''Run Woman Run'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Zoe Leigh Hopkins Zoe Leigh Hopkins is a Canadian Heiltsuk/Mohawk writer and film director who began her career in acting in 1991 and later pursued filmmaking. Biography The daughter of journalist Brian Maracle,Laura Neilson Bonikowsky"Brian Maracle" ''The Canadi ...

and released in 2021.Alex De Vore
"‘Run Woman Run’ Review"
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'', October 13, 2021. It stars

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as Beck, a single mother whose life has fallen apart; when she is diagnosed with

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, however, she decides to pull her life back together by training to run a

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, during which she begins to see the ghost of Tom Longboat (

Asivak Koostachin Asivak Koostachin (born 1994) is a Cree-Inuk actor from Canada, most noted for his performances in the films ''Red Snow'' and '' Run Woman Run''. The son of filmmaker Jules Arita Koostachin, he had his first major acting role in the APTN drama se ...

) coaching and guiding her. The cast also includes

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, Braeden Clarke,

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, Kevin Hill,

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, Damon Laforme,

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, Denise McQueen, Derek Miller, Sladen Peltier and

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. The film premiered in April 2021 at the

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. It was released theatrically in Canada by levelFILM on March 25, 2022.

Awards

At the 2021

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, the film won the award for Best Film and Hebert won the award for Best Actress.Vincent Schilling
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'', November 7, 2021. Hopkins was also nominated for Best Director, Koostachin for Best Actor, Cardinal for Best Supporting Actor and Wolf for Best Supporting Actress. The film won the Moon Jury Award at the 2021

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.Jeff Blagden
"Adaawk Takes Home ‘New Voice in Storytelling Award’, among 18 winners at imagineNATIVE Film Festival"
CFNR-FM, October 25, 2021. At the 2022 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, it won the awards for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Performance (Hebert). The film was shortlisted for Best Direction in a Feature Film at the 2022

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awards.Etan Vlessing
"DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees"
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'', September 23, 2022.

References

External links

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