Flower & Garnet

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Flower & Garnet | image = Flower & Garnet poster.jpg | director = [[Keith Behrman]] | producer = [[Trish Dolman]] | writer = [[Keith Behrman]] | starring = [[Callum Keith Rennie]]<br />[[Jane McGregor]]<br />Colin Roberts <br />[[Dov Tiefenbach]] | music = [[Peter Allen (composer)|Peter Allen]] | cinematography = [[Steve Cosens]] | editing = Michael John Bateman | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2002|08|26|Montréal Film Festival|df=yes}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = [[Canada]] | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Flower & Garnet''''' is a [[Cinema of Canada|Canadian]] drama film, written and directed by [[Keith Behrman]] and released in 2002.<ref>"Flower & Garnet puts filmmaker on critical radar". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', 28 March 2003.</ref>

==Plot== A father finds difficulties in expressing his love to his children. Garnet (played by Colin Roberts) and Flower ([[Jane McGregor]]) have grown up in an environment of stifled grief. Since their mother died, Ed ([[Callum Keith Rennie]]), their father, mostly just lives without a goal. Eight-year-old Garnet struggles to comprehend the world around him, while sixteen-year-old Flower seeks love with her new boyfriend. Forced to become a real parent to Garnet, Ed buys Garnet a gun and shows, for the first time, his real affection for the boy.

==Awards== Behrman won the [[Claude Jutra Award]] for the best feature film by a first-time film director at the [[23rd Genie Awards]].<ref>"Vancouver's Behrman wins Jutra Award". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 15 January 2003.</ref> The film was named to the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]'s annual year-end [[Canada's Top Ten]] list for 2002,<ref>[http://www.filmstudies.ca/ARCH_canadatop2002.htm "Canada's Top Ten 2002"]. ''Film Studies Association of Canada'', 21 January 2003.</ref> and won the [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Film]].<ref name=vfcc>"Vancouver Film Critics Circle pick Julianne Moore as best actress in 2002". [[Canadian Press]], 29 January 2003.</ref>

At the 2002 [[Whistler Film Festival]], the film won the [[Whistler Film Festival Audience Award|Audience Award]].<ref>Dana Michell, [https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-arts/film-fest-favourites-announced-2463323 "Film fest favourites announced"]. ''[[Pique Newsmagazine]]'', 19 December 2002.</ref>

Roberts received a Genie Award nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]],<ref>"Ararat leads nods for Genie Awards". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', 11 December 2002.</ref> while Rennie won the [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film]].<ref name=vfcc/>

Composer [[Peter Allen (composer)|Peter Allen]] won a [[Leo Award]] for his film score in 2003.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0304023|title=Flower & Garnet}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flower and Garnet}} [[Category:2002 films]] [[Category:2002 drama films]] [[Category:Canadian drama films]] [[Category:Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award–winning films]] [[Category:Films directed by Keith Behrman]] [[Category:2002 directorial debut films]] [[Category:English-language Canadian films]] [[Category:2002 English-language films]] [[Category:2002 Canadian films]] [[Category:Films scored by Peter Allen (composer)]] [[Category:English-language drama films]]