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Wilting at the Roots is a 2024 science fiction drama film directed and shot by Caleb Gales. The film stars Adam Zimmerman as Charlie Plater, a newspaper editor whose wife has recently passed away. While struggling to accept this, he discovers a medicine called Berenalin that promises to relieve him of his grief, but its effects begin to drive a wedge between him and his daughter, Dani, played by Sarah Kate Foster.

The film was funded by the Jeff Barnaby Award for Film Production, a grant awarded to one graduating student from Dawson College per year. Caleb Gales was the first-ever recipient of this award in its introductory year of 2023, thus Wilting at the Roots was the first film created with its financial backing.

Wilting at the Roots premiered at a dedicated screening at Dawson College on May 3, 2024. Here, Gales introduced the film and spoke with the audience afterwards in a Q&A session.

Plot
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Filming
Filming began on October 6, 2023 in Phelpston, Ontario. There, all outdoors scenes were shot.

On October 9, 2023, the cast and crew traveled to La Pêche, Quebec to continue filming at nearby locations. Namely Grace United Church, which was the set for the opening scene of the film.

Shooting wrapped on October 14, 2023. The final scenes shot were those at Charlie's office.

Post-production
Paul Hannouche (also known as Noo Jii) entered the post-production team on January 12, 2024 as the music composer.

The animated dream sequences were created March 22-26, 2024. This was done with a mixed-media method of printing out each individual frame and using paint to black out the woman's silhouette, and then scanning the frames back into a video.

Wilting at the Roots was completed on April 12, 2024.

Releases

 * May 3, 2024 - premiere screening.
 * May 3, 2024 - digital release.