Boost (film)

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Boost
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Directed by Darren Curtis
Written byDarren Curtis
Produced byFrédéric Bohbot
Kieran Crilly
Starring Nabil Rajo
Jahmil French
Oluniké Adeliyi
Cinematography Pawel Pogorzelski
Edited byJared Curtis
Music by Mike Silver
Production
companies
Bunbury Films
Havelock Films
Distributed byFilmoption
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Boost is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Darren Curtis. [1]

Contents

The film stars Nabil Rajo and Jahmil French as Hakeem and Anthony/"A-Mac", teenagers in the Park Extension neighbourhood of Montreal who work at Hakeem's uncle's car wash while simultaneously maintaining a sideline pursuit of passing on tips about valuable cars to the neighbourhood's gang of car thieves. One day, however, they decide to try their hands at undertaking an auto theft themselves. [2] The film's cast also includes Fanny Mallette, Oluniké Adeliyi, Patrick Goyette, Théodore Pellerin and Juliette Gariépy.

The film was originally written to be about characters of South Asian background, but was rewritten in a Black Canadian context when Rajo and French were cast as the leads. [3] The film was released concurrently in both the original English and dubbed French versions. [3]

Cast

Accolades

The film received five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. [4]

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Austin Film Festival 26 October 2017 – 2 November 2017Best Narrative Feature Honourable Mention Darren Curtis Won [5]
Canadian Screen Awards 11 March 2018 Best Actor Nabil Rajo Won [6]
Best Supporting Actor Jahmil French Nominated [7]
Best Supporting Actress Oluniké Adeliyi Nominated
Best Overall Sound Philippe AttiéNominated
Best Original Song Joey Sherrett, Chris Gordon and Nathaniel Huskinson: "CTS Thief"Nominated
Prix Iris 3 June 2018 Best Film Frédéric Bohbot, Kieran CrillyNominated [8]
Best Director Darren CurtisNominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jahmil FrenchNominated
Best Editing Jared CurtisNominated
Best Original Music Michael SilverNominated
Revelation of the Year Nabil RajoNominated
Best Casting Maxime Giroux, Jonathan OliveiraNominated

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References

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