Cardinals (film)
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 Film poster
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| Directed by |
Grayson Moore Aidan Shipley |
| Written by | Grayson Moore |
| Produced by | Marianna Margaret Kristy Neville |
| Starring |
Sheila McCarthy Noah Reid Katie Boland Grace Glowicki |
| Cinematography | Jackson Parrell |
| Edited by | Daniel Haack |
| Music by | Todor Kobakov |
Production companies |
Wildling Pictures Touchpoint Films |
Release date |
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Running time |
84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Cardinals is a 2017 Canadian thriller film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley. 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.
Cardinals, part of Telefilm Canada's Micro-Budget Production Program, was filmed in Stratford, Kitchener, and Barrie, Ontario.
The film premiered in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Cast
- Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker
- Katie Boland as Eleanor Walker
- Grace Glowicki as Zoe Walker
- Noah Reid as Mark Loekner
- Peter MacNeill as Jim Walker
- Peter Spence as Jonah Pastekh
Awards
At the 2017 Whistler Film Festival, Moore won the award for Best Screenplay in a Borsos Competition Film.
For her performance as Valerie Walker, Sheila McCarthy won the 2018 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Female.