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Very Present

How does prolonged confinement shape our experience of time? Filmmaker Conor McNally explores the question in the company of his brother Riley, a young man who’s learning to cope with a new—yet strangely familiar—reality.
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How does prolonged confinement shape our experience of time? Filmmaker Conor McNally explores the question in the company of his brother Riley, a young man who’s learning to cope with a new—yet strangely familiar—reality.

Forestry Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Law and Crime All subjects
Indigenous Cinema
  • writer
    Conor McNally
  • director
    Conor McNally
  • participation
    Riley McNally
  • producer
    Coty Savard
  • executive producer
    David Christensen
  • camera
    Conor McNally
  • editing
    Conor McNally
  • sound design
    Dmitri Bandet
  • mix
    Dmitri Bandet
  • music
    Riley McNally
  • transcripts
    Patricia Garry
  • marketing manager
    Johanna Lessard
  • publicist
    Katja De Bock
  • studio administrator
    Devon Supeene
  • studio operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • senior production coordinator
    April Dunsmore
  • production supervisor
    Esther Viragh
  • technical coordinator
    Luc Binette
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
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