Alireza Khatami’s dramatic thriller The Issues You Kill will fly the flag for Canada because the nation’s finest worldwide function movie Oscar submission.
The function premiered at Sundance and centres on a college professor who enlists an enigmatic gardener to hunt vengeance after the suspicious demise of his ailing mom.
As long-buried household secrets and techniques resurface, the police tighten their noose and doubts start to gnaw at the professor’s conscience.
The movie stars Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, and Ercan Kesal and can open in Canada through Mongrel Media on September 19. Greatest Buddy Endlessly represents worldwide gross sales.
The Issues You Kill is co-produced by Inform Tall Story, Fulgurance, Remora Movies, Lava Movies, Band With Photos, and Sineaktif.
The vote was introduced on Tuesday morning by Telefilm Canada and decided by a pan-Canadian committee of business organisations and guilds, filmmakers and business professionals. Sixteen movies had been submitted for consideration.
