# Flower & Garnet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flower_%26_Garnet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flower_%26_Garnet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_%26_Garnet > Source revision: 1339121108 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2002 Canadian film Flower & Garnet Directed by Keith Behrman Written by Keith Behrman Produced by Trish Dolman Starring Callum Keith Rennie Jane McGregor Colin Roberts Dov Tiefenbach Cinematography Steve Cosens Edited by Michael John Bateman Music by Peter Allen Release date 26 August 2002 (2002-08-26) (Montréal Film Festival) Running time 103 minutes Country Canada Language English ***Flower & Garnet*** is a [Canadian](/source/Cinema_of_Canada) drama film, written and directed by [Keith Behrman](/source/Keith_Behrman) and released in 2002.[1] ## Plot A father finds difficulties in expressing his love to his children. Garnet (played by Colin Roberts) and Flower ([Jane McGregor](/source/Jane_McGregor)) have grown up in an environment of stifled grief. Since their mother died, Ed ([Callum Keith Rennie](/source/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](/source/Claude_Jutra_Award) for the best feature film by a first-time film director at the [23rd Genie Awards](/source/23rd_Genie_Awards).[2] The film was named to the [Toronto International Film Festival](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival)'s annual year-end [Canada's Top Ten](/source/Canada's_Top_Ten) list for 2002,[3] and won the [Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Film](/source/Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Canadian_Film).[4] At the 2002 [Whistler Film Festival](/source/Whistler_Film_Festival), the film won the [Audience Award](/source/Whistler_Film_Festival_Audience_Award).[5] Roberts received a Genie Award nomination for [Best Actor](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Actor),[6] while Rennie won the [Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film](/source/Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Canadian_Film).[4] Composer [Peter Allen](/source/Peter_Allen_(composer)) won a [Leo Award](/source/Leo_Award) for his film score in 2003.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Flower & Garnet puts filmmaker on critical radar". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, 28 March 2003. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Vancouver's Behrman wins Jutra Award". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, 15 January 2003. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Canada's Top Ten 2002"](http://www.filmstudies.ca/ARCH_canadatop2002.htm). *Film Studies Association of Canada*, 21 January 2003. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vfcc_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vfcc_4-1) "Vancouver Film Critics Circle pick Julianne Moore as best actress in 2002". [Canadian Press](/source/Canadian_Press), 29 January 2003. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Dana Michell, ["Film fest favourites announced"](https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-arts/film-fest-favourites-announced-2463323). *[Pique Newsmagazine](/source/Pique_Newsmagazine)*, 19 December 2002. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Ararat leads nods for Genie Awards". *[Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/Kingston_Whig-Standard)*, 11 December 2002. ## External links - [*Flower & Garnet*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304023/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature (Claude Jutra/John Dunning Award) 1990s The Grocer's Wife (1993) Louis 19, le roi des ondes (1994) Le Confessionnal (1995) Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996) The Hanging Garden (1997) Last Night (1998) Post Mortem (1999) 2000s La Moitié gauche du frigo (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Flower & Garnet (2002) Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause (2003) La Peau blanche (2004) Familia (2005) Eve and the Fire Horse and La Vie secrète des gens heureux (2006) Away from Her (2007) Tout est parfait (2008) J'ai tué ma mère (2009) 2010s Sortie 67 (2010) Nuit #1 (2011) Blackbird (2012) Whitewash (2013) Bang Bang Baby (2014) River and Mina Walking (2015) Old Stone and The Lockpicker (2016) Ava and Black Cop (2017) Une colonie (2018) Murmur (2019) 2020s Beans (2020) Scarborough (2021) Falcon Lake (2022) In Flames (2023) Village Keeper (2024) 40 Acres (2925) v t e Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Film Maelström (2000) Last Wedding (2001) Flower & Garnet (2002) The Barbarian Invasions (2003) Childstar (2004) C.R.A.Z.Y. 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