Comments on: AFI Fest 2009: I Killed My Mother

By: Jandy Stone

Jandy Stone — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:11:20 +0000

Yep! Here's the Academy's full list of foreign film submissions: http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091015.html. As I said, I'd guess this and The White Ribbon are shoo-ins for noms, but then I haven't seen most of the others. France's The Prophet seems likely - good buzz and from France, which usually gets a nomination.

By: rot

rot — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:37:06 +0000

I didn’t realize this was Canada’s official entry to Oscar… assuming our local Cinematheque will show this sometime soon.

By: Jandy Stone

Jandy Stone — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:01:12 +0000

I didn’t know hardly anything about it when I went into it – Marina said it was Canada’s darling right now, so I was like, what the heck, I might as well check it out. I was mesmerized for every second, and literally too overwhelmed after seeing it to do anything but sink against the wall and stare into space. The whole theatre, I think, was affected similarly. If Dolan had been there, he would’ve gotten a standing ovation for sure.

By: Laura Desiree

Laura Desiree — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:34:01 +0000

Really eager to see this. Could not stop reading into it when I too learned it was a 19 year old behind the entire project. Very impressive reviews!