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2017 Vancouver International Film Festival
The 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 36th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 28 to October 13, 2017. The festival's opening gala film was Mina Shum's '' Meditation Park'', and its closing gala was Todd Haynes's '' Wonderstruck''; during the festival, a special gala was also dedicated to Guy Maddin's film ''The Green Fog'', with its score performed live in the theatre by the Kronos Quartet. Awards Award winners were announced on October 13.Ian Bailey, "Wagamese adaptation wins audience award at VIFF: Based on the late author's popular novel, Indian Horse takes home the honour based on viewer feedback during the festival". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 14, 2017. Films Special Presentations *'' Borg vs McEnroe'' — Janus Metz Pedersen *'' Breathe'' — Andy Serkis *''Call Me by Your Name'' — Luca Guadagnino *''A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica)'' — Sebastián Lelio Sebastián Lelio Watt (born 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meditation Park
''Meditation Park'' is a 2017 Canadian drama film directed by Mina Shum. The film opened the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival and was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Following in the footsteps of her previous work like Double Happiness, ''Meditation Park'' highlights director Shum's Chinese ancestry. Notably, the film highlights stars Sandra Oh and Don McKellar. Shum's ''Meditation Park'' questions traditional gender roles and reveals difficulties associated with the immigrant experience. It debuted to positive reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in selected theatres on 9 March 2018. Plot Maria ( Cheng Pei Pei) is a 60-year-old grandmother who immigrated from Hong Kong to Vancouver 39 years ago with her husband, Bing, in order to create a better life for their children. On her husband's 65th birthday, which coincides with their move to Canada, Bing, an accountant, is called awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Welchman
Hugh Stewart Jasper Welchman (born February 1975) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Welchman comes from Bracknell in Berkshire and attended the Dolphin School in nearby Hurst until moving on to Keble College, Oxford during the 1990s and graduated with a degree from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). In 2002, Welchman founded the film company BreakThru Films. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007. This was for the 2006 film ''Peter and the Wolf''. The other winner was the film's director Suzie Templeton. Welchman co-directed the first fully painted animated feature film ''Loving Vincent ''Loving Vincent'' ( pl, Twój Vincent) is a 2017 experimental adult animated biographical drama film about the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh, and, in particular, about the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animat ...'' (2017) wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Wapeemukwa
Wayne Wapeemukwa is a Canadian film director and screenwriter of Métis descent from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is most noted for his feature film debut ''Luk'Luk'I'' (2017), which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and the Directors Guild of Canada's Discovery Award. Education and filmmaking Wapeemukwa participated in his high-school film program and has been influenced and inspired, since childhood, by Chelsea McMullan. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts, bachelor's degree and is pursuing a Master's degree in Philosophy and psychoanalysis at the New School for Social Research. Wapemukwa also works as a public-school teacher and research assistant. Angel Gates is Wapeemukwa's muse, having first consulted on research for his short films and later starring, and being featured, in four of his documentary films. Filmography *''Limp Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luk'Luk'I
''Luk'Luk'I'' (pronounced "lucklucky") is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The feature directorial debut of Wayne Wapeemukwa, the film is an expansion of his earlier short film ''Luk'Luk'I: Mother'', which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Set in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics, the film centres on five residents of the poverty-stricken neighbourhood. The cast includes Angel Gates, Joe Buffalo, Ken Harrower, Eric Buurman and Angela Dawson. The actors participated directly in writing the screenplay, using their own real-life experiences – including Harrower's experience as a gay man with a disability and Dawson's experience as local underground culture figure "Rollergirl" – to inform and create their characters' storylines. The film's title refers to the Coast Salish languages, Coast Salish name for the Downtown Eastside. Awards and accolades At TIFF, the film won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hepburn
Kathleen Hepburn is a Canadian screenwriter and film director. She first attracted acclaim for her film ''Never Steady, Never Still'', which premiered as a short film in 2015 before being expanded into her feature film debut in 2017."Never Steady, Never Still to hit silver screen" '''', January 11, 2017. The film received eight nominations at the |
Never Steady, Never Still
