Fail to Appear

Fail to Appear
Directed byAntoine Bourges
Written byAntoine Bourges
Produced byAntoine Bourges
Karen Harnisch
Daniel Montgomery
StarringDeragh Campbell
Nathan Roder
CinematographyNikolay Michaylov
Edited byAntoine Bourges
Ajla Odobasic
Production
company
Film Forge Productions
Release date
  • September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) (VIFF)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Fail to Appear is a 2017 Canadian independent drama film directed by Antoine Bourges in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Deragh Campbell as Isolde, a social services caseworker trying to assist Eric (Nathan Roder), a man who is about to face a criminal trial on charges of theft.

The film premiered at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Reception

Marsha Lederman of The Globe and Mail describe the film as "an utterly watchable piece of experimental Canadian film", and the publication ranked it one of the top 10 best Canadian films of the year. Norman Wilner of Now called it "formally rigorous but surprisingly moving".

The film received three award nominations from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, for Best Canadian Film, Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Campbell), and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Roder).

References

  1. 1 2 Marsha Lederman, "Review: Fail to Appear is an utterly watchable piece of experimental Canadian film". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Kevin Rakestraw, "FAIL TO APPEAR Review". Film Pulse, May 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hertz, Barry (December 24, 2018). "The top 10 Canadian films of 2018". Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ Wilner, Norman (June 6, 2018). "Review: indie film Fail To Appear is simple yet powerful". Now. Retrieved November 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "2018 Nominees Announced". 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2019-11-14.