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T-minus 24: Jay Baruchel & Emily Hampshire Toplined Caitlin Cronenberg’s “Humane”

Published on November 22, 2022

Deets Caitlin Cronenberg’s directorial debut were scarce but we’re now in the know as production has just wrapped up. Deadline reports that the one month shoot took place in Hamilton, Ontario and that Caitlin grabbed a Montreal twosome in actors in Jay Baruchel and Emily Hampshire plus a supporting cast of Peter Gallagher, Sebastian Chacon, Alanna Bale and Sirena Gulamgaus for Humane. We also learn that Crimes of the Future cinematographer Doug Koch didn’t stray too far away from the Cronenberg fam as he was onboard this project as well. Depending on how much post work is involved, this could make an attempt at a Croisette world premiere showing.

Humane takes place over a single day months after a global environmental collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth’s population.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).