Bone Cage

Bone Cage is a Canadian drama film, directed by Taylor Olson and released in 2020.[1] Adapted from the Governor General's Award winning stage play by Catherine Banks, the film stars Olson as Jamie, a forestry worker whose ethical conflicts about participating in clearcutting, but having no options to leave the job, are beginning to affect his personal relationships, and Amy Groening as Chicky, his sister who has placed her own dreams of leaving town in search of something better on hold to stay and care for their ailing father Clarence (Christian Murray).[2]

Bone Cage
Directed byTaylor Olson
Written byTaylor Olson
Based onBone Cage by Catherine Banks
Produced byMelani Wood
StarringTaylor Olson
Amy Groening
Christian Murray
CinematographyKevin A. Fraser
Edited byShawn Beckwith
Music byTerry Ahearn
James O'Toole
Production
companies
Afro Viking Pictures
Bone Cage Productions
Release date
  • September 17, 2020 (2020-09-17) (FIN)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film's cast also includes Ursula Calder as Jamie's fiancée Krista, Sam Vigneault as Jamie's best friend and Krista's brother Kevin, and David Rossetti as Chicky's married lover Reg, as well as Stephanie MacDonald, Reid Price, Sebastien Labelle, Ann-Marie Kerr, Bob Mann, Monte Murray, Jacob Sampson and Thom Payne.

The film premiered on September 17, 2020 at the FIN Atlantic Film Festival,[3] where it won the awards for Best Atlantic Feature, Best Atlantic Director, Best Atlantic Screenplay and Best Atlantic Cinematography.[4] The film will be commercially released in Canada by Levelfilm in 2021.

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for Best Supporting Actress (Groening) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Olson).[5]

References
  1. Morgan Mullin, "Trapped inside a Bone Cage". The Coast, September 22, 2020.
  2. Michael Tutton, "In pandemic times, Halifax filmmaker depicts broken dreams and isolation". CTV Atlantic, September 9, 2020.
  3. Stephen Cooke, "Taylor Olson graduates to feature films, brings searing Bone Cage to FIN Stream". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 15, 2020.
  4. Stephen Cooke, "Bone Cage strikes a chord with FIN Stream audiences, earns four awards". The Telegram, September 28, 2020.
  5. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
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