The Fishing Trip is a Canadian drama film, directed by Amnon Buchbinder and released in 1998.[1] The film stars Jhene Erwin as Kirsti, a young woman who is travelling with her sister Jessie (Melissa Hood) and their friend Murdoch (Anna Henry) to Kirsti and Jessie's father's fishing cabin, to confront their father about his history of committing sexual abuse against them in childhood.[2]

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The Fishing Trip
Directed byAmnon Buchbinder
Written byMichelle Lovretta
Produced byAmnon Buchbinder
Anna Newallo
Camelia Frieberg
StarringJhene Erwin
Melissa Hood
Anna Henry
CinematographyDerek Rogers
Edited byRoushell Goldstein
Music byDavid Buchbinder
Production
company
Resounding Pictures
Distributed byMongrel Media
Release date
  • September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14) (TIFF)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
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The film, made while Buchbinder was a student at the Canadian Film Centre, was shot in St. Joseph Island and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[1]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 19th Genie Awards, for Best Supporting Actress (Henry) and Best Original Song (Suzie Ungerleider for "River Blue"). Ungerleider won the award for Best Original Song.[3]

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