Balmoral Hotel is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Wayne Wapeemukwa and released in 2015.[1] The film stars Angel Gates as a First Nations sex worker who dances along Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, in a performance that gradually morphs into a political statement against colonization.[2]
| Balmoral Hotel | |
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| Directed by | Wayne Wapeemukwa |
| Written by | Wayne Wapeemukwa |
| Produced by | Wayne Wapeemukwa Matt Drake |
| Starring | Angel Gates |
| Cinematography | Shayne Zwickel |
| Edited by | Wayne Wapeemukwa |
| Music by | Cris Derksen |
Production company | Thousand Plateaus |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2015.[3] It subsequently received two Leo Award nominations in 2016, for Best Short Drama and Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama.[4]
References edit
- ^ Krystle Alarcon (January 25, 2018). "From the Streets to Film, With Her Heart in the Downtown Eastside". The Tyee. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Na'ama Freeman, "Symbolism in Inuit tattooing: First Peoples, First Screens crafts spaces for conversation". McGill Daily, February 15, 2016.
- ^ Bruce Kirkland, "TIFF announces its top 10 films of 2015". Toronto Sun, December 8, 2015.
- ^ 2016 Leo Awards Nominees & Winners".
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