Directed by award-winning filmmaker Deanne Foley, An Audience of Chairs is a universal story of the redemptive power of a mother’s love. The film is adapted from the popular, award-winning novel, An Audience of Chairs by Joan Clark.

SYNOPSIS

 Maura Mackenzie (Carolina Bartczak) believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be strong enough to mask the demons that threaten to engulf her. But with an absent husband (Chris Jacot) and two young daughters at home, her precarious sanity begins to unravel until one summer day, burning with manic energy, she makes a terrible mistake — a mistake that will change her life forever. The consequences for Maura are catastrophic: her ambitious husband runs for his life, taking the children with him, leaving Maura to lapse into a full-scale breakdown. Life as she knew it is now over. With the help of her father, Ian (Peter MacNeill), Maura works to reclaim her life and waits for a miracle to bring her daughters home. But when the fates align, can the past be forgiven?

AWARDS

• FIN ATLANTIC FILM FEST, The Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Feature: Jill Knox-Gosse, Lynne Wilson, Paul Stephens, Eric Jordan

• FIN ATLANTIC FILM FEST, Best Atlantic Director: Deanne Foley

• FIN ATLANTIC FILM FEST, The Michael Weir Award for best Atlantic Screenwriting: Rosemary House

• FIN ATLANTIC FILM FEST, Best Atlantic Original Score: Duane Andrews