Improper Channels is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till.

[2] The film stars Alan Arkin as architect Jeff Martley, and Mariette Hartley as his estranged wife Diana.

After their daughter Nancy suffers a mild injury as the result of a car accident, a zealous social worker (Monica Parker) wrongly accuses him of child abuse and takes custody of the girl.

These were for Best Foreign Actor (Arkin), Best Foreign Actress (Hartley), Best Original Screenplay (Adam Arkin, Morrie Ruvinsky and Ian Sutherland) and Best Art Direction/Production Design (Ninkey Dalton and Charles Dunlop).

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