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
Edited bySara Bulloch
Nathalie Massaroni
Production
companies
Farpoint Films
Back to Space Productions
Release date
  • September 2024 (2024-09)(TIFF)
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Aberdeen is a Canadian drama film directed by Ryan Cooper and Eva Thomas, and slated for release 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 is slated to premiere in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. [2]

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