Kardia (film)

Kardia is the debut feature film by director Su Rynard, released in 2005.^[1] The film was produced by Paul Barkin and Larissa Giroux of Alcina Pictures in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Kardia
Directed by	Su Rynard
Written by	Su Rynard
Produced by	Paul Barkin
Starring	Mimi Kuzyk Peter Stebbings
Cinematography	Kim Derko
Edited by	Michele Francis
Music by	Philip Strong
Production company	Alcina Pictures
Release date	October 2005 (2005-10)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Plot

The film tells the story of Hope, a pathologist who discovers that the experimental heart operation she underwent as a child has mysteriously linked her life with another. She revisits her childhood to uncover the secrets of her past.^[2]

Cast

• Mimi Kuzyk as Hope
• Peter Stebbings as Dad
• Kristin Booth as Sally
• Ariel Waller as Young Hope
• Stephen Lobo as Sanjay
• Donna Goodhand as Auntie Florrie
• Emma Campbell as Nurse
• Steve Cumyn as Surgeon
• Nancy McAlear as Scrub Nurse
• Dylan Trowbridge as Reporter
• Nancy E.L. Ward as OR Surgery Team Member

Awards

• The film won the 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival.^[3]