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Multi award winning feature film POOR AGNES to premiere in India

| | Nov 29, 2017, at 10:56 pm

Toronto/New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): Multi award winning feature film POOR AGNES will premiere at the Delhi International Film Festival in New Delhi on Dec. 5.

The premiere will take place at 7.10 a.m. on Dec 5.

The film that Aintitcool called “a small masterpiece with big ideas" stars award winning actor Lora Burke as Agnes in the story of a seductive serial killer and her next victim forming an unexpected relationship.

Jury of the Barry Convex Award said: "Navin Ramaswaran’s POOR AGNES was chosen to represent the 2017 Barry Convex Award not only for its impressive direction, darkly comic storytelling and overall unified vision, but for its challenging attitude."

"Coming out of a country with a system where voices of subversion against, and challenges to, the mainstream status quo are few and far between -- and yet more important than ever – POOR AGNES acts as a daring and powerful middle finger against establishment film making.," the jury added.

The film won the coveted Barry Convex Award for Best Canadian Feature.

POOR AGNES was premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival 21 on July 19, 2017.

Awards:

Best Canadian Feature - Fantasia International Film Festival 2017.
Best Female Actor in a Leading Roll – Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2017.
Special Jury Prize – Lora Burke Most Badassed Performance – MusicBox Cinepocalypse 2017.


Festivals:

Fantasia International Film Festival (Montreal, QC)
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival (Sudbury, ON)
Grimmfest (Manchester, UK)
Toronto After Dark (Toronto, ON)
Malta Horror Film Festival (Malta)
Music Box Cinepocalypse (Chicago, Illinois)
Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival (Saskatoon, SK)

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