Until Branches Bend

Until Branches Bend
Directed bySophie Jarvis
Written bySophie Jarvis
Produced byTyler Hagan
Sara Blake
Magali Gillon-Krizaj
Michela Pini
Olga Lamontanara
StarringGrace Glowicki
Lochlyn Munro
CinematographyJeremy Cox
Edited byKane Stewart
Music byKieran Jarvis
Production
companies
Experimental Forest Films
Ceroma Films
Cinédokké
Reign Films
Distributed byPhoton Films
Release date
  • September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Until Branches Bend is a 2022 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sophie Jarvis. The film stars Grace Glowicki as Robin, a cannery worker who finds what she believes to be an invasive insect inside of a locally-grown peach, and must convince the community to take the threat seriously.[1]

The cast also includes Alexandra Roberts, Quelemia Sparrow, Lochlyn Munro, Antoine DesRochers, Cole Sparrow-Crawford, Paul Kular, Janet Walmsley, Dave Kenneth MacKinnon, Michelle Brezinski, Charlie Hannah, Justin Lacey, Bhavkhandan Singh Rakhra, Michael Charrois, Leanne Merrett, Fabian Gujral, John Collins, and Glenda Klassen.

The film entered production in summer 2021 in and around Penticton, British Columbia, under the working title Invasions.[2]

The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022.[3]

  1. ^ Brennan Phillips, "Invasions seen across the South Okanagan and Similkameen". Penticton Western News, August 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Andreas Wiseman, "‘Riverdale’ Star Lochlyn Munro Among Cast For Canada-Switzerland Co-Pro ‘Invasions’". Deadline Hollywood, August 3, 2021.
  3. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 4, 2022). "Toronto Unveils Discovery & Wavelengths Sections; Midnight Madness Opening Includes Roku's 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 8, 2022.