By Troy Gillard (Twitter: @Troy_Gillard)

Red Deer filmmakers nominated for 2018 Rosie Awards

Apr 25, 2018 | 4:36 PM

Two Red Deer filmmakers have been nominated for Alberta’s version of the Oscars.

Matt Grue of Ignition Films and Reuben Tschetter of The Cache Project have each been nominated for a 2018 Alberta Film and Television (Rosie) Award, a presentation of the Alberta Media Production Industries Association.

Grue is nominated for Best Screenplay (for features over 30 minutes). The nomination comes for the locally produced thriller Break on Through.

The movie is about a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in an abandoned, isolated farmhouse during a potentially cataclysmic world event. As their fear and confusion mounts, they must learn to trust one another if they have any hope of survival. Break on Through was filmed in Red Deer, Alix and Clive.

Tschetter is nominated in two categories for his films – Best Documentary Series and Best Screenwriter (non-fiction under 30 minutes) for Forgotten Prairie, a film about a group of history buffs that tours ghost towns in Saskatchewan.

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The 44th annual Rosie Awards will be handed out on May 12 in Calgary.