| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Anne Wheeler |
| Starring: | Aidan Quinn MacKenzie Porter Kari Matchett |
| Theme Music Composer: | Louis Natale |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Frank Siracusa Paul Gross |
| Editor: | Lara Mazur |
| Cinematography: | Peter Woeste |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes |
| Company: | Whizbang Films |
| Budget: | Bell Media |
| Network: | CTV |
The Horses of McBride is a Canadian drama television film, directed by Anne Wheeler and broadcast by CTV in 2012.[1] The film is based on the true story of a family in McBride, British Columbia, who rescued two horses that had been trapped by an avalanche in 2008.[2]
The film stars Aidan Quinn as patriarch Matt Davidson, Kari Matchett as his wife Avril and MacKenzie Porter as their daughter Nicki, as well as Edward Ruttle, Scott Hylands, Caroline Cave, Greyston Holt, Francis Damberger, Patrick Gilmore, Dustin MacDougall, Anand Rajaram, Phil Fulton, Benjamin Laird, Lisa Christie, James D. Hopkin, Eve Harlow and Michelle Thrush in supporting roles.
The film was shot in the Turner Valley area of Alberta in March 2012,[3] and was broadcast by CTV on December 16, 2012.[4]
| Leo Awards | 2013 | Best Direction in a Television Movie | Anne Wheeler | |||
| Directors Guild of Canada | Best Direction in a Television Movie or Miniseries | [5] | ||||
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2014 | Best Television Movie | Frank Siracusa, Paul Gross | [6] | ||
| Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Anne Wheeler | [7] | ||||
| Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | ||||||
| Best Original Music for a Dramatic Program, Mini-Series or TV Movie | Louis Natale | |||||
| Writers Guild of Canada | 2014 | Best Writing, Television Movie or Miniseries | Anne Wheeler | [8] |