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When Morning Comes
''When Morning Comes'' is a 2022 Canada, Canadian-Jamaican drama film, written and directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall. The film centres on Jamal (Djamari Roberts), a young boy in Jamaica who is processing his uncertain feelings about his mother Neesha's (Shaquana Wilson) decision to send him to live in Canada with his grandmother following his father's death. In May 2022, following his win of the Toronto Film Critics Association's Clyde Gilmour Award, filmmaker David Cronenberg announced that he had selected Fyffe-Marshall as the recipient of the "pay it forward" grant, awarding Fyffe-Marshall $50,000 in post-production services toward the film. The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. Critical response Courtney Small of ''That Shelf'' praised the film, writing that "anchored by strong performances by Roberts and Wilson, stunning cinematography from long time collaborator Jordan Oram, and an amazing soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall is a Canadian filmmaker best known for her 2020 two-part short film '' Black Bodies'', which won the Changemaker Award at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. Career She has also directed the short films ''Reason Enough'' (2016), ''Haven'' (2018), ''Black White Blue'' (2018) and ''Trap City'' (2020), and has worked as an assistant director and production assistant on other film and television projects. She is also the co-founder of the production company Sunflower Studios, with Sasha Leigh Henry, Tamar Bird, and Iva Golubovic. Fyffe-Marshall won the Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize at the 2020 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards. In May 2022, Fyffe-Marshall was selected by David Cronenberg as the recipient of the "pay-it-forward" grant from his Clyde Gilmour Award package, and received $50,000 in post-production s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |