‘Brother’ Director Clement Virgo Is ‘Stunned’ To Lead Canadian Screen Awards’ Film Nominees: ‘It Feels Heartening And Overwhelming’
etcanada.comThe very first email Toronto filmmaker Clement Virgo received on Wednesday morning was from Scarborough author Catherine Hernandez. “It said, ‘Congratulations.
Well deserved’,” Virgo tells ET Canada. “At first I wasn’t sure what she was talking about.” Then he checked the news and saw that his movie “Brother”, a coming-of-age story set in Scarborough that he wrote and directed, received 14 Canadian Screen Awards nominations, topping all nods in the film category. READ MORE: Exclusive: Clement Virgo’s ‘Brother’ Explores Growing Up Amid Toronto’s Pulsing ’90s Hip-Hop Scene Just as Hernandez’s novel was turned into an acclaimed film (2021’s “Scarborough”), “Brother” is an adaptation of a 2017 novel by David Chariandy.
It follows two sons of Caribbean immigrants as they grow into young men while traversing Toronto’s ’90s hip hop scene. Among the CSA nods it received were Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction. “It feels heartening and overwhelming.
And I’m stunned,” says Virgo about receiving the nominations. “I’ve been making films for 20-plus years and I’ve made some good films, I’ve made some films that weren’t as good as ‘Brother’.
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