Out Standing
Premiere
On September 26th, Out Standing / Seule au front, the film adapation of Out Standing in the Field: A Memoir by Canada’s First Female Officer, will be released in cinemas across Canada. The film premieres at TIFF50 this coming week with several screenings.
“Director Mélanie Charbonneau’s film adaptation pulls no punches when it comes to depicting a system that paid lip service to change yet remained an inequitable and frequently hostile environment for women. Yet for all of the film’s power as a broader critique, Out Standing succeeds first and foremost as a riveting portrait of a person whose outward tenacity masks deeper reservoirs of anger and vulnerability, all of which are brought to the screen with remarkable force by Nina Kiri. Together with Kiri and the rest of her team, Charbonneau honours its subject — and all the soldiers she has inspired — with a drama that’s never less than convincing or compelling.”— Jason Anderson, TIFF