The Delian Mode

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The Delian Mode
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Directed byKara Blake
Written byKara Blake
Produced byKara Blake
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Starring Delia Derbyshire
CinematographyKara Blake
Philippe Blanchard
Production
company
Philtre Films
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Running time
25 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Delian Mode is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Kara Blake and released in 2009. [1] The film is a profile of Delia Derbyshire, a British composer best known for arranging the theme music to Doctor Who . [1] It takes its name from the title of a piece of incidental music that Derbyshire wrote in the 1960s.

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The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Short Documentary. [2] The film won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary Film at the 30th Genie Awards. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Delian Mode". RTVE, November 14, 2011.
  2. "Festival's top prize to Regent Park documentary". Toronto Star , May 9, 2009.
  3. Craig Takeuchi, "Genie award winners: Polytechnique wins nine, Joshua Jackson". The Georgia Straight , April 12, 2010.