''Balmoral Hotel'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by

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 C ...

and released in 2015. The film stars Angel Gates as a

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sex worker who dances along Hastings Street in

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, in a performance that gradually morphs into a political statement against

colonization Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...

. The film was named to the

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's year-end

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list for short films in 2015.Bruce Kirkland
"TIFF announces its top 10 films of 2015"
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'', December 8, 2015. It subsequently received two

Leo Award The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...

nominations in 2016, for Best Short Drama and Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama.2016 Leo Awards Nominees & Winners"

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* 2015 films 2015 short films Canadian dance films Films directed by Wayne Wapeemukwa Films shot in Vancouver Films set in Vancouver Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub