| Hyena Road | |
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| Directed by | Paul Gross |
| Written by | Paul Gross |
| Produced by | Niv Fichman Paul Gross |
| Starring | Rossif Sutherland Paul Gross |
| Cinematography | Karim Hussain |
| Edited by | David Wharnsby |
| Music by | Asher Lenz |
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| Distributed by | Elevation Pictures |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Hyena Road is a 2015 Canadian war drama film directed, written and produced by Paul Gross, starring Gross and Rossif Sutherland. It was shown in the Gala Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] The film was shown on 24 September 2015, at the Calgary Film Festival,[2] before a general release on 9 October. It won three Canadian Screen Awards.
The film is based on the true story of "Route Hyena" (formerly named Route Fosters) which was built by Task Force Kandahar between 2008–2011 during the War in Afghanistan, which over various rotations involved many units across the Canadian Armed Forces. For this English-language film, the units are shown to be from Western Canada, based on Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, an English-language regiment stationed in Western Canada.[3]
- ^ "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". ScreenDaily. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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CalgaryHerald2015-09-20was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Matthew Fisher reviews the film noting that it is based on the true story of Quebec's 1st Battalion Royal 22e Régiment in 2010, while the film shows PPCLI as the unit involved". National Post. 15 October 2015.