Members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television voted to crown Sophie Deraspe's "Antigone" as best film at the Canadian Screen Awards Thursday, presented virtually by broadcasters CBC and CTV ...

The very idea of a modern reworking of a classical text itself gets a modern reworking in Sophie Deraspe's supple and impassioned "Antigone," Further electrified by a performance of immense ...

The Quebecois writer-director of Antigone has woven themes around immigration, belonging and women's empowerment in one heartbreaking film — which is also Canada's official submission for the category ...

At the fourth and final night of the Canadian Screen Awards, Quebec filmmaker Sophie Deraspe's Antigone, a modern adaption of the ancient Greek play, won best picture, along with four other awards.

With one brother dead and another threatened with deportation, Antigone orchestrates a plan to save her living brother by sacrificing her freedom and home in Canada. Adapted for the screen by ...

Antigone, the drama from Québécois writer-director Sophie Deraspe that just won the Best Canadian Feature Film prize for its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, has been selected to represent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roughly, it tells the story of a young woman who defies the laws of the land out of loyalty to her family. She goes against an ...

It sometimes strains for relevance in its grasp at youth culture in the age of smartphones and memes, but Antigone mostly impresses with its gumption You can save this article by registering for free ...

Antigone, a Montreal-set, immigration-centric update on Sophocles that was Canada’s official submission for the 2020 Academy Awards’ Best International Film category, triumphed at the Canadian Screen ...

Canada's Oscar submission is an intelligent, moving reworking of Sophocles' tragedy, electrified by a breakout turn from star Nahéma Ricci. The very idea of a modern reworking of a classical text ...