Kathleen Hepburn's Never Steady, Never Still, a meditative portrait of a mother's battle with Parkinson's while her son comes to terms with his identity, is nominated for Best
Canadian Film along with two other exceptional first features: Cory Bowles» Black Cop, a timely satire about an African -
Canadian police officer who fights back against entitled white citizens, and Antoine Bourges» Fail to Appear, a quiet and precise study of institutional
systems of support available for those on
parole.
In an article on 18 February 2016, Maclean's called
Canadian jails the «new residential schools» because of «discriminatory practices and a biased
system» that «work against an Indigenous accused, from the moment a person is first identified by police, to their appearance before a judge, to their hearing before a
parole board.»