''My Father's Angel'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1999."Exorcising the ghosts of Sarajevo: Vancouver director Davor Marjanovic's says his first feature film was necessary 'to relieve my pain'". ''

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...

'', September 27, 1999. Directed by Davor Marjanovic, the film stars

Tony Nardi Tony Nardi (born 1958) is an Italian-Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director based in Toronto, who has performed on stage and in film and television. Fluent in four languages; he has appeared in French, Italian and English-language pro ...

as Ahmed and Timothy Webber as Djordje, refugees of the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

who have settled in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, only to be drawn into the same ethnic conflict with each other that they had sought to leave behind. After they get into a car accident, Djordje tries to befriend Ahmed out of a desire to right the wrongs of their home country, but finds his overtures of friendship rejected when Ahmed is reluctant to accept that Djordje is being sincere. The film premiered at the

1999 Toronto International Film Festival The 24th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 to September 18, 1999. The festival opened with Atom Egoyan's ''Felicia's Journey'' and closed with '' Onegin'' by Martha Fiennes. A total of 318 films were screened in the 13 progra ...

. The film garnered three

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominations at the

21st Genie Awards The 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan. Nominees and winners The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold along with nominees. References {{Canadian Scree ...

in 2001, with

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

nods for both Nardi and Webber and a

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nomination for writer Frank Borg. Nardi won the award for Best Actor. The film also won six Leo Awards for films produced in

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, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Bruce Worrall), Best Musical Score (Schaun Tozer) and Best Female Performance (Asja Pavlovic)."Angel sweeps Leos: Film takes six of seven at B.C.'s film and TV awards". ''

'', May 15, 2000.

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* 1999 films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films set in Vancouver Films shot in Vancouver 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub