Related Research Articles
Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller Prize, the Booker Prize, and the Prix Médicis étranger. Ondaatje is also an Officer of the Order of Canada, recognizing him as one of Canada's most renowned living authors.
The Red Violin is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners. The instrument, made in Cremona in 1681 with a future forecast by tarot cards, makes its way to Montreal in 1997, where an appraiser identifies it and it goes to auction. The film was an international co-production among companies in Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Bruce McDonald is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave.
Michael Turner is a musician, and writer of poetry, prose and opera librettos. His writing is noted for including detailed and purposeful examination of ordinary things.
Don McKellar is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.
Last Night is a 1998 Canadian apocalyptic black comedy-drama film directed by Don McKellar and starring McKellar, Sandra Oh and Callum Keith Rennie. It was produced as part of the French film project 2000, Seen By.... McKellar wrote the screenplay about how ordinary people would react to an unstated imminent global catastrophic event. Set in Toronto, Ontario, the film was made and released when many were concerned about the Year 2000 problem.
Peter Lynch is a Canadian filmmaker, most noted as the director and writer of the documentary films Project Grizzly, The Herd and Cyberman.
Liane Balaban is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in New Waterford Girl (1999), playing Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie, and has since appeared in the films Definitely, Maybe (2008), Last Chance Harvey (2008), and the independent drama One Week (2008). She has guest-starred on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles, Covert Affairs and Alphas, and joined the cast of Supernatural for its eighth season.
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian animated short film. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian live action short film. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Tracy Wright was a Canadian actress who was known for her stage and film performances, as well as her presence in Canada's avant-garde for over 20 years.
Joe's So Mean to Josephine is the first full-length feature film by Canadian film director Peter Wellington, released in 1996. The film stars Eric Thal and Sarah Polley as Joe and Josephine, a couple that enters a romantic relationship despite the significant differences and incompatibilities.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Award for Best Short Documentary is an annual Canadian film award, presented to a film judged to be the year's best short documentary film. Prior to 2012 the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards program; since 2012 it has been presented as part of the expanded Canadian Screen Awards.
The Fishing Trip is a Canadian drama film, directed by Amnon Buchbinder and released in 1998. The film stars Jhene Erwin as Kirsti, a young woman who is travelling with her sister Jessie and their friend Murdoch to Kirsti and Jessie's father's fishing cabin, to confront their father about his history of committing sexual abuse against them in childhood.
David Fine is a Canadian filmmaker, who works in animated film alongside his British wife Alison Snowden. The couple are best known as the creators of the Nelvana animated television series Bob and Margaret, and as the directors of several animated short films which have won or been nominated for Genie Awards and Academy Awards.
Moving Day is a Canadian comedy short film, directed by Chris Deacon and released in 1998. The film stars Michael McMurtry and Brigitte Gall as Scott and Amy, a couple who are moving in together for the first time, but must cope with relationship anxieties when the process reveals aspects of their personalities that they didn't previously know about each other.
Arrowhead is a 1994 Canadian mockumentary short film, directed by Peter Lynch.
The Herd is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Peter Lynch and released in 1998. The film documents the history of the Canadian government's failed Reindeer Station project of 1929, when it attempted to transport a herd of reindeer from Alaska to the Mackenzie River delta in the Northwest Territories.
Shoes Off! is a Canadian short comedy film, directed by Mark Sawers and released in 1998. The film stars David Lewis as Stuart, a man who becomes entranced with a woman he meets in an elevator wearing a sexy pair of boots, but is too shy to talk to her. Some time later, he sees her again getting out of a taxi at a house party and decides to follow her in so he can finally meet her; however, his efforts are complicated by the hosts' "shoes off" policy, both because he has a hole in his sock and because he had paid more attention to the woman's boots than her face and thus struggles to identify who he's looking for.
Michael Downing is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted as director of two Genie Award nominees for Best Live Action Short Drama, receiving nods for Clean Rite Cowboy at the 21st Genie Awards in 2001 and for Why Don't You Dance? at the 24th Genie Awards in 2004.
References
- ↑ John Haslett Cuff, "Thirty-two short things about Don McKellar". The Globe and Mail , September 10, 1998.
- ↑ Craig MacInnis, "Forever an outlaw". Ottawa Citizen , December 6, 1998.
- ↑ Marc Horton, "The omnipresent Don McKellar". Edmonton Journal , September 14, 1998.
- ↑ "Major Genie nominees". Vancouver Sun , December 8, 1998.
