Camera Shy (2012)

Name: Camera Shy
Released: 2012-10-06

Directed by: Mark Sawers
Country: Canada
Rated: 14A
Rating: 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere: IMDb

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A Vancouver city council member makes a deal to support a casino in exchange for help with his political career. He then realizes a cameraman that only he can see is recording his every move.

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What happens

Camera Shy is a 2012 Canadian dark comedy film co-written and directed by Mark Sawers. The film stars Nicolas Wright as Larry Coyle, a Vancouver City Council member who endorses a waterfront casino proposal in exchange for the developer's assistance in supporting his own political ambitions to become a member of Parliament, only to then become aware that his every action is being followed by a cameraman that nobody else can see. The film's cast also includes Hilary Jardine, Lara Gilchrist, and Gerard Plunkett. According to Sawers, the film was inspired by a desire to explore the concept of a film character who can see that he is being filmed. Camera Shy premiered at the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best British Columbia Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2012. It won six Leo Awards in 2013, for Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Sawers), Best Supporting Actor (Plunkett), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama (Sawers and Doug Barber), Best Cinematography (Brian Johnson) and Best Musical Score (Don MacDonald). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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