Press & Awards

Festivals & Awards



Brick by Brick: The story of the Evergreen Brick Works

Wins:

  • Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for Media

 

Guns

Wins:

  • Best Performance for a Leading Male (K.C. Collins), ACTRA Awards
  • Best Direction, Gemini Awards (Sudz Sutherland)
  • Best Writing, Gemini Awards (Jennifer Holness & Sudz Sutherland)
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role, Gemini Awards (Clé Bennett)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role, Gemini Awards (Debra Lynne McCabe)
  • Best Picture Editing, Gemini Awards (Jeff Warren)

Nominations:

  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gemini Awards (K.C. Collins)
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role, Gemini Awards (Colm Feore)
  • Best Original Music Score, Gemini Awards (Kenny Neal Jr. & Mischa Chillack)
  • Best Achievement in Casting, Gemini Awards (Stephanie Gorin)
  • Best Drama Nomination, Rose D’Or Festival
  • Best Drama Nomination, Roma Fiction Festival
  • Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie / Mini-Series (Director, Sudz Sutherland), Directors Guild of Canada Awards
  • Best Screenplay Nomination, Writers Guild of Canada Awards



Doomstown

Wins:

  • Winner of Best Television Movie, Gemini Award
  • Winner of Best Direction in a Television Movie, Gemini Award
  • Winner of Best Performance for a Supporting Actress (Yanna Macintosh), Gemini Award

Nominations:

  • Nominated for Best Writing in a Television Movie, Gemini Awards
  • Nominated for Best Actor Nomination in a Television Movie (K.C. Collins), Gemini Award
  • Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Nomination in a Television Movie (Mark Taylor) Geminis
  • Nominated for Best Actress Nomination in a Television Movie (Genelle Williams) Geminis



Love, Sex & Eating The Bones

Wins:

  • Best Canadian Feature at Toronto International Film Festival, Perspective Canada
  • Top Ten Canadian Film Selection, Toronto International Film Festival Group
  • Audience Award for Best Feature, American Black Film Festival
  • Blockbuster Audience Favorite Award, Los Angeles Pan African Fest
  • Jury Prize for Best Feature, Los Angeles Pan African Fest
  • Best Feature, Denver Pan African Film Festival
  • Best Feature, Victoria Independent Film Festival
  • Best Feature, London (Canada) Film Festival
  • 2nd Prize, San Francisco Black Film Festival

Nominations:

  • Best Motion Picture Nomination, Genie Awards
  • Best Achievement in Direction Nomination, Genie Awards
  • Best Original Screenplay Nomination, Genie Awards



My Father’s Hands

Wins:
• Winner, HBO Award for Best Short Film, Acapulco’s International Black Film Festival
• Black Film and Video Network’s Award of Excellence, Gold Special Judy Award at the Flagstaff International Worldfest
• Winner National Black Programming Consortium Awards
• Winner of four Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, including Best Drama, Best Director, Best Script and Best Actor

Nominations:

• Gemini Nominee, Best Short Film
• Nominated for Best Cinematography, Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival
• Nominated Best Composer, Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival



Yin Yin



Skin Deep III
  • 2002 BFVN Award for Best Director in Documentary Series



Speakers For The Dead
  • 2000 Black Film and Video Network’s Reel Black Award for Best Documentary Film
  • 2000 Rights on Reel Documentary Festival
  • 2001 Reel World Film Festival
  • 2001 Vues D’Afrique Film Festival – Winner of Le Pix Chantal Lapaire

 

Vicious Cycles
  • Jamerican Film & Music Festival, Winner, New & Emerging Filmmaker’s Award



I’m A Big Girl Now
  • Chicago International Children Film Festival, New York International Children’s Film Festival



win/loss/tie
  • Winner, Mouche d’or for best video, On The Fly Festival, 1998

 

Articles

 

Home Again


Brick by Brick The Story of the Evergreen Brick Works



She’s The Mayor



Guns



Love, Sex, & Eating The Bones



My Father’s Hands



Speakers For The Dead

 

Doomtown



Jen & Sudz Articles

 

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