Myanmar doc tops Whistler Film Festival
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A documentary by a Toronto filmmaker has received the people's choice award for best feature film at the Whistler Film Festival.
Mystic Balltraces Greg Hamilton's journey into the culture of Myanmar and its traditional pastime, chinlone, a combination of sport and dance in which players pass a ball back and forth with their feet and knees as they walk around a circle.
The White Planet, a documentary on the fragile and threatened world of the Arctic, earned first runner-up, while Sarah Polley's Away From Her was second runner-up.
The festival said in a news release that 41 feature and mid-length films and 53 shorts were screened over four days. The total attendance exceeded 5,500 — up 15 per cent from last year, according to the festival.
Stéphane Lapointe's The Secret Life of Happy People won the $15,000 prize for best new Canadian feature film in the Borsos competition — named in honour of legendary Canadian filmmaker Phillip Borsos — which recognizes works that embody the spirit of independent filmmaking in Canada.
The film follows the Dufresnes, a perfect family until a young woman named Audrey shows up.
Catherine de Lean, who plays Audrey, received the $500 Borsos best actress award, while Andrew W. Walker was named best actor in the competition for his portrayal of a neo-Nazi skinhead in Steel Toes.
from http://www.cbc.ca/
