Picture Day (film)

Picture Day
Official Poster
Directed byKate Melville
Written byKate Melville
Produced byDaniel Iron
Lauren Grant
Peter Harvey
Kate Melville
Aeschylus Poulos
StarringTatiana Maslany
Spencer Van Wyck
Steven McCarthy
Susan Coyne
Fiona Highet
Catherine Fitch
Mark DeBonis
CinematographyCeliana Cárdenas
Edited byDev Singh
Music byDanielle Holke
Production
companies
Foundry Films
Snitch Pictures
Distributed byMongrel Media
Release date
  • 7 September 2012 (2012-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Picture Day is a Canadian teen comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Kate Melville. The film stars Tatiana Maslany, Spencer Van Wyck, Steven McCarthy, and Susan Coyne. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2012.[2]

Plot

Claire (Tatiana Maslany) is a rebellious Toronto teen forced to repeat senior high school year due to her dysfunctional attitude towards academics, picks fights with other girls and indulges in sexual promiscuity with student Henry (Spencer Van Wyck) and a much older indie rocker Jim (Steven McCarthy) and pathologically slacks off on her job at a bingo hall serving senior citizens.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the fall of 2011 in downtown Toronto, Ontario.[3]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2012.[4] The film had its United States premiere at the RiverRun Film Festival on April 14, 2013.[5] The film was released on May 24, 2013, in Canada by Mongrel Media and on May 21, 2013, in the United States by Ketchup Entertainment.[6][7]

The film was released straight to video in the United States on May 21, 2013, by Ketchup Entertainment, and in a limited release in Canada on May 24, 2013.[8][9]

Reception

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes rated 80% of reviews as positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10.[10]

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipient Result
Hamptons International Film Festival Breakthrough Performer (2013) Tatiana Maslany Won
RiverRun International Film Festival Audience Choice Award (The Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature) Kate Melville Won
ACTRA Awards Outstanding Performance - Female (2013) Tatiana Maslany Won
Whistler Film Festival Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature (2012) Kate Melville Won
Borsos Award for Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film (2012) Tatiana Maslany Won
WGC Canadian Screenwriting Awards Movies and Miniseries (2013) Kate Melville Nominated
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards Best Editing in a Feature Length (2012) Dev Singh Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Picture Day". Telefilm Canada. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ^ http://picturedaythemovie.snitchpictures.com/press/
  3. ^ "Meet Kate Melville". iVillage. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Picture Day Debuts at TIFF". TIFF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Francois Ozon, Kate Miles Melville, William Vega Win at RiverRun Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Picture Day | Ketchup Entertainment". ketchupentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27.
  7. ^ "Picture Day synopsis and movie info".
  8. ^ "Picture Day | Ketchup Entertainment". ketchupentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27.
  9. ^ "Picture Day synopsis and movie info".
  10. ^ "Picture Day". Rotten Tomatoes.