Anne at 13,000 ft
Anne (Deragh Campbell, I Used To Be Darker) has a seemingly ordinary and stable life as a single daycare worker in Toronto. But after an overwhelming skydiving trip for her best friend Sara’s bachelorette party, the ground shifts beneath Anne’s feet. She starts to bring a care-free joyfulness to her conservative job, the effects of which spill over into her personal life. At Sara’s wedding, Anne meets Matt (Matt Johnson, Operation Avalanche) who takes to her offbeat, confrontational charms, but she soon finds herself pushing the limits of what’s socially acceptable. Anne at 13,000 ft is a rigorous, volatile portrait of a young woman struggling to come down to earth, from director Kazik Radwanski (Tower, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival; How Heavy This Hammer, Berlin International Film Festival; Scaffold, New York Film Festival) and Toronto’s acclaimed MDFF filmmaking collaborative.
Credits
Runtime: 75 minutesCountry: Canada / USA
Language: English
Shooting Format: HD
Exhibition Format: DCP
Director: Kazik Radwanski
Producers: Daniel Montgomery, Kazik Radwanski
Executive Producers: C. Mason Wells, Nathan Silver
Screenplay: Kazik Radwanski
Starring: Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson
Cinematography: Nikolay Michaylov
Editor: Ajla Odobašić
FESTIVALS
Toronto International Film Festival - Platform Competition (Special Jury Mention), 2019Vancouver International Film Festival, 2019
Festival du nouveau cinéma, 2019
Calgary International Film Festival, 2019
AFI Fest, 2019
70th Berlinale International Film Festival, 2020
New Directors / New Films, 2020
Reviews
“One of the best films of the year, full stop.” THE GUARDIAN
“Microbudget indie filmmaking at its most powerful.” VARIETY
“The brightest hope for the future of Canadian film.” THE GLOBE AND MAIL
“A calibrated, viscerally lived-in performance that the reimagines the expressive possibilities of psychological realism.” FILM COMMENT
“Campbell delivers as a next-gen Gena Rowlands, but escapes the shadows of its precedents with an intimate a character study that follows its own taut rhythms.” INDIEWIRE
“Exhilarating... it barely lets audiences breathe. Campbell’s ferociously committed turn as Anne is an astonishing feat.” POV
“Campbell’s riveting performance as a woman on the verge of vertigo is a sight to behold.” TORONTO STAR
“Heralds impressive talents to watch in both Radwanski and Campbell.” SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
“Anxiously funny... quietly shattering.” MUBI
“Electrifying… If the Dardenne brothers remade A Woman Under The Influence, it might look a lot like Radwanski’s latest.” NOW Magazine