GUEST HONOREES:

Don McKellar:

On the occasion of its lucky thirteenth celebration, the Chlotrudis Society is thrilled to present its Body of Work award this year to Don McKellar. Recently described by the New York Times as “a Renaissance man of the Toronto indie film scene“, Don McKellar has earned accolades as a director, actor and writer in television, film and theatre. He made his film acting and co-writing debut in ROADKILL, the first of director Bruce MacDonald’s legendary Don McKellartrio of road movies. This also marked the first of many times McKellar would work with other young Toronto artists, fruitful collaborations over the years that have continued up to present-day, including the Broadway musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, for which McKellar won a Tony for Best Book.

While he has been most prolific as an actor and a writer, McKellar is perhaps most beloved for his 1998 directorial debut film (which he also authored and starred in), LAST NIGHT, a melancholy comedy about a young man just trying to be alone during the last night of the world. In 2004’s CHILDSTAR, McKellar once again was a director/writer/actor triple threat, in this sardonic take on the film industry. Lately, he has been winning new fans as a high-strung theatre director in the critically acclaimed TV series, SLINGS AND ARROWS, now beginning its third season on the Sundance Channel. McKellar will next be seen on the big screen in Reg Harkema's MONKEY WARFARE co-starring Nadia Litz and Tracy Wright. A hit with Chlotrudis members at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film will hit Boston in April at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. Some of McKellar’s other highlights include appearing in and/or co-writing films such as WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING, THE RED VIOLIN, starring Samuel L. Jackson, and Atom Egoyan’s EXOTICA and WHERE THE TRUTH LIES. Last but not least is his iconic role as Curtis, the slacker lead of TWITCH CITY, a cult Canadian series now on DVD.

Tracy Wright:

The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film is pleased to announce that it will honor Canadian character actress Tracy Wright for her career so far during its 13th annual CHLOTRUDIS AWARDS ceremony. Ms. Wright will be in attendance to accept her award, joining Don McKellar who will also receive an honorary award from Chlotrudis.

Tracy is best known in the U.S. for being part of the cast of the award-winning debut from Miranda July, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (which in addition to prizes at Sundance, Cannes and the IFC, also won at Chlotrudis that year). She has done extensive work in Canadian TV and film, including the wacky Dizelle in the cult Canadian TV sitcom "Twitch City", (recently released on DVD), and key supporting roles in Don McKellar's ensemble piece, LAST NIGHT, Patricia Rozema’s WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING, and THE FIVE SENSES, which stars both talented Parkers - Mary Louise and Molly. In the upcoming MONKEY WARFARE, Tracy co-stars with McKellar and Nadia Litz as counter cultural activists trying to ‘f**k the man’. Ms. Wright is also prolific on stage - she most recently appeared off-Broadway in "A Beautiful View" at the Public Theatre, a play written and directed by Daniel McIvor.

Special guests Don McKellar and Tracy Wright arrive flanked by their friends and ours, Gerry Peary and Amy Geller!