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The Ballad of Gus

World Premiere

Encouraged by two father figures—one a drug dealer, the other an artist—Gus faces a pivotal moment in his life.

 

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Director
Cast

Stephen Eric McIntyre, Trevor Merasty, Tyler Rogers, Darcy Fehr, Alec Goodall

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

English

Film Contact
Content Warning

Graphic Violence, Drug & Alcohol Abuse

14A
16 min

Featured in:

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Bouncing through nostalgic aesthetics and genre storytelling, a contemporary point of view comes into focus.

 

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Credits

Executive Producer

Juliette Hagopian

Producer

Brian Barnhart

Screenwriter

Brian Barnhart

Cinematography

Greg Nicod

Production Design

Madison Dueck

Original Music

Ben Brimacombe, Nick Walker

Director

Brian Barnhart headshot, The Ballad of Gus director

Brian Barnhart

Originally from Manitoba, Brian Vincent Barnhart got his start in film by working as a production assistant in his early 20s. He went on to study film production at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal. His last film, The Manitoba Connection (2020), was a 35-minute documentary about Winnipeg’s hardcore punk underground scene circa the mid-2000s.