Mariner | |
Director: | Thyrone Tommy |
Producer: | Alona Metzer Thyrone Tommy |
Starring: | Thomas Antony Olajide |
Music: | Erica Procunier |
Cinematography: | Nick Haight |
Editing: | Christine Armstrong |
Studio: | Leilani Films |
Runtime: | 19 min. |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Mariner is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Thyrone Tommy and released in 2016.[1] The film stars Thomas Antony Olajide as Nate, a Black Canadian student at a naval academy who begins to suffer anxiety attacks as he prepares for his final marine navigation exam.
The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films in 2016,[3] and was the winner of the Lindalee Tracey Award in 2017.[4]