Adjunct professor and IMA alumnus wins $100,000 Rogers Best Film award
Kazik Radwanski’s film ‘Anne at 13,000 ft’ shot with a small team of Toronto Met alumni
Kazik Radwanski, filmmaker, adjunct professor and alumnus of the School of Image Arts (IMA), has reached rarefied artistic rank. His latest film, Anne at 13,000 ft (external link) , recently won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, (external link) Canada’s richest art prize.
The film has garnered glowing reviews from critics and also received five nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, winning both ‘Best Actress in a Canadian film’ and ‘Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film.’ It also received an honourable mention from the jury at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress at the Canadian Screen Awards in May 2020.
Shot over the course of two years, the film centres around a 27-year old daycare worker named Anne (played by Deragh Campbell) who struggles to combat the inner volatility of her undiagnosed mental health condition. After a friend’s bachelorette presents her with the opportunity to skydive, she finally feels in her element, at a great distance away from the pain in her life below. The experience affects Anne profoundly.