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O, Brazen Age
Directed byAlexander Carson
CinematographyMike McLaughlin
Edited byAlexander Carson
Music byMenalon
Production
company
Release date
  • September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27) (VIFF)
Running time
80 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

O, Brazen Age is a Canadian dramatic film, completed in 2015. The feature-length debut by writer/director Alexander Carson,[1] the film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in September 2015, where it was nominated for the Emerging Canadian Director and Best Canadian Film awards.[1]

The film weaves together a series of loosely connected stories and characters, chronicling the spiritual journey of a group of friends in West Toronto over the course of several months. Featuring an ensemble cast from different corners of the city's art-scene, O, Brazen Age creates a pageant of musings and monologues about photography, poetry, memory, and regret.[2] On the occasion of the film's premiere in Vancouver, Pop Optiq called it "One of the best Canadian films of 2015".[3]

Following the film's presentation at the Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2015, O, Brazen Age was programmed for a short theatrical release in Iceland at Bíó Paradís in 2016.[4] O, Brazen Age was selected for numerous festival screenings in 2016 across North America and Europe, including the Leeds Independent Film Festival and the Victoria Film Festival.[5]

O, Brazen Age was produced by the North Country Cinema media arts collective with the support of Telefilm Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts.[6] The film was released theatrically in March 2017, garnering positive reviews from NOW Magazine and The Globe and Mail[7] [8] and earning praise from Canadian filmmakers Atom Egoyan and Guy Maddin.[9]


References

  1. ^ a b "O, Brazen Age | Vancouver International Film Festival" VIFF, August 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "VIFF ’15: Interview with Alexander Carson" Pop Optiq, October 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "VIFF ’15: ‘O, Brazen Age’ – one of the best Canadian films of 2015" Pop Optiq, September 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Íslenskir hipsterar ættu að tengja Fréttablaðið, March 31, 2016.
  5. ^ North Country Cinema (5 Nov 2016). "North Country Cinema // Film Screenings". North Country Cinema. Retrieved 5 Nov 2016.
  6. ^ "O, Brazen Age Begins Production!" North Country Cinema, July 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Wheeler, Brad (March 24, 2017). "O, Brazen Age: A peculiarly poetic first feature from Canadian Alexander Carson". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Wilner, Norman (March 22, 2017). "O, Brazen Age mixes Malick and mumblecore". NOW Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  9. ^ Canada Screens (April 11, 2017). "O, Brazen Age". Canada Screens. Retrieved August 6, 2017.