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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Stephen Eric McIntyre, Trevor Merasty, Tyler Rogers, Darcy Fehr, Alec Goodall
Canada
2022
English
Graphic Violence, Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 4
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
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.