| 1999 | |
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| Directed by | Lenin M. Sivam |
| Written by | Lenin M. Sivam |
| Produced by | Sabesan Jeyarajasingam Jeya Subramaniyam |
| Starring | K. S. Balachandran Ampalavanar Katheeswaran Suthan Mahalingam Thelepan Somasegaram Kaandee Kana Deva Gasparson Vince Jerad Sutha Shan Madona T. Alphonse Mannoge Rajanan Gobiraj Thiruchelvam |
| Cinematography | Sabesan Jeyarajasingam |
| Edited by | Arul Shankar |
| Music by | Raj Thillaiyampalam |
Production companies | Khatpanalaya Production Inc Bagavan Productions |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Tamil |
1999 is a 2009 Canadian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Lenin M. Sivam. It had its world premiere at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).
The film explores a Toronto Sri Lankan gang scene in the late 1990s. With a time frame that spans less than 24 hours, it attempts to delve deep inside the Tamil gang community. It opens with a shooting that results in the end of a peace treaty between two rival gangs in Scarborough. With investigators closing in and rival gang members out for revenge, 1999 maps out the toll that gang participation takes not only on the individual, but the direct impacts it has on family and community.
The film received the CBC Audience Choice Award at the 2010 ReelWorld Film Festival,[1][2] was one of the top 10 Canadian films at Vancouver International Film Festival,[3] and received the Midnight Sun Award at the 2010 Oslo Tamil Film Festival.[4] The film addresses the topic of crime in Toronto[5] by "exploring the rivalry between two gangs" in the city.[6]
- ^ "Awards". reelworldfilmfestival. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "'1999' film selected for ReelWorld Film Festival | Lanka Reporter". Lankareporter. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Award Winning Director Lenin M. Sivam". TamilCulture.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Shankar, Settu (15 February 2010). "Canadian Tamil film 1999 won in Norway festival". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Bookman, Sonia; Mackenzie, Katelyn; Bernier, Austin (2 January 2022). "Crime Film and the City: Imagining Toronto through Entanglements of Place, Culture, and Crime". American Review of Canadian Studies. 52 (1): 46–63. doi:10.1080/02722011.2022.2028248. ISSN 0272-2011. S2CID 247027101.
- ^ Das, Sonia N. (27 October 2016). Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-067544-8.