Jordan Tannahill

Writer

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Jordan Tannahill (born May 19, 1988) is a Canadian writer and director. His novels and plays have been translated into twelve languages and honoured with a number of prizes, including two Governor General's Literary Awards. His debut novel, Liminal, was honoured with France's 2021 Prix des Jeunes Libraires. His second novel, The Listeners, made the Canadian fiction bestsellers list and was shortlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize. The Listeners was adapted into a limited series for the BBC, directe…

Filmography

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The Listeners

An English teacher begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.

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Summer in Heat

The film is set during the summer of 1993 on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The story follows four teenage cousins from Europe who reunite in Turkey for a family wedding. As they spend the summer together, the heat and the relaxed atmosphere awaken new feelings and tensions. While the adults focus on family traditions and social expectations, the teenagers experience a sense of freedom. Their emotions become complicated when all four are drawn to the same charismatic young man, stirring jealousy, attraction, and confusion about identity and desire.

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Father

Austin must extricate his father's body from an abandoned factory after his father is electrocuted while thieving copper. This simple scenario takes on mythic proportions as Austin attempts to move the impossibly heavy body over a seemingly endless industrial expanse.

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