NZ Film wins Critics Award at Toronto
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The Toronto Film Festival bestowed the FIPRESCI Prize to New Zealand director Brad McGann's IN MY FATHER'S DEN (New Zealand/UK) "for its emotional maturity, striking performances, and visual grace." The Toronto Film Festival bestowed the FIPRESCI Prize to New Zealand director Brad McGann's IN MY FATHER'S DEN (New Zealand/UK) "for its emotional maturity, striking performances, and visual grace."IN MY FATHER'S DEN follows a prize winning war journalist as he returns to his remote New Zealand hometown after a 16-year absence and is forced to confront the secret that has surrounded him for his entire adult life. This prize is annually bestowed upon a feature film directed by an emerging filmmaker, and making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.