Collateral Damage (1993 film)

Collateral Damage
Directed byLeonard Farlinger
Written byLeonard Farlinger
Produced byPamela Davenport
Leonard Farlinger
StarringGary Farmer
David Nichols
Michael Mahonen
Gabrielle Rose
CinematographyDouglas Koch
Edited bySusan Maggi
Music byDavid Bradstreet
Release date
  • August 29, 1993 (1993-08-29) (MWFF)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Collateral Damage is a 1993 Canadian dramatic short film written and directed by Leonard Farlinger.[1] The film stars Gary Farmer as Glen, a counter clerk in a diner who is surprised when a news anchor (David Nichols) stops reporting on the Gulf War and begins talking directly to him through the television set.[2] The cast also includes Michael Mahonen and Gabrielle Rose as customers of the diner.[2]

The film had its theatrical premiere in 1993 at the Montreal World Film Festival,[3] but was distributed primarily as an episode of the Global Television Network's New Producers Series anthology of short films by emerging Canadian directors.[2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994.[4]

  1. ^ "Collateral Damage forges strange links". Edmonton Journal, February 23, 1994.
  2. ^ a b c "Global only network to maintain fine tradition of anthology series". Ottawa Citizen, August 13, 1994.
  3. ^ "List of films showing today". Montreal Gazette, August 29, 1993.
  4. ^ "The 1994 Genie nominees". Playback, November 7, 1994.