Friday, March 22, 6:30 pm | Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
Directed by Ryan Ward
108min | Drama, Sci-Fi | Toronto Premiere
A 12-year-old girl struggles with life on the run as she travels across the country with her father who has Tourette Syndrome. Wanting nothing more than a normal family life, she befriends a community of outcasts in the remote countryside who want to harness a volatile supernatural power her father is hiding.
Director: Ryan Ward
Writer: Ryan Ward
Executive Producers: Ross Mollberg, Sandrine Cassidy
Producer: Mackenzie Leigh
DOP: Craig Range
Production Designer: Eva Kozlova
Editors: Ryan Ward, Mackenzie Leigh
Music: David Bertok
Cast: Nyah Perkin, Ryan Ward, Lennox Leacock, Courtney Sawyer, Ryan Giesen, Laura Mac
Preceded by the short film:
BLEAK AS THE SETTING SUN
13min | Drama | World Premiere
When hospitals prohibit visitors, a young woman tries to keep her palliative mother at home, while grappling with her own physical and emotional disintegration.
Director: Joanna Decc
Writer: Joanna Decc
Producers: Ahlam Hassan, Philippe Corbin, Joanna Decc
DOP: Mack Calistan
Production Designer: Logan Graham Greene
Editor: Kalainithan Kalaichelvan
Music: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Cast: Joanna Decc, Emma Campbell, Tennille Read