Cardinals (film)

Cardinals
Film poster
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	7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Cardinals is a 2017 Canadian thriller film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley.[1] 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.[2]

Cardinals, part of Telefilm Canada's Micro-Budget Production Program, was filmed in Stratford, Kitchener, and Barrie, Ontario.[3]

The film premiered in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

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.[5]

For her performance as Valerie Walker, Sheila McCarthy won the 2018 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Female.[6]

References

1. Chris Knight, "Everyone did it in Cardinals, a dark, Canadian crime drama". National Post, August 29, 2018.
2. Andrew Parker, "Review: Cardinals". TheGATE.ca, August 29, 2018.
3. Regan Reid (8 April 2016). "Production underway on micro-budget thriller Cardinal". Playback. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
4. "Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem". The Wrap. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
5. Brandon Barrett, "Two-way tie for WFF's coveted Borsos Award". Pique Newsmagazine, December 6, 2017.
6. "Winners: The 16th annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto" (Press release). ACTRA Toronto. CNW Group. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links

• Cardinals at IMDb
• Cardinals at Rotten Tomatoes