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Canadian Screen Award For Best Casting In A Film
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Casting in a Film is an annual award, presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program to honour the year's best Casting (performing arts), casting in Canadian theatrical films. It is presented separately from the Canadian Screen Award for Best Casting in a Television Series. The award was presented for the first time at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. 2020s See also *Prix Iris for Best Casting References {{Canadian Screen Awards Casting awards Canadian Screen Award film categories, Casting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards—the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in Spain. History The award's historic root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shasha Nakhai
Shasha Nakhai is a Filipino-Iranian Canadian film director, most noted as co-director with Rich Williamson of the 2021 film ''Scarborough''. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture, and Nakhai and Williamson won the award for Best Director, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. A partner with Williamson in the production firm Compy Films, she first became known for her 2018 documentary film '' Take Light'', which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. She was also a producer of Williamson's short documentary film '' Frame 394'', which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. ''Scarborough'', codirected by Nakhai and Williamson as their debut narrative feature film, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. It was named the winner of the Changemaker Award, was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award, and received an honorable mention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother (2022 Film)
''Brother'' is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced and directed by Clement Virgo. An adaptation of David Chariandy's award-winning novel of the same name,"David Chariandy's novel Brother optioned for film with Clement Virgo at the helm" CBC Books, September 7, 2018. the film centres on the relationship between Francis and Michael, two brothers growing up in the |
11th Canadian Screen Awards
The 11th Canadian Screen Awards, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, honoured achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2022."Ryan Reynolds, Catherine O'Hara to attend star-studded Canadian Screen Awards" , January 18, 2023. The ceremonies were held at Meridian Hall in Toronto from April 11–14, 2023, as part of Canadian Screen Week, returning to an in-person ceremony for the first time since being suspended in 2020 due to the |
The Retreat (2021 Film)
''The Retreat'' is a 2021 Canadian slasher film, directed by Pat Mills. The film stars Tommie-Amber Pirie and Sarah Allen as Renee and Valerie, a lesbian couple who book a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods, only to be abducted and tortured by a mysterious figure who livestreams gruesome killings of gay people on the Internet for profit. The film was directly inspired by a desire to subvert the " bury your gays" and " dead lesbian syndrome" tropes common in horror fiction, by telling a story in which gay and lesbian characters are placed in a conventional horror film scenario but successfully use their wits to survive and fight back.Anna Menta"‘The Retreat’ on VOD Is a Horror Film Where the Lesbians Actually Live" ''Decider'', May 21, 2021. The cast also includes Rossif Sutherland, Aaron Ashmore, Celina Sinden, Munro Chambers, Chad Connell, Patrick Garrow, Joey Coleman, Gavin Fox and Don Masters. The film was released to video on demand platforms in May 2021. Critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Kay
Sara Kay is a Canadian casting director, who is a partner with Jenny Lewis in the firm Lewis Kay Casting.Joshua Knelman"Dream weavers" ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...'', June 4, 2009. Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Sara Canadian casting directors Living people Best Casting Canadian Screen Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian women casting directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Lewis (casting Director)
Jenny Lewis is a Canadian casting director, who is a partner with Sara Kay in the firm Lewis Kay Casting.Joshua Knelman"Dream weavers" ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...'', June 4, 2009. Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Jenny Canadian casting directors Living people Best Casting Canadian Screen Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian women casting directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All My Puny Sorrows (film)
''All My Puny Sorrows'' is a 2021 Canadian drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael McGowan serving as an adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews. It stars Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon as two Mennonite sisters who leave their religious lives behind. Amybeth McNulty, Mare Winningham, Donal Logue, and Aly Mawji also star in supporting roles, with Mongrel Media set to distribute the film. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2021, and was released in theaters in Canada on April 15, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot Yolandi "Yoli" Von Riesen, a single mother, and unsuccessful author, receives a call that her sister, Elfrieda "Elf" Von Riesen, a successful concert pianist, has attempted suicide. The Von Riesen's have a history of suicide as their father killed himself years earlier. Yoli attempts to be supportive but when Elf begs her to take her to Switzerland so that she c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Levitt
''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' (). It is a novel about the events in the life of a 5-year-old girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle). ''Heidi'' is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature. Plot In the town of Domleschg lived two brothers. The older wasted the family fortune on drinking and gambling, while the younger ran away to serve in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies's Army in Naples. Years later the younger brother returns with a son, Tobias. After Tobias serves an apprenticeship to Mels, father and son move to Dörfli ('small village' in Swiss German) in the municipality of Maienfeld. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Raiders (2021 Film)
''Night Raiders'' is a 2021 Canadian-New Zealand science fiction dystopian film written and directed by Danis Goulet. Set in a dystopian version of North America in the year 2044, the film centres on Niska ( Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), a Cree woman who joins a resistance movement against the oppressive military government in order to save her daughter. The film stars Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer and Violet Nelson. Taika Waititi serves as an executive producer. The film had its worldwide premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival in March 2021. Plot summary In a dystopian North America in 2044, war and environmental degradation have led to the almost complete abandonment of cities and to the establishment of a totalitarian military dictatorship called the "Regime". Niska and her eleven year old daughter Waseese live in the woods. While hunting for food, Waseese's leg is seriously injured after stepping on a trap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildhood
''Wildhood'' is a 2021 Canadian coming-of-age romantic drama film, written and directed by Bretten Hannam. An expansion of Hannam's earlier short film ''Wildfire'', which was the winner of the award for Best Short Film at the Screen Nova Scotia awards in 2020, the film stars Phillip Lewitski as Lincoln, a young man in his late teens who was raised disconnected from his maternal Mi'kmaq heritage by his abusive white father Arvin ( Joel Thomas Hynes); following the discovery that his mother Sarah, whom he had long been told was dead, is in fact still alive, he takes his younger half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony) on a journey to find her. En route, they meet the openly two-spirit Pasmay ( Joshua Odjick), who becomes both a guide to Lincoln in reconnecting with his indigenous roots and a love interest. The cast also includes Michael Greyeyes, Savonna Spracklin, Jordan Poole, Samuel Davison and Steve Lund. Plot Lincoln "Link" (Lewitski) is a teenager in his late teens w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Gorin
Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, wreath, garland". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian "Stefania", the Portuguese ''Estefânia'' (although the use of that version has become rare, and both the English and French versions are the ones commonly used), and the Spanish ''Estefanía''. The form Stéphanie is from the French language, but Stephanie is now widely used both in English- and Spanish-speaking cultures. Given names Royalty *Stephanie, Queen of Navarre (died after 1066), Queen consort of king García Sánchez III of Navarre * Stephanie of Castile (died 1 July 1180), illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile * Stephanie of Milly, Lady of Oultrejordain (died 1197), an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem * Stephanie of Milly, Lady of Gibelet, an influential figure in the Kingdom of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
