Year of the Carnivore nominated for the Borsos Prize at the 9th Whistler Film Festival
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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