Son of the Sunshine

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Son of the Sunshine
Son of the Sunshine.jpg
Directed by Ryan Ward
Written by
Produced byPaul Fler
Starring
  • Ryan Ward
  • Shantelle Canzanese
  • Rebecca McMahon
  • JoAnn Nordstrom
Production
companies
  • Heart Shaped Movies
  • Pangaea Pictures
  • Last Call Productions
Release dates
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Son of the Sunshine is a Canadian supernatural drama film. [1] Directed by Ryan Ward and written by Ward and Matthew Heiti, the film stars Ward as Sonny Johnns, a young man with Tourette syndrome who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to cure the condition, only to discover that he also loses his supernatural ability to heal others.

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The film premiered at Slamdance Film Festival and other film festivals in 2009, and had a general release in 2011.

In 2023 Ward released Daughter of the Sun , a film which has been billed as a continuation of Son of the Sunshine. [2]

Critical response

The film received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Toronto Star [3] and the National Post . [4]

Awards and nominations

Ward and Heiti received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012. [5] Ward won the Best Actor Rising Star Award at the 2009 Edmonton International Film Festival, [6] and the film won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2009 Malibu Film Festival. [7]

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