THE LEGACY OF CLOUDY FALLS
Nick Butler | Canada | 2024 | 101m
Set in the Cloudy Falls residence, a run-down apartment complex in Niagara Falls that seems destined to be torn down, the film tells the story of a handful of its tenants, chosen randomly by the narrator, Rita, the building’s glib superintendent. They include Terry, an uptight, middle-aged gay man who grows enamoured of the erratic, young drifter squatting next door; Brigit, a spiritual debunker who exposes psychic frauds on her little-seen YouTube channel; Riley, a compulsive liar whose many tall tales are starting to catch up to her; and the collection of neighbours who surround them.
Nick Butler is a Canadian filmmaker based in New York whose feature film debut as writer/director/producer, THE LEGACY OF CLOUDY FALLS, received production funding from Telefilm Canada in 2023 and is being distributed by Filmoption International.
His short films as writer/director/producer have screened at over thirty international showcases, including Toronto’s Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and the Provincetown International Film Festival. In addition to Telefilm Canada, his films have received funding from the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts and the NFB.