Sweet Angel Baby is a Canadian drama film directed by Melanie Oates, and released in 2024.Kim Izzo, "Five Canadian features among TIFF Centrepiece programme". Playback, August 6, 2024. The film stars Michaela Kurimsky as Eliza, a woman living in a small town in Newfoundland and Labrador whose place in the community is challenged when her secret social media persona, and her private romantic relationship with Toni (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers) are unexpectedly exposed.Annemarie Cutruzzola, "TIFF Top 20: A Guide to Our Most Anticipated Films at the 2024 Festival". She Does the City, August 16, 2024.
The cast also includes Peter Mooney, Rhiannon Morgan and Patricia Andrews.
The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,Jeremy Kay, "Toronto film festival unveils 43 titles in Centrepiece programme". Screen Daily, August 6, 2024. and was also screened as the Atlantic Gala at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival.Kelly Townsend, "AIFF boasts growing East Coast talent for 44th edition". Playback, August 14, 2024. It later screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival.Janet Smith, "Hunting Matthew Nichols and Kryptic among B.C. contingent as Whistler Film Festival unveils Canadian entries". Stir, October 28, 2024.
Awards The film was shortlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.Connie Thiessen, "Sweet Angel Baby leads DGC Awards’ film nominations". Broadcast Dialogue, September 20, 2024. AT AIFF, Oates won the award for Best Atlantic Canadian Screenwriting.Brendyn Creamer, "All the winners of the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival". The Coast, September 17, 2024.
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