walker,

won the 2018 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Female.

References

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