Monica's News is a Canadian drama film, directed by Pamela Gallant and released in 2024.
[1] 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 (Elisa Paszt) is murdered.
The cast also includes Kevin Kincaid, Allegra Fulton, James Gilbert, Jessica Gallant, Vox Smith, Hank White, Emma Vickers, Allister MacDonald, David Mortimer, Stacy Smith, Morgan Melnyk, Isaac Leblanc, Maria Young, Wiljo Martin, Mark A. Owen, Lesley Smith and Cooper Watson in supporting roles.
[2] The film entered production in July 2023, with shooting locations including Halifax and Ellershouse, Nova Scotia.
[4] The film was longlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.