Kidnap Capital

Kidnap Capital is a 2015 Canadian crime drama film, released in Canada in 2016.[1] The directorial debut of Felipe Rodriguez, the film centres on a group of undocumented migrants who have been kidnapped by a Phoenix street gang and are being held for ransom in a drop house in Arizona.[2]

Kidnap Capital
Directed byFelipe Rodriguez
Produced byFelipe Rodriguez, Boris Mojsovski, Julia Blua, Erin Berry
Written byFelipe Rodriguez
StarringPaulino Nunes
Johnathan Sousa
Michael Reventar
Pedro Miguel Arce
Michelle Arvizu
Music byNorman Orenstein
CinematographyBoris Mojsovski
Edited byJulia Blua
Release date
  • June 17, 2015 (2015-06-17) (Shanghai International Film Festival)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film's cast includes Paulino Nunes, Johnathan Sousa, Michael Reventar, Michelle Arvizu and Pedro Miguel Arce.

The film was a finalist for Best Picture and Best Director at the 2016 Imagen Awards.[3] It won several awards on the festival circuit, including the "Chairman's Award" at the San Diego Film Festival, "Best Non-European Film" at ECU the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, the "Jury's Special Mention" at the BOGOCINE Bogota Film Festival, and many others.

At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, Michael Reventar was a nominee for Best Supporting Actor.[4]

References
  1. "Kidnap Capital: le calvaire après le calvaire". La Presse, July 30, 2016.
  2. "How They Did It: Creating a Realistic Drop House Setting in Immigration Drama Kidnap Capital". MovieMaker, October 6, 2016.
  3. "The 33 leads nominees for 2016 Imagen Awards". It won several awards on the festival circuit, including the "Chairman's Award" at the San Diego Film Festival, "Best Non-European Film" at ECU the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, the "Jury's Special Mention" at the BOGOCINE Bogota Film Festival, and many others. Xposé, July 19, 2016.
  4. "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.


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