''My Father's Angel'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1999."Exorcising the ghosts of Sarajevo: Vancouver director Davor Marjanovic's says his first feature film was necessary 'to relieve my pain'". ''

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'', September 27, 1999. Directed by Davor Marjanovic, the film stars Tony Nardi as Ahmed and

Timothy Webber Timothy Webber is a Canadian television, film, and stage actor best known for his performance as Djordje in the film '' My Father's Angel'' (1999), for which he was a Best Supporting Actor nominee at the 21st Genie Awards.Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

who have settled in

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, only to be drawn into the same ethnic conflict with each other that they had sought to leave behind. After they get into a car accident, Djordje tries to befriend Ahmed out of a desire to right the wrongs of their home country, but finds his overtures of friendship rejected when Ahmed is reluctant to accept that Djordje is being sincere. The film premiered at the

1999 Toronto International Film Festival The 24th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 to September 18, 1999. The festival opened with Atom Egoyan's '' Felicia's Journey'' and closed with '' Onegin'' by Martha Fiennes. A total of 318 films were screened in the 13 prog ...

. The film garnered three

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nominations at the

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in 2001, with Best Actor nods for both Nardi and Webber and a

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nomination for writer Frank Borg. Nardi won the award for Best Actor. The film also won six

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for films produced in

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, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Bruce Worrall), Best Musical Score (Schaun Tozer) and Best Female Performance (Asja Pavlovic)."Angel sweeps Leos: Film takes six of seven at B.C.'s film and TV awards". ''

'', May 15, 2000.

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