game of thrones star peter dinklage, latin grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and actress leslie grace and british director elliott lester will be on the red carpet on sept. 19 at the calgary international film festival prior to the canadian premiere of the alberta-shot western the thicket.
the thicket was filmed in rural areas around calgary in march of 2023. set at the turn of the century, the thicket also stars levon hawke, son of ethan hawke and uma thurman, as jack. his sister (played by british actress esme creed-miles) is kidnapped by cut throat bill (played by juliette lewis) and her gang. he hires bounty hunter reginald jones (dinklage) to help rescue her. helping them is a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named eustice hollow (played by gbenga akinnagbe) and a street-wise prostitute named jimmy sue (played by grace.)
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
the calgary international film festival runs from sept. 19 until sept. 29 at various venues. the tragically hip: no dress rehearsal will screen sept. 18 at the globe cinema.