DARREN CURTIS
Director / Writer / Photographer
FEATURE LENGTH FILMS
BOOST
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DARREN CURTIS
SYNOPSIS
Hakeem is the teenage son of east African immigrant parents living in Montreal’s tough Parc-Ex neighbourhood. Along with his best friend ‘A-Mac’, Hakeem works at his uncle’s car wash ’spotting’ luxury sports cars for a local crime syndicate to make extra money. A-Mac eventually persuades Hakeem to boost a car on their own leading to dire consequences and forcing Hakeem to make a life-altering decision and define the type of man he will become.
2018 Winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nabil Rajo)
Nominated for 4 other 2018 Canadian Screen Awards:
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Best Supporting Actor (Jahmil French)
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Best Supporting Actress (Wendy Olunike Adeliyi)
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Best Overall Sound (Philippe Attié, Bobby O'Malley)
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Best Original Song (The Posterz)
Nominated for 8 2018 Quebec Screen Awards:
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Best Film (Frederic Bohbot (Bunbury Films) & Kieran Crilly (Havelock Films) & Darren Curtis
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Best Director (Darren Curtis)
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Best Screenplay (Darren Curtis)
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Best Editing (Jared Curtis)
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Best Score (Michael Silver)
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Best New Face (Nabil Rajo)
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Best Supporting Actor (Jahmil French)
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Best Casting (Maxime Giroux, Jonathan Oliveira)
WHO IS KK DOWNEY?
CO-WRITTEN AND CO-DIRECTED BY DARREN CURTIS
SYNOPSIS
Two wannabes decide they're sick and tired of trying to make a name for themselves the old-fashioned way. Terrance is trying to make it as a rock star, while Theo dreams of getting his first book published: 'Truck Stop Hustler,' a racy look at life on the streets as a junkie prostitute. After a string of humiliations by both publishers and music critics, the two hatch a plan to turn Theo's fictional book into an autobiography by having Terrance dress up as the story's protagonist, KK Downey, and claim all the events as having happened to him. All of a sudden the book nobody wanted becomes an overnight literary sensation, and Terrance has realized his dream of becoming famous. But at what price?
