''Fail to Appear'' is a 2017 Canadian

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directed by Antoine Bourges in his feature film directorial debut.Marsha Lederman
"Review: Fail to Appear is an utterly watchable piece of experimental Canadian film"
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'', June 4, 2018. The film stars

Deragh Campbell Deragh Campbell is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her acclaimed performances in independent Canadian cinema. Her collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz—'' Never Eat Alone'' (2016), '' Veslemøy's Song'' (2018), '' M ...

as Isolde, a social services caseworker trying to assist Eric (Nathan Roder), a man who is about to face a criminal trial on charges of theft. The film premiered at the

2017 Vancouver International Film Festival The 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 36th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 28 to October 13, 2017. The festival's opening gala film was Mina Shum's '' Meditation Park'', and ...

Reception

Marsha Lederman of ''

'' describe the film as "an utterly watchable piece of experimental Canadian film", and the publication ranked it one of the top 10 best Canadian films of the year. Norman Wilner of '' Now'' called it "formally rigorous but surprisingly moving". The film received three award nominations from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, for Best Canadian Film, Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Campbell), and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Roder).

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*{{IMDb title, tt7493472, Fail to Appear 2017 films Canadian drama films Canadian independent films English-language Canadian films 2017 directorial debut films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films Films directed by Antoine Bourges