Cold Road

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Cold Road
Directed by Kelvin Redvers
Written byKelvin Redvers
Produced byKelvin Redvers
Matt Watterworth
Gianna Isabella Magliocco
Starring Roseanne Supernault
CinematographyDaniel Everitt-Lock
Edited byJerry Skibinsky
Production
companies
IndigiFilm
Iylond Entertainment
Distributed by Levelfilm
Release date
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Cold Road is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Kelvin Redvers and released in 2024. [1] The film stars Roseanne Supernault as Tracy, an indigenous woman who is driving to her home reserve in far northern Saskatchewan to see her dying mother, but who is under threat from a big rig truck driver who is following her. [2]

Contents

The cast also includes Taylor Kinequon, Samuel Hoeksema, Kim Faires, Chad Cosgrave, Nora Mcadam, Cassandra Phillips-Grande, Carla Fox, C. Blake Evernden, Peter Redvers, William Louttit and Lisa Pantherbone.

Distribution

A working print of the film, with an unfinished audio mix, was screened in Yellowknife and Redvers' hometown of Hay River, Northwest Territories, in 2023, [3] and the completed film had its official premiere on January 15, 2024, at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. [3] It was acquired for distribution by Levelfilm. [4]

It was screened in communities in the Canadian Arctic, including Hay River [3] and Iqaluit, [5] beginning January 26. It then had a one-week theatrical run in theatres in Alberta beginning February 9, and continued screening in Edmonton until February 21, before premiering nationally on streaming platforms in March. [6]

Awards

Brent Planiden and Chris Ferguson received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Sound Mixing at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards. [7]

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