A local film picked up some big awards at the Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax.
Actor Sean Dalton calls ‘Skeet’ a redemption story. It follows a man, Billy Skinner who is trying to make a fresh start after being released from prison and forms an unlikely companionship with a refugee who is escaping the horrors in his home country.
Nigel Markham just won Best Atlantic Cinematographer for his work n the film and Dalton won the award for best Outstanding Performance.
Director Nik Sexton says they wanted to make a “cool, neo-noire film” and went to a number of low-income neighbourhoods in the capital city, but what they found, surprised them.
“And we went to these low-income neighbourhoods, that we used (to) be kind of fearful of…and we noticed that they had changed. We noticed that they were now filled with refugees….and we saw a much more interesting story.”
Skeet is still on the film festival circuit, with the goal of making it into Cineplex theatres, and then on streaming services.