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'' Film Threat'', April 13, 2021. The film stars

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as Anthony, a Nigerian refugee staying in a motel room while he waits for his

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claim to be processed, who wakes up from a strange dream in which he is watching a film of himself being arrested for murdering a woman, only to find the woman from his dream (Getenesh Berhe) actually dead in bed next to him. The cast also includes Jonas Chernick as Frank, the occupant of the neighbouring motel room, David Lawrence Brown as Detective Smith, and

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as Omoni. The film entered production in

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, in 2019. In addition to being set against the backdrop of contemporary political issues around

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, the film also incorporates a number of allusions to classic films. The film premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on April 1, 2021. The film was subsequently screened in the

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program at the 2021

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, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film and Ade won the award for Best Performance in a Canadian Film. St. Jules received a nomination for the

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's DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film. The film received two

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nominations at the

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in 2022, for Best Editing (

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) and Best Original Score ( Darren Fung).Brent Furdyk
"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"
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'', February 15, 2022.

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* 2021 films 2021 thriller films Canadian psychological thriller films Black Canadian films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Jeffrey St. Jules Films shot in Winnipeg 2020s English-language films 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub