Luk'Luk'I
Luk'Luk'I (pronounced "lucklucky") is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] The feature directorial debut of Wayne Wapeemukwa, the film is an expansion of his earlier short film Luk'Luk'I: Mother, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
Set in the East Side of Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics, the film centres on five residents of the poverty-stricken neighbourhood. The cast includes Angel Gates, Joe Buffalo, Ken Harrower, Eric Buurman and Angela Dawson.
The film's title refers to the Coast Salish name for the Downtown Eastside.[3][4]
Awards and accolades
At TIFF, the film won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film.[5] In December, TIFF named the film to its annual year-end list of the ten best Canadian films.[6]
Wapeemukwa also won the Directors Guild of Canada's Discovery Award.[7]
At the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, Luk'Luk'I won the "Best BC Film Award".[8]
References
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival announces Canadian line-up". National Post, August 9, 2017.
- ^ "TFS FESTIVAL QUICKIE: WAYNE WAPEEMUKWA, DIRECTOR OF LUK’LUK’I: MOTHER". Toronto Film Scene, September 8, 2014.
- ^ "About the Film". Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Andrew Fleming (5 December 2013). "Gastown: The neighbourhood at a glance". Vancouver Courier.
- ^ "Toronto: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Captures Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2017.
- ^ "Canada's Top Ten has some glaring omissions". Now, December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Luk'Luk'I among winners at Canada's directors guild awards". CBC News, October 29, 2017.
- ^ "VIFF Announces BC and Canadian Award Winners for the 36th Annual Festival" (Press release). Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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