Cascade (film)

Cascade
Directed byEgidio Coccimiglio
Written byJonas Chernick
Ed Mason
Sam Ruano
Produced byRosalia Chilelli
Jennifer Pun
StarringSara Waisglass
Josh Cruddas
Allegra Fulton
Joel Oulette
CinematographyDiego Guijarro
Edited byRoger Mattiussi
Music bySteph Copeland
Production
company
Edge Entertainment
Distributed byLevelfilm
Release date
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Cascade is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Egidio Coccimiglio and released in 2023.[1] The film centres on a group of friends who are on a wilderness hike during which they discover a crashed plane filled with cocaine, only to be pursued by the criminal gang who arrive shortly thereafter to claim the drugs.[2]

The film stars Sara Waisglass, Josh Cruddas, Allegra Fulton and Joel Oulette, with its supporting cast including Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Stephen Kalyn, James Cade, Greg Bryk, Matt Connors, Bart Rochon, Curtis Parker, Mark Brombacher, Joanna Douglas, John Tench, Paula Barrett, Paul Morin, Sean Discher and Cody Gamble.

The film was shot in and around Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in July 2021, including location shooting at Aubrey Falls.[3]

It was released to Netflix in July 2023, following a special screening at the Galaxy Cinemas in Sault Ste. Marie on July 6.[2] It debuted in the top ten in Canadian viewership in its first weekend, one of the first independent Canadian films ever to do so on that platform.[3]

Steph Copeland received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[4]