Unseen (upcoming film)

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Unseen
Directed by Taylor Olson
Written byTaylor Olson
Produced by
  • Sandy Hunter
  • Stephen Foster
  • Britt Kerr
Starring
Production
companies
  • Cazador Inc.
  • Hemmings Films
  • Brass Door Productions
Distributed byVortex Media
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,300,000

Unseen is an upcoming Canadian independent film written and directed by Taylor Olson and produced by Sandy Hunter, Stephen Foster, and Britt Kerr. The film stars Olson as Gideon, a swim coach experiencing "unseen homelessness" and living in a van, [1] while keeping his homelessness a secret. [2] The film's budget of CA$1.3 million is funded by the governments of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, along with Screen Nova Scotia and Telefilm Canada. [3] The film additionally stars Parveen Kaur, River Price-Maenpaa, and Christie Burke. [4]

The film, which will be shown on Crave, is scheduled to premiere at festivals in 2025. [1] Funding for the film was announced by Telefilm Canada on June 5, 2023. It was additionally announced that filming would take place in Saint John, New Brunswick, particularly in the Aquatic Centre. [2] Described as the "largest English-spoken film to be shot in New Brunswick in more than a decade," [5] filming in Saint John took place in May 2024. [6]

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