Sleeping Giant (film)

Sleeping Giant
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrew Cividino
Written byAndrew Cividino
Produced byKaren Harnisch
Marc Swenker
James Vandewater
Aaron Yeger
Andrew Cividino
StarringJackson Martin
Reece Moffett
Nick Serino
CinematographyJames Klopko
Edited byJames Vandewater
Music byChris Thornborrow
Production
companies
Film Forge Productions
Hawkeye Pictures
Distributed byD Films
Release date
  • May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) (Cannes)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Sleeping Giant is a 2015 Canadian drama film written and directed by Andrew Cividino. The film follows three teenage boys coping with boredom in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior.

The film premiered in the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It is an expansion of a short film that Cividino made in 2013,[2] which was nominated for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards. The film is named after the Sleeping Giant cliffs near Thunder Bay.

  1. ^ Felperin, Leslie (May 14, 2015). "'Sleeping Giant': Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Knight, Chris (May 21, 2015). "Cannes 2015: Andrew Cividino debuts with Thunder Bay-shot Sleeping Giant". National Post. Retrieved August 24, 2019.