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All You Can Eat Buddha

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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

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Accolades

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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

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  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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