Mass for Shut-Ins

Mass for Shut-Ins is a Canadian drama film, directed by Winston DeGiobbi and released in 2017.[1] The film stars Charles William McKenzie as Kay Jay, an aimless slacker living with his grandfather Loppers (Joey Lee Maclean) in New Waterford, Nova Scotia and navigating his fraught relationship with his delinquent older brother September (Stephen Melanson).[2]

Mass for Shut-Ins
Directed byWinston DeGiobbi
Written byWinston DeGiobbi
Produced byWinston DeGiobbi
StarringCharles William McKenzie
Joey Lee Maclean
Stephen Melanson
CinematographyWinston DeGiobbi
Edited byWinston DeGiobbi
Music byTyler DeGiobbi
Production
company
Wellington St. North
Release date
  • October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02) (VIFF)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.[3] It screened alongside There Lived the Colliers, a short film by Nelson MacDonald documenting abandoned housing in Cape Breton Island.[2]

It was shortlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award,[4] and for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's One to Watch award at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017.

References
  1. Adrian Mack, "VIFF 2017: Nova Scotia's Mass For Shut-Ins follows 20-something in impoverished New Waterford". The Georgia Straight, September 29, 2017.
  2. Jonathan Kew, "Mass For Shut Ins". Discorder, Winter 2017-18.
  3. Harrison Mooney, "VIFF to kick off 36th year with Mina Shum's Meditation Park". Vancouver Sun, August 17, 2017.
  4. Regan Reid, "DGC unveils Discovery Award short list". Playback, October 23, 2017.


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