VIOLATION
CANADA | 107 MIN | 2020
A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.
FESTIVALS
Toronto International Film Festival (World Premiere)
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Vancouver International Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival (International Premiere)
Victoria Film Festival
SXSW
Screenwave International Film Festival
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Fantastic Zagreb
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
Bergen International Film Festival
MOTELx - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
Sitges Film Festival
Imagine Film Festival
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival
Lund Fantastic Film Festival
Oltre lo Specchio
MoMA screening series “Horror: Messaging the Monstrous”
AWARDS
TIFF Rising Star - Madeleine Sims-Fewer
Emerging Canadian Artist - Calgary International Film Festival
Emerging Canadian Director - Vancouver International Film Festival
Best Canadian Film - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actor - Madeleine Sims-Fewer - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Performance - Jesse LaVercombe - ACTRA Awards
Special Mention - White Raven - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Directors Guild of Canada Discovery Award (nominee)
Best Feature Score - International Sound & Film Music Festival - Andrea Boccadoro (nominee)
Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) nominations:
John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Madeleine Sims-Fewer)
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Jesse LaVercombe)
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Achievement in Sound Editing
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominations:
Best Streaming Premiere Movie
Best Lead Performance
Best Screenplay
CAST
Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo, Cynthia Ashperger
WRITTEN, PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY
Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli
executive produceRS
Deepa Mehta, David Hamilton, François Dagenais, Matthew Nayman, David James
LINE PRODUCER
Rebecca Yeboah
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Adam Crosby
production designer
Joshua Turpin
Editor
Gabriella Wallace
MUSIC by
Andrea Boccadoro
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Tenille Shockey
Sound recordist
James Lazarenko
SOUND DESIGN/MIX
Matt Chan
PRODUCED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund
Canada Council for the Arts
Ontario Arts Council
North American sales agent
XYZ Films
Pip Ngo
international sales agent
Altitude Film Sales
Mike Runagall
PUBLICITY (CANADA)
PUBLICITY (INTERNATIONAL)
WOLF Consultants
Gordon Spragg