''Never Steady, Never Still'' is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The full-length List of directorial debuts, directorial debut of Kathleen Hepburn, the film is a family drama which stars Shirley Henderson as Judy, a woman struggling with the advancing symptoms of Parkinson's disease while her son Jamie (Théodore Pellerin) is struggling to come to terms with his identity. The film is an expansion of Hepburn's earlier short film of the same title, which starred Tina Hedman as Judy and Dylan Playfair as Jamie and is partially based on Hepburn's own experiences with her mother's Parkinson's. Plot Judy and her husband Ed live with their 18-year-old son Jamie in a remote, isolated community at the edge of Stuart Lake, British Columbia. Judy has suffered from Parkinson's disease for 19 of the 23 years she and Ed have been married, with Ed acting as her supportive caregiver, helping her to complete basic tasks such as getting dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Barker (film Director)
Phillip Barker (born 1955) is a Canadian production designer, filmmaker and visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known for his work as a production designer, particularly his work with director Atom Egoyan, which includes ten feature films and two live operas. In 2006, Barker received a Directors Guild of Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design for his work on Egoyan's ''Where the Truth Lies.'' Barker's production design has also been featured in films by directors such as Brian De Palma, Mira Nair, Lisa Cholodenko and Neil LaBute, as well as on the television series ''Reign'' (2013–2015), ''American Gothic'' (2016) and '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2020). ''Shadow Nettes'', a short film written and directed by Barker, won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival. Early life Phillip Barker was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His father was an auto mechanic. Barker's interest in filmma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Officer
Charles Officer (October 28, 1975 – December 1, 2023) was a Canadian film and television director, writer, actor, and professional hockey player. Background Charles Officer was born in Toronto, Ontario on October 28, 1972. He was born to a Black British father and a Jamaican Canadian mother, as the youngest of four children."Film Mighty Jerome to tour local schools for BHM" . '' Share'', February 5, 2014. Officer studied communication design at the (OCAD), but left to play professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unarmed Verses
''Unarmed Verses'' is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Charles Officer. The film centres on the predominantly Black Canadian former residents of Villaways, a Toronto Community Housing project which is undergoing demolition and revitalization. The film premiered at Hot Docs, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary. Synopsis The documentary follows a year in the life of 12-year-old Francine Valentine and her family during her involvement in a songwriting and recording program run by Art Starts. Valentine struggles with her lack of self-esteem and self-identity. The film is set against the backdrop of community gentrification and apparent lack of concern for her and her neighbourhood. Awards In December 2017, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian films. It won the People's Choice Award at the Canada's Top Ten minifestival in January 2018. At the 5th Canadian Screen Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cory Bowles
Cory Bowles (born August 27, 1973) is a Canadian actor, director and choreographer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cory in the series ''Trailer Park Boys''. Life and career Bowles was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia. Best known as Cory in ''Trailer Park Boys'', he also is the principal choreographer of Halifax-based Contemporary Dance Company Verve Mwendo, plays in the rock band Aide-De-Camp and voices the children's series Poko. In the mid-1990s Bowles gained some prominence as MC of hip hop act Hip Club Groove, performing under the name "Chek Love". The group released an EP on No Records and later a full length on Murderecords. The group toured Canada, often opening for other Halifax based bands such as Sloan. Bowles later formed a theatre company in 1997 with bandmate Joseph Wynne called The Good Companions. After closing down the company he went on to further his studies as a dancer and choreographer in Alberta. Bowles received a Gemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Cop
''Black Cop'' is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival."Nova Scotia film Black Cop to debut at TIFF" , August 12, 2017. The full-length directorial debut of actor , the film is an expansion of his earlier short film of the same name. The film stars Ronnie Rowe as a Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver International Film Festival Award For Best Canadian Film
The Vancouver International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film is an annual award, presented by the Vancouver International Film Festival to honour the film selected by a jury as the best Canadian film screened at VIFF that year. The award was presented for the first time in 2003. It was initially open only to films from Western Canada, but was expanded in 2009 to include all Canadian films. Winners See also *Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film is an annual juried film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film judged to be the best Canadian feature film. As with TIFF's other juried awards, the ... References {{VIFF Best Canadian Film Best Canadian Film Awards established in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
