A young junior hockey player's life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up illuminating troubling systemic issues around violence.
Acting
Abrahamson's wordless suffering—eyes that beg for punishment that never comes.
Direction
Funk's static frames trap you in Tyson's suffocating isolation.
Sound
The roaring silence where a hockey crowd used to be.
Director
Kevan Funk
Jared Abrahamson
Tyson Burr
Paul McGillion
Ron Burr
Ian Tracey
Coach Aaron Weller
Kurt Max Runte
Coach Dale Milbury
Sara Canning
Wendy Davis
Ben Cotton
Bill Davis
Michael Kopsa
Judge
Philip Prajoux
Derek Eaton
Darren Mann
Brendan Schultz
Nels Lennarson
Chief's Coach
Michael St. John Smith
Mr. Howard
Maxwell Haynes
Cody MacKenzie
Cameron Hilts
Fight Opponent
Paolo Maiolo
Luke Hadfield
RJ Fetherstonhaugh
Justin Abraham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Prince George, BC, the film draws on Canada's uneasy relationship with hockey violence—where Don Cherry's 'code' still echoes in junior leagues.
Funk deliberately withholds Tyson's interiority; we never hear him process the hit, forcing us to project our own narratives onto his silence.
CA
