Doubles with Slight Pepper
2011 Canadian film
- September 12, 2011 (2011-09-12) (TIFF)
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Doubles with Slight Pepper is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Ian Harnarine and released in 2011.
The film stars Sanjiv Boodhu as Dhani, a young doubles vendor in Trinidad whose estranged father Ragbir (Errol Sitahal) returns from Toronto for the first time in many years to reveal that he is dying.[1]
A full-length feature expansion of the film, Doubles, was announced as receiving funding from Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program in 2019,[2] and premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.
Accolades
The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[4]
In 2012, it won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards.[5]
References
- ^ "Watch Ian Harnarine’s Award-Winning ‘Doubles With Slight Pepper’ (Short Shouts!)". Indiewire, August 30, 2013.
- ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "A Canadian movie about Trinidadian doubles is in the works". Now, June 12, 2019.
- ^ "Doubles free in NYC". Daily Express, June 25, 2015.
- ^ "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Seeking a New York Audience for a Film Rooted in Trinidad". The New York Times, August 23, 2012.
External links
- Doubles with Slight Pepper at IMDb
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Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
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