All You Can Eat Buddha

All You Can Eat Buddha
Film poster
Directed byIan Lagarde
Written byIan Lagarde
Produced byGabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
StarringDavid La Haye
Sylvio Arriola
Edited byMathieu Grondin
Release date
  • 11 September 2017 (2017-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

All You Can Eat Buddha is a 2017 French-language Canadian fantasy black comedy film directed by Ian Lagarde, who also wrote the screenplay.[1] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The film centres on Mike, a mysterious guest at a vacation resort in Cuba who appears to have the ability to perform miracles.

Cast

Accolades

The film received six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.[3]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Directors Guild of Canada 2017 DGC Discovery Award Ian Lagarde Nominated [4]
Canadian Screen Awards 11 March 2018 Best Director Ian Lagarde Nominated [5]
Best Supporting Actor Sylvio Arriola Nominated
Best Costume Design Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Nominated
Best Sound Sylvain Bellemare, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Hans Laitres Nominated
Best Sound Editing Sylvain Bellemare, Claire Pochon, Simon Meilleur Nominated
Best Make-Up Bruno Gatien Nominated
Prix Iris 3 June 2018 Best Sound Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Sylvain Bellemare, Hans Laitres Nominated [6]
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Ian Lagarde Nominated
Best Make-Up Bruno Gatien Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 18 December 2017 Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Yaité Ruiz Nominated [7]

References

  1. ^ "All You Can Eat Buddha, set at a Caribbean resort". Repeating Islands. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem". The Wrap. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ^ Wilner, Norm (16 January 2018). "The Canadian Screen Awards showers love on (almost) everyone". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ Barry Hertz, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award". The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ "FINALISTES GALA 2018". Prix Iris. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2020.


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