Chained (2020 film)
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Directed by | Titus Heckel |
Written by | Titus Heckel |
Produced by | Rachelle Chartrand Chester Sit |
Starring | Marlon Kazadi Aleks Paunovic Adrian Holmes |
Cinematography | Vince Arvidson |
Edited by | Jackie Dzuba |
Music by | Alfredo Santa Ana |
Production company | My Precious Pictures |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Chained is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Titus Heckel and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Marlon Kazadi as Taylor, a Black Canadian teenage boy subjected to abuse by his father Pete (Adrian Holmes); he meets and befriends Jim (Aleks Paunovic), a criminal who has been left chained up in an abandoned warehouse, only to begin turning into an abuser himself as he learns the power of using violence to get what he wants.[1]
The film was produced in British Columbia in fall 2019,[2] with shooting taking place in Kelowna and at the abandoned Kaleden hotel in Kaleden.[3]
The film premiered at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival.[1] It was included in the festival's online streaming platform, but was also one of the few films at the festival given a socially distanced physical screening at the Vancouver International Film Centre.[1]
The film received six Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2020, for Best Actor in a Canadian Film (Kazadi), Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (2: Holmes, Paunovic), Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film (Heckel), Best British Columbia Film and One to Watch (Heckel).[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Pat Bulmer, "Kelowna in spotlight at Vancouver film fest". Kelowna Daily Courier, September 9, 2020.
- ^ Lauren Malyk, "Chained buckles down in B.C.". Playback, December 5, 2019.
- ^ Chelsea Powrie, "Film set at historic hotel". Castanet, December 6, 2019.
- ^ Jorge Ignacio Castillo, "POSSESSOR AND CHAINED DOMINATE THE VFCC NOMINATIONS FOR BEST IN CANADIAN FILM". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, February 3, 2021.
External links[]
- 2020 films
- English-language films
- Canadian films
- Canadian thriller drama films
- Black Canadian films
- Films shot in British Columbia
- 2020 thriller drama films
- 2020s Canadian film stubs