The Colony | |
Director: | Jeff Barnaby |
Producer: | John Christou |
Starring: | Glen Gould Kaniehtiio Horn |
Music: | Jeff Barnaby |
Cinematography: | Michel St-Martin |
Editing: | Jeff Barnaby |
Studio: | EyeSteelFilm |
Runtime: | 24 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English Mi'kmaq |
The Colony is a 2007 Canadian short film, written, directed, edited, and composed by Jeff Barnaby.[1] The film stars Glen Gould as Maytag, a Mi'kmaq man dealing with the emotional fallout of a love triangle, when his girlfriend Myriam (Kaniehtiio Horn) runs off with his friend and drug dealer Jackson (Kent McQuaid).[2]
The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2007,[4] and was a finalist for Best Aboriginal Film at the 2008 Yorkton Film Festival.[5] It was a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[6]