Mass for Shut-Ins explained

Mass for Shut-Ins
Director:Winston DeGiobbi
Producer:Winston DeGiobbi
Starring:Charles William McKenzie
Joey Lee Maclean
Stephen Melanson
Music:Tyler DeGiobbi
Cinematography:Winston DeGiobbi
Editing:Winston DeGiobbi
Studio:Wellington St. North
Runtime:65 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Mass for Shut-Ins is a Canadian drama film, directed by Winston DeGiobbi and released in 2017.[1] The film stars Charles William McKenzie as Kay Jay, an aimless slacker living with his grandfather Loppers (Joey Lee Maclean) in New Waterford, Nova Scotia and navigating his fraught relationship with his delinquent older brother September (Stephen Melanson).[2]

The film premiered at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.[3] It screened alongside There Lived the Colliers, a short film by Nelson MacDonald documenting abandoned housing in Cape Breton Island.[2]

It was shortlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award,[4] and for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's One to Watch award at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017.

Notes and References

  1. Adrian Mack, "VIFF 2017: Nova Scotia's Mass For Shut-Ins follows 20-something in impoverished New Waterford". The Georgia Straight, September 29, 2017.
  2. Jonathan Kew, "Mass For Shut Ins". Discorder, Winter 2017-18.
  3. Harrison Mooney, "VIFF to kick off 36th year with Mina Shum's Meditation Park". Vancouver Sun, August 17, 2017.
  4. Regan Reid, "DGC unveils Discovery Award short list". Playback, October 23, 2017.