''Rosie'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by

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and released in 2022. Maurice's feature directorial debut and an expansion of her 2018 short film of the same name,Daniel Nolan
"Acclaimed Indigenous filmmaker Gail Maurice shoots movie in Hamilton"
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'', September 10, 2021. the film centres on Rosie (Keris Hope Hill), a young

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girl who is sent to live with her aunt Frédérique (Melanie Bray) in Montreal after her mother's death, and learns the value of rebuilding

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from Fred and her

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friends Flo (Constant Bernard) and Mo (Alex Trahan). The cast also includes Josée Young, Brandon Oakes, Jocelyne Zucco,

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, Jean Pearson, Tony De Santis, Xavier Yuvens, Pierre Simpson,

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, Domenico Fiore, Joseph Claude Dubois, Mike Ross, Matt Raffy and David Thompson. The film was shot in

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, in 2021. It premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022. It was subsequently selected as the closing film of the 2022

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Critical response

Courtney Small of ''That Shelf'' wrote that "while the film has several important things to say, its overly sweet packaging takes away some of the overall impact of its commentary. Despite not delivering the knockout punch one hopes for, there is still enough here to maintain one’s interest in the both the film and whatever Maurice creates next. ROSIE reminds us that one can find community in the direst of situations, sometimes you just need to choose who that family will be." The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end

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list for 2022.

Awards

The film was shortlisted for the

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's 2022

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.Etan Vlessing
"DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees"
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'', September 23, 2022.

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