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Chained (2020 film)
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'Chained' is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Titus Heckel and released in 2020.Pat Bulmer, [http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/article_ba71fc6e-f2f7-11ea-9a70-b725e3f04aaa.html "Kelowna in spotlight at Vancouver film fest"] . 'Kelowna Daily Courier', September 9, 2020. The film stars Marlon Kazadi as Taylor, a Black Canadian teenage boy subjected to abuse by his father Pete (Adrian Holmes); he meets and befriends Jim (Aleks Paunovic), a criminal who has been left chained up in an abandoned warehouse, only to begin turning into an abuser himself as he learns the power of using violence to get what he wants.
The film was produced in British Columbia in fall 2019,Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/12/05/chained-buckles-down-in-b-c/ "Chained buckles down in B.C."] . 'Playback', December 5, 2019. with shooting taking place in Kelowna and at the abandoned Kaleden hotel in Kaleden.Chelsea Powrie, [https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/272078/A-film-set-took-over-the-historic-Kaleden-Hotel "Film set at historic hotel"] . 'Castanet', December 6, 2019.
The film premiered at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival. It was included in the festival's online streaming platform, but was also one of the few films at the festival given a socially distanced physical screening at the VIFF Centre.
The film received six Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2020, for Best Actor in a Canadian Film (Kazadi), Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (2: Holmes, Paunovic), Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film (Heckel), Best British Columbia Film and One to Watch (Heckel).Jorge Ignacio Castillo, [https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2021/02/03/possessor-and-chained-dominate-the-vfcc-nominations-for-best-in-canadian-film/ "POSSESSOR AND CHAINED DOMINATE THE VFCC NOMINATIONS FOR BEST IN CANADIAN FILM"] . Vancouver Film Critics Circle, February 3, 2021.
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