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Flesh-toned movie vies for Borsos prize

Year of the Carnivore, a B.C.-filmed comedy about a grocery-store worker who blackmails shoplifters into having sex with her, is among six films vying for this year’s $15,000 Borsos prize for best new Canadian film at the Whistler Film Festival.

Director-writer Sook-Yin Lee’s film stars American Cristin Milioti alongside Vancouver’s Ali Liebert and Will Sasso. Also vying for the prize is Defendor, an Ontario-filmed comedy from writer-director Peter Stebbings starring Woody Harrelson as a guy who thinks he’s a superhero, alongside Sandra Oh and Kat Dennings.

Both films premiered at the Toronto film festival, but are making their B.C. debuts at Whistler.

Also in the mix:

• Quebec director Alexandre Franchi’s The Wild Hunt.
• Machotaildrop, from the B.C. filmmaking team of Corey Adams and Alex Craig.
• Quebec director Sophie Deraspe’s Les Signes Vitaux (The Living Rate).
• Skid Love, from Ontario’s Ryan Arnold.

The Borsos award, named for the late director Philip Borsos, goes to the film picked by a jury that this year included producer-director Ivan Reitman, producer Niv Fichman and actor Jessica Paré. This year’s festival runs from Dec. 3 to 6.

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