Kardia (film)

Kardia is the debut feature film by director Su Rynard, released in 2005. The film was produced by Paul Barkin and Larissa Giroux of Alcina Pictures in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Plot
The film tells the story of Hope, a pathologist who discovers that the experimental heart operation she underwent as a child has mysteriously linked her life with another. She revisits her childhood to uncover the secrets of her past.

Cast

 * Mimi Kuzyk as Hope
 * Peter Stebbings as Dad
 * Kristin Booth as Sally
 * Ariel Waller as Young Hope
 * Stephen Lobo as Sanjay
 * Donna Goodhand as Auntie Florrie
 * Emma Campbell as Nurse
 * Steve Cumyn as Surgeon
 * Nancy McAlear as Scrub Nurse
 * Dylan Trowbridge as Reporter
 * Nancy E.L. Ward as OR Surgery Team Member

Awards

 * The film won the 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival.