The Colony (2007 film)

The Colony is a Canadian short film, directed by Jeff Barnaby and released in 2007.[1] The film stars Glen Gould as Maytag, a Mi'kmaq man dealing with the emotional fallout of a love triangle, when his girlfriend Myriam (Kaniehtiio Horn) runs off with his friend and drug dealer Jackson (Kent McQuaid).[2]

The Colony
Directed byJeff Barnaby
Produced byJohn Christou
Written byJeff Barnaby
StarringGlen Gould
Kaniehtiio Horn
Music byJeff Barnaby
CinematographyMichel St-Martin
Edited byJeff Barnaby
Production
company
Release date
September 11, 2007 (TIFF)
Running time
24 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Mi'kmaq

The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2007,[4] and was a finalist for Best Aboriginal Film at the 2008 Yorkton Film Festival.[5] It was a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[6]

References

  1. Trevor McNally, "Former Listuguj resident returns to film". Campbellton Tribune, October 22, 2008.
  2. John Griffin, "It was a black day ...; Bye-bye red ink. Box office numbers cause for optimism". Montreal Gazette, October 16, 2007.
  3. Bruce Kirkland, "Short but sweet; The future of Canadian cinema is on display". Toronto Sun, September 4, 2007.
  4. "Cronenberg, Arcand make Hogtown film festival's top Canadian movies list". Daily Gleaner, December 12, 2007.
  5. "Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival". Regina Leader-Post, April 16, 2008.
  6. Joël Martel, "Un Jutra pour Sébastien Pilote et pour Patrick Bouchard?". Voir, February 7, 2008.


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