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Mile Zero (film)
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'Mile Zero' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Andrew Currie and released in 2001.Marke Andrews, "Debut walks emotional tightrope: The main character of director Andrew Currie's first feature is neither clear-cut hero nor out-and- out villain". 'Vancouver Sun', November 26, 2001. The film stars Michael Riley as Derek Ridley, a divorced father who abducts his son Will (Connor Widdows) after his ex-wife Allison (Sabrina Grdevich) tries to limit his contact.Glen Schaefer, "An emotional Mile". 'The Province', November 23, 2001. Currie's intention for the film was to present a nuanced understanding of the emotional vulnerability that might lead a father to act in this manner, neither demonizing him as a mainstream Hollywood film would likely have done nor portraying him as a hero; it was inspired in part by Currie's own emotions about having to spend a year away from his son while studying at the Canadian Film Centre.
The film premiered at the Cinfest Sudbury International Film Festival in September 2001,Mike Whitehouse, "Gross, Polley among stars expected in Sudbury at festival". 'Sudbury Star', September 14, 2001. before screening at the 2001 Vancouver International Film Festival as the opening film in the Canadian Perspectives program.Glen Schaefer, "Feast of films marks 20th fest: 16-day event opens with foreign treat -- France's wild Amelie". 'The Province', August 28, 2001.
The film received three Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001, for Best Canadian Film, Best Actor in a Canadian Film (Riley) and Best Director of a Canadian Film (Currie).Glen Schaefer, "Memento tops with local critics". 'The Province', January 31, 2002.
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