''Splinters'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Thom Fitzgerald
Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald (born July 8, 1968) is an American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer.
Life
Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years ol ...
and released in 2018. An adaptation of the theatrical play by Lee-Anne Poole,
["Lee-Anne Poole Splinters off"]
'' The Coast'', July 7, 2010. the film stars
Sofia Banzhaf
Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. Banzhaf was born in Germany and spent part of her early life in the United States. She is most noted for her 2019 short film ''I Am in the World as Free and Slender ...
as Belle, a woman whose relationship with her mother Nancy (
Shelley Thompson) has been strained since she came out as
lesbian, but who now faces the prospect of coming out all over again as she now identifies as
bisexual and is dating Rob (
Callum Dunphy).
[
The film's cast also includes ]Mary-Colin Chisholm Mary-Colin Chisholm is a Canadian actress, playwright, and co-assistant director of the theatre companies LunaSea Theatre and Frankie Productions.
Career
In 2000, Chisholm directed the theatrical piece called ''Frankie'', starring Mary Ellen Maclea ...
, Deb Allen, Hugh Thompson, Bailey Maughan and Stewart Legere.
The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...
.
Reviewing the film for the ''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 ...
'', Chris Knight noted some thematic similarities with Fitzgerald's debut film '' The Hanging Garden'', and concluded that the film "may try to cram one too many revelations into its brief, 87-minute runtime. And it doesn’t always transcend its stagey origins. But it’s a beautiful homegrown tale, and deserves all the recognition it can muster in these times."
Awards and honors
*ACTRA Award, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Female Role, Shelley Thompson
*ACTRA Award, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Male Role, Bailey Maughan
*ACTRA Award nomination, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Male Role, Callum Dunphy
References
External links
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Splinters
' at Library and Archives Canada
2018 films
2018 drama films
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Thom Fitzgerald
Films based on Canadian plays
Canadian LGBT-related films
LGBT-related drama films
2018 LGBT-related films
Female bisexuality in film
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films
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