'' Operation Avalanche '' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival . Johnson had received an offer to premiere the film at the Toronto International Film Festival but declined , reasoning that the film would be lost in the large number of films shown there . Lionsgate released it in the US on September 16 , 2016 . He was nominated for Best Director at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017 for his work on '' Operation Avalanche ''
5th Canadian Screen Awards
5th Canadian Screen Awards
Matt Johnson (director)