Earnest theatre director Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera "Salome". Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.

Runtime: 107 minutes

Director: Atom Egoyan

Writer: Atom Egoyan

Producers: Fraser Ash | Atom Egoyan | Niv Fichman | Kevin Krikst | Simone Urdl

Cast: Amanda Seyfried | Rebecca Liddiard |Douglas Smith | Mark O'Brien | Vinessa Antoine | Ambur Braid | Michael Kupfer-Radec

ATOM EGOYAN, Writer/Director

Atom Egoyan is one of the most celebrated contemporary filmmakers on the internationalscene. His body of work – which includes theatre, music, and art installations - delves intoissues of memory, displacement, and the impact of technology and media on modern life. Egoyan has won numerous prizes at international film festivals including the Grand Prixand International Critics Awards from the Cannes Film Festival, two Academy Award®nominations, and numerous other honours. His films have won twenty-five Genies -including three Best Film Awards – and a prize for Best International Film Adaptation fromThe Frankfurt Book Fair. Egoyan’s films have been presented in numerous retrospectives across the world, including a complete career overview at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, followed by similar events at the Filmoteca Espagnol in Madrid, the Museum of TheMoving Image in New York, and the Royal Cinematek in Brussels. Adoration won the Ecumenical Jury Award after premiering in Competition in Cannes, andChloe was selected as Opening Night Premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.With three major prizes at Cannes, two Academy Award® nominations, and unanimously positive reviews, The Sweet Hereafter is widely regarded as the most acclaimed English-Canadian film ever made. Devil’s Knot premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. The Captive, starring Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Scott Speedman, and RosarioDawson, was released to great box-office success. Egoyan’s feature, Remember, starringChristopher Plummer premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released worldwide in 2015/16.

SIMONE URDL, Producer

Simone Urdl is an established Toronto-based producer, and co-founder of the production company The Film Farm. Throughout her career, Simone has built a reputation for identifying and nurturing new and established creative talent, and producing projects with vision and integrity, including such acclaimed films as the Academy Award© nominated/Golden Globe winning Away From Her (Sarah Polley), starring Julie Christie; Brian De Palma’sRedacted, winner of the Silver Bear at the Venice Film Festival; Atom Egoyan’s Adoration starring Scott Speedman and Arsinée Khanjian, The Captive starring Ryan Reynolds and Rosario Dawson, both of which premiered in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and Guest of Honour starringDavid Thewlis, Laysla De Oliveria and Luke Wilson which had its world premiere in Competition at Venice, 2019 and TIFF 2019. Other notable credits include Last Letter From Your Lover based on the novel by Jojo Moyes, starring Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner and Joe Alwyn, and produced with Studio Canal and the UK’s Blueprint Pictures (Netflix 2022), Bent Hamer’s The Middle Man (TIFF 2021), Darlene Naponse’s Falls Around Her(TIFF 2018) which features Tantoo Cardinal in her first starring role; Laurent Cantet’s Foxfire (TIFF 2012) based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates. Simone is currently a producer on Atom Egoyan’s latest film Seven Veils, her fifth collaboration with Egoyan as producer and her tenth project with Egoyan.

KARIN WELLS, Writer/Journalist

Karin Wells is a CBC Radio documentary maker and a three-time recipient of the Canadian Association of Journalists documentary award. Her work has been heard on radio networks around the world and has been recognized by the United Nations. Wells is also a lawyer and in 2011 was inducted into the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Honour Society. Wells is the author of”The Abortion Caravan: When Women Shut Down Government in the Battle for the Right to Choose” and “More than a Footnote: Canadian Women You Should Know”.