''My Gentleman Friends'' is a Canadian docudrama television film, directed by Moze Mossanen and released in 1999.

Katrina Onstad Katrina Onstad is a Canadian journalist and novelist. She has been a columnist for ''The Globe and Mail'' and ''Chatelaine'' and a film critic for the ''National Post'' and '' CBC Arts Online.'' Her work has appeared in many publications including ...

, "Grey gay men provide colour to an invisible era : My Gentleman Friends tells the stories of ageing former dancers". ''

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'', April 5, 1999. The film centres on Victor ( Aron Tager), Gordon (David Gardner) and Luigi (François Klanfer), three older gay men who were all once dancers with a ballet company, and are being interviewed about their lives by documentary filmmaker Margaret (Christina Collins).John Allemang, "With friends like these, who needs Friends?". ''

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'', April 7, 1999. The cast also includes David Dunbar, Greg Spottiswood, and Brigitte Gall as production staff assisting Margaret. Although the main trio of actors was not literally playing themselves, many of their characters' reminiscences in the film were true stories gathered by Mossanen from interviews with real older gay men who had worked in performing arts as actors, musicians, or dancers. The film premiered on Bravo on April 7, 1999. Mossanen received a

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

nomination for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the

14th Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 14th Gemini Awards were held on November 7, 1999, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Rick Mercer, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and ...

. The film was subsequently rebroadcast on Bravo in 2004 as part of a retrospective series of Mossanen's works, alongside ''The Rings of Saturn'', ''The Year of the Lion'' and his new ''From Time to Time''.Gordon Bowness
"Light in the loafers: A rare TV tribute"
'' Daily Xtra'', February 18, 2004.

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