World Premiere
Vancouver-based wrestler Judas Icarus embarks on an arduous road to recovery. Featuring a cast of active Pacific Northwest wrestlers and musicians.
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Judas Icarus, Sho Blunderfield, Travis Williams
Canada
2024
English
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Credits & Director
Producer
Kerr Holden
Screenwriter
Kurt Walker
Cinematography
Suz Friesen, Jessica Johnson, Ryan Ermacora, Kerr Holden
Original Music
Anti-God Hand, Dalton Meaden
Kerr Holden
Kerr Holden is a multi-disciplinary visual artist whose work includes film production, animation, graphic illustration, and video art. Her practice bounces between live-action and animated forms of image making, playfully experimenting with the connections between the two. Kerr’s film work traces the transformative moments in one’s life, both inside and outside of our bodies. She explores visions of nature, abstractions of movement, and other invisible dramas.
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