Cardinals is a 2017 Canadian thriller film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley.Chris Knight, "Everyone did it in Cardinals, a dark, Canadian crime drama". National Post, August 29, 2018. The film stars Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker, a woman who has just recently been released from prison after killing a coworker in a drunk driving incident, when Mark (Noah Reid), the son of the man she killed, shows up on her doorstep demanding answers of his own.Andrew Parker, "Review: Cardinals". TheGATE.ca, August 29, 2018.
Cardinals, part of Telefilm Canada's Micro-Budget Production Program, was filmed in Stratford, Kitchener, and Barrie, Ontario.
The film premiered in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Cast Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker Katie Boland as Eleanor Walker Grace Glowicki as Zoe Walker Noah Reid as Mark Loekner Peter MacNeill as Jim Walker Peter Spence as Jonah Pastekh
Awards At the 2017 Whistler Film Festival, Moore won the award for Best Screenplay in a Borsos Competition Film.Brandon Barrett, "Two-way tie for WFF's coveted Borsos Award". Pique Newsmagazine, December 6, 2017.
For her performance as Valerie Walker, Sheila McCarthy won the 2018 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Female.
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