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APA Boards Horror ‘The Retaliators’

Exclusive: APA has boarded horror-thriller The Retaliators for domestic and international sales, following its world premiere at London’s Arrow Video FrightFest in August. The film, which is produced by Better Noise Films, will have its North American premiere as the Opening Night Film at Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 12. It is also slated to screen at Australia’s Night of Horror, Fantasm’s Shock Reel Cinema Fest Orlando, Horrorthon Ireland, Russian International Horror Awards, Orlando Film Festival, and Germany Fantasy Film Festival. Directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and Bridget Smith, The Retaliators follows the story of a broken pastor through unimaginable grief and his search for revenge. Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), and Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones) headline the cast, with guest appearances from Jacoby Shaddix, front man of Papa Roach, as well asZoltan Bathory and Ivan Moody from Five Finger Death Punch.

Three projects directed by women, three directed or co-directed by those who identify as gender-diverse.

Telefilm Canada on Thursday (August 13) announced 10 Indigenous feature projects that will receive support with an annual $4m through the Indigenous Stream.

Three of the projects are directed by women and three directed or co-directed by those who identify as gender-diverse. The projects range in subject matter from drama to thriller, sci-fi and documentary.

In its fourth year, Telefilm received more than double the amount of applications through the Indigenous Stream compared to its inaugural year. All submissions are evaluated by an external all-Indigenous jury.

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Memory is a tricky thing because it's not concrete. It's a subjective, often fluid construct that can change based on everything from mood to physical surroundings and unless you're one of the lucky few graced with photographic memory, your memories are (regardless of whether you admit it to yourself or not) largely unreliable.

There have been a number of great films about memory - notably Christopher Nolan's Memento and Brad Anderson's The Machinist - and Alexander Lasheras' debut feature Cadence is a worthy entrant into the cannon of great thrillers about memory.

A passion project years in the making, Lasheras' films stars up-and-comer Max Chadburn as the titular Cadence, a young woman excited about spending the weekend with her boyfriend Taylor Lake (Charl [Continued ...]...