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WFF 2015 photos: Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, and award winners

by Craig Takeuchi on December 8th, 2015 at 2:33 PM
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      After five days of screenings, workshops, pitch sessions, panel discussions, special events, parties, and—of course—skiing and snowboarding, the 15th edition of the Whistler Film Festival wrapped up on December 6 with a screening of the appropriately winter-themed B.C. film Numb. 

      In addition to the awards presented at the awards ceremony on December 6, Todd Haynes' same-sex romance Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, won the Pandora Audience Award. Runners-up included Robert Carlyle's directorial debut The Legend of Barney Thomson and the Quebec mid-life crisis dramedy Le Mirage. 

      Here's a collection of highlights of the 15th annual Whistler Film Festival in photos.

      Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland (flanked by CTV's Jim Gordon and WFF executive director Shauna Hardy Mishaw) received the WFF Trailblazer Award on December 4, prior to a screening of his film Forsaken.
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      Scottish actor Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, Angela's Ashes, The Full Monty) at the WFF Spotlight on Robert Carlyle on December 5. He received the WFF Maverick Award prior to a screening of his directorial debut The Legend of Barney Thomson.
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      From Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch, hosted by Variety vice-president and executive editor Steven Gaydos featured (left to right): Bryan Sipe (Demolition), Emma Donoghue (Room), John Scott III (Maggie), Meg LeFauve (Inside Out), and Mike Le (Patient Zero).
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      From Variety 10 Screenwriters to Watch (left to right): Bryan Sipe (Demolition), Emma Donoghue (Room), John Scott III (Maggie), Meg LeFauve (Inside Out), and Mike Le (Patient Zero).
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      Last Harvest director Jane Hui Wang won two awards: the Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA award for best female-directed documentary and the best world documentary award.
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      "Eclipse" director-producer Anthony Bonello and producer Mike Douglas won the best mountain culture film award.
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      He Hated Pigeons director Ingrid Veninger accepted the best cinematography award on behalf of cinematographer Dylan Macleod. To her right is business agent Peter Hayman from IATSE Local 669, who presented the award.
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      The Diary of an Old Man (Le journal d’un vieil homme) star Paul Savoie won the best actor award.
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      River director Jamie M. Dagg won best screenplay and best director awards.
      From left to right: River co-producer Marc Swenker, producer Nicholas Sorbara, director Jamie Dagg, and actor Rossif Sutherland. The film won best Canadian feature.
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      WFF executive director Shauna Hardy Mishaw
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