''A Funeral for Lightning'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by
Emily Kai Bock
Emily Kai Bock (born 1983 or 1984) is a Canadian writer and film director.
In 2017, her short film '' A Funeral for Lightning'' was included in TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the top 10 Canadian short films of the year, selected by a pane ...
and released in 2016.
["18 must-see films at TIFF according to its programmers"]
''BlogTO'', September 2, 2016. The film stars Annie Williams as Mandy, a pregnant woman who is becoming disillusioned with her husband Cornelius's (Daniel Frazier) insistence on living
off the grid in rural Tennessee.
The film premiered at the
2016 Toronto International Film Festival
The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown.
Awards
The festival's final awards were ...
.
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The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.]["TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival"]
CBC News, December 7, 2016. At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards
The 5th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 12, 2017, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2016. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017.
Awards in many of the technical categor ...
in 2017, it was a shortlisted nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama.
The name of the work is borrowed from a song title by Doldrums
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ ), known by sailors as the doldrums or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge. It encircles Earth near the thermal e ...
, a Canadian music project which she directed a music video for.Doldrums releases new music video ‘Runner Up’
Culture Addicts (2016-10-03). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
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2016 films
2010s English-language films
Canadian drama short films
2010s Canadian films
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