Doubles with Slight Pepper (2012)
Trailer
Logline
At Christmas, a young street food vendor in Trinidad learns that his estranged father is seriously ill.
Synopsis
Doubles with Slight Pepper is a dramatic film set in Trinidad during Christmas. It’s a coming of age story centered around Dhani, a young street food vendor, who must decide if he will help save his estranged Father from dying.
Details
Short (16mins) Narrative Drama | Canada / Trinidad and Tobago / USA
Language: English
Distributor: FILMCO
Production
Producers: Ian Harnarine | Jason Harnarine | Ryan Silbert
| Spike Lee | Sohail Bastani
| Mariel Brown | Spencer Kiernan | Doug Lenox
Writers: Ian Harnarine
Directors: Ian Harnarine
Cast
Errol Sitahal | Sanjiv Boodhu | Ken Boodhu | Karen Saban | Selvon Ramlal | Susan Hannays-Abraham
Awards
- BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA - Genie Awards 2012 (The Canadian Academy Awards)
- BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM - Toronto International Film Festival 2011
- CANADA’S TOP TEN SHORT FILMS 2011
- BEST FILM - Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2012
- STUDENT GRANT AWARD - National Board of Review
- WASSERMAN AWARD FINALIST - The First Run Film Festival 2012
- THE SPIKE LEE PRODUCTION FUND AWARD
- FELLOWS FUND AWARD - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- MARTIN E. SEGAL PRIZE - The Segal Company
- POST-PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE & SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT AWARD - The Trinidad & Tobago Film Company
- BEST SHORT FILM - Bushwick Film Festival 2013
- RIESE POST-PRODUCTION AWARD
Festival Screenings
Toronto International Film Festival, 2011
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, 2012
The First Run Film Festival, 2012
Bushwick Film Festival, 2013