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Sweet Angel Baby

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Sweet Angel Baby
Film poster
Directed byMelanie Oates
Screenplay byMelanie Oates
Produced byChris Hatcher
Matt Power
Melanie Oates
StarringMichaela Kurimsky
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Peter Mooney
CinematographyChristopher Mabley
Edited byJames Vandewater
Production
companies
Chara Pictures
Dodd Motors
Release date
  • September 9, 2024 (2024-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Sweet Angel Baby is a Canadian drama film directed by Melanie Oates, and released in 2024.[1] The film stars Michaela Kurimsky as Eliza, a woman living in a small town in Newfoundland and Labrador whose place in the community is challenged when her secret social media persona, and her private romantic relationship with Toni (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers) are unexpectedly exposed.[2]

The cast also includes Peter Mooney, Rhiannon Morgan and Patricia Andrews.

The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was also screened as the Atlantic Gala at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival.[4] It later screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival.[5]

Awards

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The film was shortlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.[6] AT AIFF, Oates won the award for Best Atlantic Canadian Screenwriting.[7]

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