What We Dreamed of Then | |
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Directed by | Taylor Olson |
Written by | Taylor Olson |
Produced by | Stephen Foster Britt Kerr Sandy Hunter |
Starring | Taylor Olson |
Cinematography | Kevin A. Fraser |
Edited by | Shawn Beckwith |
Music by | Zachary Greer |
Production companies | Brass Door Productions Cazador Hemmings Films |
Distributed by | Vortex Media Crave |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
What We Dreamed of Then is a Canadian drama film, directed by Taylor Olson and produced by Sandy Hunter, Stephen Foster, and Britt Kerr. [1] The film stars Olson as Gideon, a swim coach experiencing "unseen homelessness" and living in a van, while keeping his homelessness a secret. [2] The cast also includes Christie Burke, Parveen Kaur, Hugh Thompson, Eugene Sampang, Martha Irving, Koumbie, Breton Lalama and Katelyn McCulloch.
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 went into production in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 2024, with the working title Unseen. [4] 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]
The film premiered at the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival, [1] and was also screened in the Features Canada program at the 2025 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. [2]