Coyote (2022 film)

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Coyote
Directed by Katherine Jerkovic
Written byKatherine Jerkovic
Produced byNicolas Comeau
Starring Jorge Martinez Colorado
Eva Avila
Enzo Desmeules
Cinematography Léna Mill-Reuillard
Edited by Sophie Farkas Bolla
Music byDavid Drury
Production
company
1976 Productions
Distributed byFunFilm Distribution, Game Theory Films
Release date
  • September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11)(TIFF)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesSpanish, French

Coyote (French : Le Coyote) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Katherine Jerkovic and released in 2022. [1] The film stars Jorge Martinez Colorado as Camilo, a Mexican immigrant to Canada who is rebuilding his life as a chef in La Malbaie, Quebec, who finds his plan complicated when his adult daughter Tania (Eva Avila) shows up needing his help to care for her son (Enzo Desmeules) while she enters recovery for her drug addiction problems. [1]

The film entered production in fall 2021. [2]

The film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema stream at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022. [3] It later screened in the Borsos Competition at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival, [4] where it won the awards for Best Borsos Competition Film and Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film (Martinez Colorado). [5] Coyote had its US premier in competition at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival [6] It was awarded Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor (Jorge Martinez Colorado) at the Brooklyn Film Festival [7] , and won the same awards at Venice Film Week and the 44th Brussels Independent Film Festival, among other. [8]

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References

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  2. Zeenya Shah, "Production underway on Katherine Jerkovic’s second feature". Playback , October 29, 2021.
  3. Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival". That Shelf, August 10, 2022.
  4. Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival announces film lineup". Pique Newsmagazine , November 2, 2022.
  5. Pat Mullen, "River, Coyote Top Whistler Film Festival Awards Winners". Point of View , December 4, 2022.
  6. Matt Grobar, "Santa Barbara Film Festival To Open With Abigail Breslin Drama ‘Miranda’s Victim’ As Full Lineup Set", January 18, 2023.
  7. Charles-Henri Ramond. "Le Coyote primé à New York". Films du Québec. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  8. "Award Winners of Venice Film Week 2023 Announced!". iFilmFestival. Retrieved September 2, 2023.