Unnatural & Accidental
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Unnatural & Accidental is a 2006 award-winning Canadian film directed
by Carl Bessai
and adapted from a Marie Clements
play The Unnatural and Accidental Women.
), who has been missing for years. Her journey leads her into the troubled life faced by many First Nations women who have ended up killed.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Carl Bessai
Carl Bessai
Carl Bessai is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing documentary films before moving to Vancouver and directing his debut feature film Johnny in 1999...
and adapted from a Marie Clements
Marie Clements
Marie Clements is a Métis playwright, performer, director, producer screenwriter, and founding artistic director of urban ink productions and fathom labs highway. Clements lives on Galiano Island British Columbia Canada...
play The Unnatural and Accidental Women.
Plot
Unnatural & Accidental is about a First Nations woman named Rebecca (Carmen Moore) who returns home to Vancouver to be with her dying father and searches for her mother, Rita Jones (Tantoo CardinalTantoo Cardinal
Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal, CM is a Canadian film and television actress.-Career:Cardinal was born in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Her mother, Julia Cardinal, was a Métis of Cree descent...
), who has been missing for years. Her journey leads her into the troubled life faced by many First Nations women who have ended up killed.
2007
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original SongGenie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original SongThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian original song.-17th Genie Awards:* Michael Turner, Swamp Baby, Peter J...
- Jennifer Kreisberg, song "Have Hope" - Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama - Callum Keith RennieCallum Keith RennieCallum Keith Rennie is a British-born Canadian television and film actor. He started his career in Canadian film and television projects, where his portrayal of Stanley Raymond Kowalski in the TV series Due South was his first international success...
- Leo Award for Best Picture Editing in a Feature Length Drama - Julian ClarkeJulian ClarkeJulian Clarke is a Canadian film editor. Clarke graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School before enrolling at the University of British Columbia as a film major. After graduating from UBC in 2000, Clarke immediately began to find work as a professional film editor...
- Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama - Margo KaneMargo KaneMargo Kane is a Cree-Saulteaux performing artist and writer known for her solo-voice or monodrama works Moonlodge and Confessions of an Indian Cowboy, as well as her work with Full Circle First Nations Performance.-Early life:...
2006
- Vancouver International Film FestivalVancouver International Film FestivalThe Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October...
Best Western Canadian Feature Film - Special Citation - Carl BessaiCarl BessaiCarl Bessai is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing documentary films before moving to Vancouver and directing his debut feature film Johnny in 1999... - Vancouver International Film Festival Women in Film Award - Carmen Moore