Eva Markvoort, the subject of "65_RedRoses," passed away on March 27, 2010, killed by the cystic fibrosis she'd battled all her life. It's not a secret -- she chronicled her illness and her escalating health problems on her blog, right up to her death at age 25. "65_RedRoses," a Canadian documentary from director Philip Lyall and Nimisha Mukerji getting its broadcast premiere tonight at 9pm on Own, doesn't alert you to this fact at the start, but it's nice to know if only to brace yourself, as Eva's warm and brave and really wants to live. "65_RedRoses" is half personal doc, half chronicle of a disease. Eva's the heart of the film, and her online posts and videos take a central part in the story as time goes on, but Lyall and Mukerji also pay a visit to two of the friends she made in the online cystic fibrosis community in which she...
- 5/3/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Making headway on recent statements that Oprah Winfrey's new Own network will be a player in the documentary scene, the fledgling channel announced three pick ups Monday. Own has acquired rights to Lisa Leeman's "One Lucky Elephant," Nimisha Mukerji and Philip Lyall's "65_Redroses," and Matthew D. Kallis' Most Valuable Players. The films will air as part of Own's monthly documentary film club, debuting in Spring 2011. Filmed over a decade, ...
- 11/15/2010
- Indiewire
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) concluded its 16-day run today with the closing gala screening of director Caroline Bottaro's Queen To Play, in the Visa Screening Room @ the Empire Granville 7 Cinemas, Vancouver. Director Bottaro was present to introduce the film to the audience. The winners of three juried awards and five audience awards were announced prior to the screening; a fourth juried award was announced previously. Juried Awards: Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film: The jury for the Canadian Images program awarded the inaugural Canwest Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and its $20,000 cash prize to director Xavier Dolan of Montreal for the feature I Killed My Mother (J.ai tué ma mere). The winner was selected from 19 films in competition. The jury included Vancouver-based actor, writer, Ben Ratner, filmmaker Lynne "Kissed" Stopkewich, and producer/writer Kevin Tierney. Robyn Rudolph of Global Television presented the award on behalf of Canwest.
- 10/17/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) will be held October 1-16, 2009. Founded in 1982, Viff's mandate is "...to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada..." Over 150,000 people are expected to attend 640 screenings of 360 films from 80 countries. Here is an up-to-date list of directors, confirmed to attend Viff 2009, along with their films : "1428" Du Haibin "1999" Lenin Sivam "65_RedRoses" Philip Lyall & Nimisha Mukerji "Adelaide" Liliana Greenfield-Sanders "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" Vikram Jayanti "Ana & Arthur" Larry Young "The Anchorage" Anders Edström & Curtis Winter "Antoine" Laura Bari "Argippo Resurrected" Dan Krames "The Art of Drowning" Diego Maclean "At Home By Myself... With You" Kris Booth "At The Edge Of The World" Dan Stone...
- 9/27/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
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