Aberdeen (2024 film)

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Aberdeen
Directed byRyan Cooper
Eva Thomas
Screenplay byRyan Cooper
Eva Thomas
Produced byRyan Cooper
Kathleen Easton
Kyle Bornais
Starring Gail Maurice
Billy Merasty
Jennifer Podemski
Ryan Rajendra Black
CinematographyJesse Wicklund
Edited bySara Bulloch
Nathalie Massaroni
Music by Justin Delorme
Production
companies
Farpoint Films
Back to Space Productions
Distributed byFarpoint Distribution
Release date
  • September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)(TIFF)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Aberdeen is a Canadian drama film directed by Ryan Cooper and Eva Thomas, and released in 2024. [1] The film stars Gail Maurice as the titular Aberdeen, an Indigenous Canadian woman who moves to Winnipeg after being forced to leave her home community as a climate refugee.

The cast also includes Billy Merasty, Jennifer Podemski, Liam Stewart-Kanigan and Ryan Rajendra Black.

The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. [2] It later screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival. [3]

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