(1993) Collateral Damage ”Canadian Short Film” Leonard Farlinger

Starring: Gary Farmer, David Nichols, Michael Mahonen, Gabrielle Rose

Collateral Damage is a Canadian dramatic short film, directed by Leonard Farlinger and released in 1993. The film stars Gary Farmer as Glen, a counter clerk in a diner who is surprised when a news anchor (David Nichols) stops reporting on the Gulf War and begins talking directly to him through the television set. The cast also includes Michael Mahonen and Gabrielle Rose as customers of the diner.

The film had its theatrical premiere in 1993 at the Montreal World Film Festival, but was distributed primarily as an episode of the Global Television Network’s New Producers Series anthology of short films by emerging Canadian directors.

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994.