''Frozen'' is a 2005 British

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film directed by Juliet McKoen. It features

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and

Ger Ryan Ger Ryan is an Irish film and television actress, whose credits include '' Queer as Folk'', ''Family'', '' The War of the Buttons'', '' The Van'', '' Moll Flanders'', ''Intermission'' and '' Little Dog''. Career Ryan has twice been nominated f ...

. Set in

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, on the

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, in North West England, it was filmed in and around the town and also on location in

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and Sweden. It is a tale that has the viewer undecided whether it is a ghost story or a murder mystery right until the final climactic moments.

Plot

The film is set two years after the disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister, Annie. Kath is haunted by Annie's disappearance and continues to investigate herself. On the discovery of some strange CCTV footage she appears to lose her grip on reality. Friends and colleagues are concerned for her sanity and beg her to stop. She is spurred on when she discovers that she has recurring visions of Annie in an otherworldly landscape, which is actually the estuary of the

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, after visiting the last known location of her sister. She begins to wonder if this is a clue, a warning, or a glimpse into the afterlife.

Cast

as Kath Swarbrick *

as Noyen Roy *

as Elsie * Richard Armitage as Steven *

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as Hurricane Frank *

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as Eddie *

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as Tracey *Jamie Sives as Jim *Shireen Shah as Vellma *Rebecca Palmer as Irene *Heather Waters as Annie * Karl Johnson as Coastguard Bill *

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as PC Pike * Erin Byrne as baby Josh

Awards and nominations

''Frozen'' won the Best Feature Film at the Dubrovnik Film Festival, the BBC Audience Award at the 2005 Commonwealth Film Festival, and was nominated to the

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for the Audience Award.

's performance earned her the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress in a Scottish Film, as well as Best Actress category in the 2005

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and the 2006 Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film, and also a Special Mention at the

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0376606, Frozen 2005 films English-language Scottish films Scottish films Films shot in Edinburgh 2000s English-language films