Monica's News (2026)
Set in 1974 in the fictional village of Millman, Monica's News follows a nine-year-old girl who finds independence in her paper route, but ends up witnessing a tragic event.
- Date of release
- 2026-03-07
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Pamela Gallant
Casting
- Polly Gallant-Mclean — Casey Richards
- Elisa Paszt — Monica Ramsey
- Allegra Fulton — Hazel Mclure
- James Gilbert — Russell Richards
- Jessica Gallant — Donna Richards
- Kevin Kincaid — Chester Ramsay
- Wiljo Martin — Joey Delaney
- Vox Smith — Trevor
- Hank White — Eldest Man
- Emma Vickers — Cindy Goodie
- Allister MacDonald — Vince Goodie
- David Mortimer — RCMP Officer
Interesting facts
Monica's News is a 2024 Canadian drama film written and directed by Pamela Gallant. The film stars Polly Gallant-Maclean as Casey Richards, a young girl living in smalltown Nova Scotia in the 1970s who starts to establish her own independence by taking a newspaper delivery route despite that not being a common job for girls in that era, only to see her idealism challenged when her older cousin Monica is murdered.
Production and distribution
In advance of the film's production, Gallant won the $200,000 Women in the Director's Chair award at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival for the screenplay treatment.
The film entered production in July 2023, with shooting locations including Halifax and Ellershouse, Nova Scotia.
The film premiered at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival.
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