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Wikipedia article
'Jasmine Road' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Warren Sulatycky and released in 2020.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movies/warren-sulatyckys-new-drama-jasmine-road-a-quiet-study-of-intersecting-lives "Warren Sulatycky's new drama Jasmine Road a quiet study of intersecting lives"]. 'Calgary Herald', September 25, 2020. The film stars Greg Ellwand as Mac Bagley, a rancher in rural southern Alberta who has been emotionally closed off since the death of his wife; after his schoolteacher daughter Loretta (Caitlyn Sponheimer) learns that her student Heba (Melody Mokhtari), a Syrian refugee who came to Canada with her mother Layla (Aixa Kay) and uncle Salem (Ahmed Muslimani), needs to find a new place to live, she invites the family to stay at the ranch, with Mac's initial resistance to the idea giving way to acceptance and a new lease on life as he gets to know them.
The film premiered at the 2020 Calgary International Film Festival,Stephen Hunt, [https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/dispatch-from-ciff-a-socially-distant-world-premiere-of-jasmine-road-1.5124253 "Dispatch from CIFF: A socially distant world premiere of Jasmine Road"]. CTV Calgary, September 28, 2020. and was subsequently screened as the opening gala of the 2020 Edmonton International Film Festival.Matt Marshall, [https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/you-can-watch-the-eiff-from-home-this-year-1.5125303 "You can watch the EIFF from home this year"]. CTV Edmonton, September 29, 2020.
Production
According to Sulatycky, the film was originally conceived as two separate ideas, one for a film about a grieving rancher and another for a film about what happens to refugee families after they've begun to establish themselves in Canada, but the concepts didn't really come together until he decided to combine them.Natalie Valleau, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/syrian-refugees-alberta-warren-sulatycky-jasmine-road-1.5285672 "New film explores how Syrian refugees would live in Alberta's cowboy culture"]. CBC News Calgary, September 17, 2019.
The film was shot in the Longview area in 2019.
Awards
The film won the award for Best Canadian Feature at Edmonton, and an Audience Choice award at the 2021 Central Alberta Film Festival.Lana Michelin, [https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/two-made-in-red-deer-films-honoured-at-recent-film-festival/ "Two made-in Red Deer films honoured at recent film festival"]. 'Red Deer Advocate', October 25, 2021.
The film received five Rosie Award nominations from the Alberta Media Production Industries Association, for Best Feature Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Costume Design.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-filmed-productions-dominate-rosie-award-nominations-with-212-finalists "Calgary-filmed productions dominate Rosie Award nominations with 212 finalists"]. 'Calgary Herald', September 2, 2021. Sulatycky won the award for Best Screenplay.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/marlene-tribal-secrets-of-the-wild-west-range-roads-among-winners-at-47th-annual-alberta-film-and-television-awards "Marlene, Tribal, Secrets of the Wild West, Range Roads among winners at 47th annual Alberta Film and Television Awards"]. 'Calgary Herald', September 26, 2021.
Aixa Kay received an ACTRA Award nomination for Best Actress from the Vancouver chapter of UBCP/ACTRA.[https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/movies/actors-honoured-with-award-nominations "Actors honoured with award nominations"]. 'Edmonton Journal', October 15, 2021.
Suad Bushnaq received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, Sort Of & Scarborough Lead The Pack"]. 'ET Canada', February 15, 2022.
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