WINNIPEG FILM GROUP
DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE


2011

Canoe

Directed by Shelagh Carter, Deborah Schnitzer

Logline: The film traces the anguish a middle-aged woman endures as she contemplates a decision on a summer day that might end her own life and that of her husband who suffers a long term and incurable illness.

Synopsis: Canoe traces the decision a middle-aged woman makes as she contemplates her husband's long term and incurable illness. The action takes place at a lake where they have a summer home, on the last day of their lives as she develops a plan that will kill them both.

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details RUNTIME: 6 Minutes
GENRE: Narrative, Fiction, Drama
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD, Found Footage
LANGUAGE: None
LOCATION: Manitoba
KEYWORDS: Tragedy, Women, Health, Death, Marriage, Illness, Metaphor, Female Filmmaker

Cast & Crew

Director: Shelagh Carter
Director: Deborah Schnitzer
Producer: Shelagh Carter
Writer: Deborah Schnitzer
Cinematographer: Claude Savard
Editor: Chad Tremblay
Music: Shirley Grierson
Sound: Chad Tremblay
Sound Editor: William Grierson
Sound Editor: Chris Brett
Cast: Miriam Smith
Cast: John Bluethner
Photographer: Ricardo Alms
Photographer: Claude Savard