#FIRSTLOOK: “LITTLE LORRAINE” TORONTO AND SYDNEY SPECIAL SCREENINGS

PHOTON FILMS PRESENTS
A FILM BY GRAMMY-NOMINATED ANDY HINES

LITTLE LORRAINE’S CANADIAN THEATRICAL RELEASE BEGINNING APRIL 17, 2026

SPECIAL EVENTS UPDATE

APRIL 15, 2026 – TORONTO
LITTLE LORRAINE ADVANCE SCREENING AS PART OF
NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY

Talent in attendance:
WRITER-DIRECTOR ANDY HINES
CAST: STEPHEN MCHATTIE, AUDEN THORNTON, DAX RAVINA, SUGAR LYN BEARD
PRODUCERS: TIM DOIRON, JAMES VAN DER WOERD, MICHAEL VOLPE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: VANESSA AMODEO

HOSTED BY RICHARD CROUSE

APRIL 17 AND APRIL 18, 2026 – SYDNEY (NS)
LITTLE LORRAINE OPENING WEEKEND POST-SCREENING Q&AS AT
CINEPLEX CINEMAS SYDNEY

Talent in attendance April 17 and April 18 in Sydney (NS):
WRITER-DIRECTOR ANDY HINES
WRITER ADAM BALDWIN
CAST: AUDEN THORNTON
PRODUCERS: TIM DOIRON, MICHAEL VOLPE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: VANESSA AMODEO, NIC NEARY

APRIL 18, 2026 – SYDNEY (NS)
LITTLE LORRAINE: KEEP THE LIGHT ON
SPECIAL OPENING WEEKEND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
AT THE MEMBERTOU TRADE & CONVENTION CENTRE

Talent in attendance:
WRITER-DIRECTOR ANDY HINES
WRITER ADAM BALDWIN
CAST: AUDEN THORNTON
PRODUCERS: TIM DOIRON, MICHAEL VOLPE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: VANESSA AMODEO, NIC NEARY

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING PERFORMANCES BY ADAM BALDWIN, THE MEN OF THE DEEPS, AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Photo Courtesy of Photon Films
“‘Little Lorraine’ has it ALL and it’s based on a true crime story that happened right here in Cape Breton” – Tyrone Edwards, ETALK

“Little Lorraine” places a gritty crime story against Cape Breton’s economic struggles post-coal mining to create a story that authentically portrays the moral dilemmas of the lengths desperate people will go to in order to provide for their families.” – Richard Crouse, Bell Media

“McHattie is a great villain. He radiates a shady quality even when he’s trying to be nice.” – Sarah Gopaul, Digital Journal

Selected Official Selections:
Toronto International Film Festival 2025 – world premiere
Atlantic International Film Festival 2025 – Best Director (Andy Hines) and Best Actor (Stephen McHattie)
Calgary International Film Festival 2025
Windsor International Film Festival 2025
Whistler Film Festival 2025
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2026

Synopsis:
Directed by Grammy-nominated Andy Hines (feature film debut), based on a true story and Adam Baldwin’s song “Lighthouse in Little Lorraine”. Between 1986 and 1990, Little Lorraine (Cape Breton) became embroiled in an international cocaine smuggling operation under the noses of multiple governments and federal agencies, distributing drugs and money in coffins driven around in hearses by a network of funeral homes. Experienced through the eyes of three entrapped best friends (Stephen Amell, Joshua Close, Steve Lund), LITTLE LORRAINE tells the gripping true tale of how this unlikely story was born, prospered and imploded over a season in the life of this township.

Principal Cast:
Stephen Amell (Arrow, The Flash, The Borderline) as Jimmy
Auden Thornton (Broke, This is Us, Beauty Mark) as Emma
J Balvin (feature film debut – best-selling Latin artist, winner of 11 Billboard Latin Music Awards; 4 Grammy Award nominations; Guinness World Records acknowledged him as a “leader of a second-generation reggaeton revolution”) as Lozano
Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings Film Series, Stranger Things, The Conners) as Father Williams
Matt Walsh (Vladimir, Veep, Ghosts) as Captain Douglas
Rhys Darby (Guns Akimbo, Wrecked, Flight of the Conchords) as Tim
Stephen McHattie (My Animal, Orphan Black, Pontypool) as Huey
Joshua Close (Wayward, American Solitaire, A Breed Apart) as Tommy
Kaelen Ohm (From, Hit & Run, Last County) as Alice
Hugh Thompson (What We Dreamed of Then, Sullivan’s Crossing, Reacher) as Gordy
Steve Lund (Sullivan’s Crossing, Schitt’s Creek, Bitten) as Jake
Directed by: Andy Hines (feature film debut)
Screenplay by: Andy Hines, Adam Baldwin
Based on a song by Adam Baldwin called “Lighthouse in Little Lorraine”.

Editors: Jeff Betancourt, Anna Hauger, Yoni Reiss
Cinematographer: Jeff Powers
Composer: Blain Morris
Production Designers: Krystyna Byers
Costume Designer: Olivia Hines

Producers: Tim Doiron, James van der Woerd, Michael Volpe
Executive Producers: Nic Neary, Vanessa Amodeo, April Mullen

Country: Canada
Runtime: 115 minutes
Language: English

Canadian Distributor: Photon Films

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Launched in 2010, Photon Films and Media (photonfilms.ca), formerly Pacific Northwest Pictures, is a leading Canadian entertainment company specializing in the development, financing, production and distribution of feature films for the domestic and international marketplace. With an emphasis on high quality films from leading filmmakers in diverse genres, Photon Films brings those films to consumers with innovative forms of marketing and distribution across all distribution platforms.

Recent theatrical releases include Richard Linklater’s Golden Globe nominated Nouvelle Vague starring Spirit Award nominated Zoey Deutch for her role as Jane Seberg and Guillaume Marbeck, the SXSW Grand Jury and Audience Award Winner Bob Trevino Likes It from writer/director Tracie Laymon and starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo, Tribeca Audience Award Winner Bad Shabbos with Kyra Sedgwick, David Paymer and Method Man, and the critically acclaimed documentary One to One: John & Yoko from directors Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards. Upcoming films include Youngblood from director Hubert Davis and starring Blair Underwood and Ashton James, and Little Lorraine from director Andy Hines and starring Stephen Amell, Sean Astin, J Balvin, Matt Walsh, Rhys Darby and Stephen McHattie.