| River | |
| Director: | Jamie M. Dagg |
| Producer: | Nick Sorbara |
| Starring: | Rossif Sutherland Sara Botsford Douangmany Soliphanh Ted Atherton |
| Cinematography: | Adam Marsden |
| Editing: | Duff Smith |
| Studio: | Redlab Digital |
| Distributor: | Elevation Pictures XYZ Films |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | Canada Laos |
| Language: | French English Laotian Thai |
River is a Canadian thriller film directed by Jamie M. Dagg. It premiered in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] The film was chosen as the winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Claude Jutra Award, as the year's best feature film directed by a first-time director.[2] Rossif Sutherland garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.
John Lake (Rossif Sutherland) is an American doctor working in Laos.[3] After he intervenes to stop the sexual assault of a young woman, the assailant is found dead the next morning — thus leaving Lake open to charges of murder if he cannot prove his innocence, and forcing him on the run back to the American embassy in Vientiane.[3]