Higher Ground (film)

Higher Ground
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vera Farmiga
Screenplay by	Carolyn S. Briggs Tim Metcalfe
Based on	This Dark World by Carolyn S. Briggs
Produced by	Claude Dal Farra Renn Hawkey Carly Hugo Matt Parker Jon Rubinstein
Starring	Vera Farmiga Joshua Leonard Norbert Leo Butz Dagmara Domińczyk John Hawkes Bill Irwin Ebon Moss-Bachrach Donna Murphy
Cinematography	Michael McDonough
Edited by	Colleen Sharp
Music by	Alec Puro
Production companies	The Group Entertainment Ruminant Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	January 23, 2011 (2011-01-23) (Sundance) August 26, 2011 (2011-08-26) (United States)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.8 million[1]
Box office	$842,693[1]

Higher Ground is a 2011 American drama film directed by Vera Farmiga in her directorial debut.^[2] The film is an adaptation of the 2002 memoir This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs, who co-wrote the screenplay. The film follows Corinne Walker (Farmiga) and her vacillating relationship with Christianity. The cast also includes Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Norbert Leo Butz, and Bill Irwin.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.^[3] It screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 25, 2011, and received a limited release in the United States on August 26, 2011, by Sony Pictures Classics.^[4]