O, Brazen Age

O, Brazen Age is a Canadian dramatic film, completed in 2015. The feature-length debut by writer/director Alexander Carson,[1] the film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in September 2015, where it was nominated for the Emerging Canadian Director and Best Canadian Film awards.[1]

O, Brazen Age
Directed byAlexander Carson
Produced byAlexander Carson, Jeff Hanes, Kyle Thomas
Written byAlexander Carson
Music byMenalon
CinematographyMike McLaughlin
Edited byAlexander Carson
Production
company
North Country Cinema, Walk On The Sunnyside
Release date
  • September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27) (VIFF)
Running time
80 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film weaves together a series of loosely connected stories and characters, chronicling the spiritual journey of a group of friends in West Toronto over the course of several months. Featuring an ensemble cast from different corners of the city's art-scene, O, Brazen Age creates a pageant of musings and monologues about photography, poetry, memory, and regret.[2] On the occasion of the film's premiere in Vancouver, Pop Optiq called it "One of the best Canadian films of 2015".[3]

Following the film's presentation at the Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2015, O, Brazen Age was programmed for a short theatrical release in Iceland at Bíó Paradís in 2016.[4] O, Brazen Age was selected for numerous festival screenings in 2016 across North America and Europe, including the Leeds Independent Film Festival and the Victoria Film Festival.[5]

O, Brazen Age was produced by the North Country Cinema media arts collective and Walk On The Sunnyside with the support of Telefilm Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts.[6] The film was released theatrically in March 2017, garnering positive reviews from NOW Magazine and The Globe and Mail[7][8] and earning praise from Canadian filmmakers Atom Egoyan and Guy Maddin.[9]

References
  1. "O, Brazen Age | Vancouver International Film Festival" VIFF, August 29, 2015.
  2. "VIFF ’15: Interview with Alexander Carson" Pop Optiq, October 20, 2015.
  3. "VIFF ’15: ‘O, Brazen Age’ – one of the best Canadian films of 2015" Pop Optiq, September 27, 2015.
  4. Íslenskir hipsterar ættu að tengja Fréttablaðið, March 31, 2016.
  5. North Country Cinema (5 Nov 2016). "North Country Cinema // Film Screenings". North Country Cinema. Retrieved 5 Nov 2016.
  6. "O, Brazen Age Begins Production!" North Country Cinema, July 10, 2014.
  7. Wheeler, Brad (March 24, 2017). "O, Brazen Age: A peculiarly poetic first feature from Canadian Alexander Carson". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  8. Wilner, Norman (March 22, 2017). "O, Brazen Age mixes Malick and mumblecore". NOW Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  9. Canada Screens (April 11, 2017). "O, Brazen Age". Canada Screens. Retrieved August 6, 2017.


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