The Colony | |
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Directed by | Jeff Barnaby |
Written by | Jeff Barnaby |
Produced by | John Christou |
Starring |
Glen Gould Kaniehtiio Horn |
Cinematography | Michel St-Martin |
Edited by | Jeff Barnaby |
Music by | Jeff Barnaby |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English Mi'kmaq |
The Colony is a 2007 Canadian short film, written, directed, edited, and composed by Jeff Barnaby. [1] The film stars Glen Gould as Maytag, a Mi'kmaq man dealing with the emotional fallout of a love triangle, when his girlfriend Myriam ( Kaniehtiio Horn) runs off with his friend and drug dealer Jackson (Kent McQuaid). [2]
The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. [3] It was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2007, [4] and was a finalist for Best Aboriginal Film at the 2008 Yorkton Film Festival. [5] It was a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008. [6]