Flower & Garnet

Flower & Garnet is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Keith Behrman and released in 2002.<ref>"Flower & Garnet puts filmmaker on critical radar". Toronto Star, 28 March 2003.</ref>

Plot

A father finds difficulties in expressing his love to his children. Garnet (played by Colin Roberts) and Flower (Jane McGregor) have grown up in an environment of stifled grief. Since their mother died, Ed (Callum Keith Rennie), their father, mostly just lives without a goal. Eight-year-old Garnet struggles to comprehend the world around him, while sixteen-year-old Flower seeks love with her new boyfriend. Forced to become a real parent to Garnet, Ed buys Garnet a gun and shows, for the first time, his real affection for the boy.

Awards

Behrman won the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director at the 23rd Genie Awards.<ref>"Vancouver's Behrman wins Jutra Award". The Globe and Mail, 15 January 2003.</ref> The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2002,<ref>"Canada's Top Ten 2002". Film Studies Association of Canada, 21 January 2003.</ref> and won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Film.<ref name=vfcc>"Vancouver Film Critics Circle pick Julianne Moore as best actress in 2002". Canadian Press, 29 January 2003.</ref>

At the 2002 Whistler Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award.<ref>Dana Michell, "Film fest favourites announced". Pique Newsmagazine, 19 December 2002.</ref>

Roberts received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor,<ref>"Ararat leads nods for Genie Awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, 11 December 2002.</ref> while Rennie won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film.<ref name=vfcc/>

Composer Peter Allen won a Leo Award for his film score in 2003.Template:Citation needed

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