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Spice It Up
''Spice It Up'' is a 2018 Canadian independent film directed by Lev Lewis, Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas (director), Calvin Thomas. It stars Jennifer Hardy CK as a young film student attempting to finish her thesis project. The film-within-the-film tells the story of a group of teenage girls who fail high school and enlist in the army. The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in the Future//Present section on September 28, 2018, had its international premiere at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema on April 4, 2019 and had a limited theatrical release in Canada on August 16, 2019. Plot Rene is a Ryerson University film student struggling to complete her thesis project. Alone and longing for a little connection, she finds comfort in her work: a feature film, also called ''Spice It Up'', about seven 17-year-old girls who fail their final year of high school and decide to join the Canadian Armed Forces. The film intercuts scenes from Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonah Lewis
Yonah Lewis (born March 2, 1986) is a Canadians, Canadian film director and screenwriter, who collaborates on most of his work with Calvin Thomas (director), Calvin Thomas.James Adams"Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas: filmmakers" ''The Globe and Mail'', September 9, 2011. The duo are most noted for their 2019 film ''White Lie (film), White Lie'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture, and garnered the duo nominations for Canadian Screen Award for Best Director, Best Director and Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards. The duo, both alumni of Sheridan College, released their debut feature film ''Amy George'' in 2011. They followed up with ''The Oxbow Cure'' in 2013, and ''Spice It Up'' in 2018, before releasing ''White Lie''. In addition to their Canadian Screen Award nominations, the duo also won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Vancouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |