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Vancouver Film Critics Circle One To Watch Award
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle One to Watch Award is a Canadian film award, presented as part of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's annual awards program to honour breakthrough work by emerging filmmakers and performers in the Canadian film industry. First presented as in 2014 as Best First Canadian Film and awarded exclusively to first-time directors, the award was renamed to "One to Watch" in 2017, with its focus expanded at that time to permit the award to honour breakout performances and non-debut works. The winner of the award receives a $500 prize from Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation reporting to Canada's federal government through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Headquartered in Montreal, Telefilm provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in V .... Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s References {{VFCC Awards One to Watch Directorial debut film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) was founded in 2000 by David Spaner and Ian Caddell, in order to help promote Canadian films and the British Columbia Film and Television Industry. Its membership includes print, radio, on-line, and television critics, either based in Vancouver or with Vancouver outlets. VFCC Notable Milestones The VFCC celebrated its 13th anniversary of giving awards to the year’s best films on January 7, 2013 at the Railway Club. The event is the only among Canadian critics’ groups that presents a full slate of international awards and a full slate of Canadian awards. The VFCC also presents a Best of British Columbia Award and the Ian Caddell Achievement Award that goes to an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to the local film and television industry. Retrieved on 13 January 2009. Award categories International *Best Film * Best Director *Best Screenplay * Best Actor *Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf (2016 Film)
''Werewolf'' is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Ashley McKenzie and starring Andrew Gillis and Bhreagh MacNeil. It marks McKenzie's feature film directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, and subsequently received numerous accolades, including several Canadian Screen Award nominations, and the $100,000 Toronto Film Critics Association prize for best Canadian film of the year in 2017. Premise ''Werewolf'' centres on Blaise ( Andrew Gillis) and Vanessa (Bhreagh MacNeil), two drug addicts living in New Waterford, Nova Scotia. Production The film was shot on Cape Breton Island for 26 days, and was funded through various government grants, including from Telefilm Canada. The story was inspired by a real-life couple in New Waterford; McKenzie learned they were referred to as "the lawnmower crackheads" because they went from house to house offering to mow people's lawns. Release After premiering at the Toronto Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads In February
''Roads in February'' (french: Les routes en février) is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Katherine Jerkovic. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. The film centres on Sara ( Arlen Aguayo-Stewart), a young Hispanic Canadian woman visiting her grandmother in Uruguay. Cast * Arlen Aguayo-Stewart as Sara * Gloria Demassi as Magda * Mathias Perdigón as Tincho Critical response In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list. The Vancouver Film Critics Circle awarded Aguayo-Stewart as Best Actress in a Canadian Film and Jerkovic received the One to Watch Award. Critical response to the film was positive. ''The Hollywood Reporters Boyd Van Hoeij called it "a promising debut feature". And Norman Wilner from Now Toronto ''Now'' (styled as ''NOW''), also known as ''NOW Magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent (film)
''The Crescent'' is a Canadian horror film directed by Seth A. Smith, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The story centres around a painter and her two-year-old son at a remote seaside cottage following a death in the family. Plot After the death of her husband, Beth with her toddler son Lowen escape to a remote family beach house. There, Beth copes with her grief and the new struggles of single parenting by losing herself in her art, the process of paper marbling. Lowen also seems to be affected by the loss and frequently acts out in tantrums which causes Beth to further detach from him. After a series of hazardous mishaps in the new environment, the two begin to rebuild their bond. But a strange neighbor named Joseph seems intent on breaking up the two. And as a result of his meddling, Beth descends further into grief. In a rash act, she abandons Lowen by attempting to drown herself in the sea. Lowen finds himself alone, forced to fend for himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth A
Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. According to , Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, and Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel. Genesis According to the Book of Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (according to the Masoretic Text), or 230 years old (according to the Septuagint), "a son in his likeness and image". The genealogy is repeated at . states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his death, aged 930 years. According to Genesis, Seth died at the age of 912 (that is, 14 years before Noah's birth). (2962 BC) Jewish tradition Seth figures in the pseudepigraphical texts of the ''Life of Adam and Eve'' (the ''Apocalypse of Moses''). It recounts the lives of Adam and Eve from after their expulsion from the Garden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass For Shut-Ins
''Mass for Shut-Ins'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Winston DeGiobbi and released in 2017. The film stars Charles William McKenzie as Kay Jay, an aimless slacker living with his grandfather Loppers (Joey Lee Maclean) in New Waterford, Nova Scotia and navigating his fraught relationship with his delinquent older brother September (Stephen Melanson).Jonathan Kew"Mass For Shut Ins" ''Discorder'', Winter 2017-18. The film premiered at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival. It screened alongside ''There Lived the Colliers'', a short film by Nelson MacDonald documenting abandoned housing in Cape Breton Island. It was shortlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award,Regan Reid"DGC unveils Discovery Award short list" ''Playback'', October 23, 2017. and for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's One to Watch award at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 The nominations for the 18th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston DeGiobbi
Winston DeGiobbi is a Canadian film director from New Waterford, Nova Scotia.Solomon Nagler"The Lingering Taste of Fragmented Narratives; A Conversation with Filmmaker Winston DeGiobbi" ''Off-Screen'', Volume 23, Issue 7 (July 2019). He is most noted for his feature debut ''Mass for Shut-Ins'', which was shortlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2017, and for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's One to Watch Award at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017. He began his filmmaking career with the short film ''Buggery'' in 2010, and followed up with the short films ''Higgy Wants In'' (2014) and ''Bright Rubber Cones'' (2017). In 2020 he received Telefilm Canada funding for his second film ''Two Cuckolds Go Swimming''.Kelly Townsend"Telefilm invests $7M across 20 English-language features" ''Playback'', August 26, 2020. In the same year he repurposed unused footage from the film to make the short body horror film ''Like a Horse in Quarantine'' for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregoire (film)
''Gregoire'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Cody Bown and released in 2017. Shot in Bown's hometown of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the film centres on five directionless young adults struggling to find their place."2017 VIFF INTERVIEW: CODY BOWN, DIRECTOR OF GREGOIRE" '' BeatRoute'', October 10, 2017. The cast includes Morgan Taylor Campbell as Misha, as Felix, Jedidiah Goodacre as Louis, Emily Haine as Alexa, and |
Cody Bown
Cody may refer to: People *Cody (given name) * Cody (surname) *Cody (wrestler), a ring name of Cody Runnels Places Canada *Cody, British Columbia United States *Cody, Florida *Cody (Duluth), Minnesota *Cody, Missouri *Cody, Nebraska *Cody, Wyoming *Cody Lake (Minnesota), a lake in Minnesota Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Cody (band), a Danish musical group *''Come On Die Young'' (CODY), a 1999 album and song by Scottish band Mogwai * ''Cody'' (album), a 2016 album by Joyce Manor Other arts, entertainment, and media *Cody, a buffalo that appeared in the movie ''Dances with Wolves'' *Cody from ''The Rescuers Down Under'' *Cody Maverick, a rockhopper penguin and the main character in the movie '' Surf's Up'' *Cody, the surname of Janine "Smurf", Andrew "Pope", Craig, Deran, Joshua "J", and Lena Cody's criminal family in '' Animal Kingdom'' * ''Cody'' (TV series), series of Australian television movies *'' Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe'', a Republic Pictures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Destroyer
''Hello Destroyer'' is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kevan Funk. It had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Jared Abrahamson as an enforcer on a hockey team who faces difficult consequences when a hit on an opposing player during a game turns more violent than intended. It was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. Cast * Jared Abrahamson as Tyson Burr * Kurt Max Runte as Coach Dale Milbury * Joe Buffalo as Eric * Paul McGillion as Ron Burr * Sara Canning as Wendy Davis Production The film was an expansion of his 2013 short film ''Destroyer''. According to Funk, his intention was to make a film that explored institutional and systemic violence rather than a sports film per se; he chose a hockey-related setting as it represented an "aggressively Canadian" cultural institution which has a complex relationship with violence and toxic masculinity, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevan Funk
Kevan Funk is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His debut feature film, '' Hello Destroyer'', was released in 2016."Local filmmaker Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for Canadian films" '''', January 10, 2017. Early life Originally from , |
