“Before The Streets” crime drama dominates Whistler Fest competition December 5, 2016 - 12:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Canadian indie Before the Streets, by Chloe Leriche, on Sunday, December 4 won the Borsos competition for best feature at the Whistler Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The West Coast festival on the weekend also gave the Shakespeare in Love director John Madden its Maverick Award as he was on hand to screen his latest film, the Jessica Chastain-starrer Miss Sloane. On the awards front, Chloe Leriche also earned the best director prize for her film about a young First Nations man who banishes himself into exile after committing a horrible crime during a routine break-in at one at a local summer home. Before the Streets was also named the best female-directed feature at Whistler by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Rykko Bellemare received an honorable mention in the best performance juried competition for his star-turn in the indie. The best performance winner was Kawennahere Devery Jacobs, the star of The Sun at Midnight, by director Kirsten Carthew. Other winners in Whistler included Olivier Asselin's The Cyclotron winning for best screenplay and best cinematography. La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, opened this year's Whistler Film Festival on Nov. 30.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months  The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan.Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem."U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says.Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |
