The High Level Bridge

The High Level Bridge
Directed byTrevor Anderson
Written byTrevor Anderson
Produced byTrevor Anderson
Narrated byTrevor Anderson
CinematographyFish Griwkowsky
Edited byJustin Lachance
Production
company
Dirt City Films
Distributed byCanadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Release date
  • September 12, 2010 (2010-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The High Level Bridge is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Trevor Anderson and released in 2010.[1] The film centres on the High Level Bridge in Edmonton, Alberta, blending historical facts about the bridge with a memorial tribute to residents of the city who had committed suicide by jumping off of it.[2]

The film influenced the city to launch a safety study on the bridge,[3] culminating in the construction of suicide barriers along the bridge in 2015.[4]

The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was subsequently screened at the 2010 AFI Fest, where it received an honorable mention from the short film jury,[6] and at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[7]

  1. ^ Liz Nicholls, "With lowly camera, a High Level feat". Edmonton Journal, September 11, 2010.
  2. ^ Kristy Brownlee, "Notorious city bridge subject of short film". Edmonton Sun, August 24, 2010.
  3. ^ Cailynn Klingbeil, "Suicides at bridge prompt safety study". Edmonton Journal, August 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Karen Bartko, "High Level Bridge barriers being installed to deter Edmonton suicides". Global Edmonton, September 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "High Level bridge doc opens at TIFF". Edmonton Journal, August 11, 2010.
  6. ^ "Filmmaker earns AFI recognition". Edmonton Journal, November 16, 2010.
  7. ^ "Local film heads to Sundance; Short tells bridge's 'complex' story". Edmonton Journal, December 9, 2010.