FESTIVAL PREMIERE
Short, Student | Canada | 05 MINUTES | English
Rookie
Director: Victoria Anderson-Gardner
Rookie and Inspector Singer are two police officers who are sent on an investigation to check out an anonymous tip where things go sideways fast. Rookie is a new addition to the police force who has been assigned to partner with Inspector Singer. Singer is a senior
investigator almost 30 years on the job. He is a very matter of fact, “it is the way it is” typeof guy who has no time to put up with fresh out of the academy babies. Once they arrive on the scene Rookie “accidentally” shoots the suspect and they are faced with the choice of turning themselves in or covering it up. Singer has his definition of justice and Rookie will soon find theirs.
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Victoria Anderson-Gardner
Producer
Lee Marshall
Writer
Theresa Cutknife, Victoria Anderson-Gardner
Key Cast
Theresa Cutknife, Chris Whitby, Brandon Oakes
DIRECTORS BIO
Victoria Anderson-Gardner is a two-spirited award-winning Anishinaabe screenwriter, director and producer from Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation, Ontario. They are currently a mentee in the 2025 Spindle Films Foundation Producer’s Mentorship Program. They were recently a 2025 Indigenous Cinema Alliance Fellow and a European Film Market Fiction Toolbox Programme participant with their film “The Hole in the Sky”. They were a resident with the Canadian Film Centre in the 2024 Norman Jewison Film Program – Writers Lab. Before becoming a resident they completed a three-month long Indigenous Youth Program in New Zealand. They graduated from the Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film Studies. Victoria is now focused on creating within the science fiction, horror and thriller genres, bringing in their unique perspective as an Anishinaabe person who grew up traditionally in a remote First Nation community. Victoria was awarded the Glenn Gould Protegé Prize for their work from Glenn Gould laureate Alanis Obomsawin.
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