''Gregoire'' is a

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drama film, directed by Cody Bown and released in 2017. Shot in Bown's hometown of

Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significant ...

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, the film centres on five directionless young adults struggling to find their place."2017 VIFF INTERVIEW: CODY BOWN, DIRECTOR OF GREGOIRE"
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'', October 10, 2017. The cast includes Morgan Taylor Campbell as Misha,

Jared Abrahamson Jared Abrahamson is a Canadian actor. He is known for his performance in the 2016 film ''Hello Destroyer'', for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor and won the award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver ...

as Felix, Jedidiah Goodacre as Louis, Emily Haine as Alexa, and

Ben Cotton Ben Cotton (born July 26, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor. His most notable roles are on the TV series ''Stargate Atlantis'' playing scientist Dr. Kavanagh, his portrayal of "Leon Bell" in the game Dead Rising 2, Shane Pierce, the ...

as Steve. The film premiered at the

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, where it won the award for Best Canadian Narrative Feature Film, and subsequently screened at the

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. Bown was nominated for the

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in 2017. The film won two

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, for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Cotton) and Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film (Campbell)."Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards"
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'', January 9, 2018.

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* 2017 films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Alberta Films set in Alberta Fort McMurray 2017 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub