Woodpecker

PLAYING WITH THE NOISE OF ENGINES

Directed by Kevin T. Landry | 20 Minutes | Drama | Toronto Premiere

More than a decade after she abandoned him, Émile accepts his mother Fanny’s invitation to come work with her on an isolated logging camp. While he foolishly expected a joyful reunion, the boy is pitted against a hostile environment and a woman with a distinct lack of maternal instinct.

Writer: Kevin T. Landry
Producers: Macha Houssart, Kélyna N. Lauzier (La 115e)
DOP: Vincent Biron
Editor: Carina Baccanale
Production Designer: Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage, René Lussier

Cast: Will Murphy, Valérie Blais, Normand D’Amour, Sylvio Arriola, Michel Laperrière

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the land we work on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. We encourage all of our audiences across Canada to learn about and acknowledge the territory you are on by visiting native-land.ca.

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