Balmoral Hotel is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Wayne Wapeemukwa and released in 2015. The film stars Angel Gates as a First Nations sex worker who dances along Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, in a performance that gradually morphs into a political statement against colonization.Na'ama Freeman, "Symbolism in Inuit tattooing: First Peoples, First Screens crafts spaces for conversation". McGill Daily, February 15, 2016.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2015.Bruce Kirkland, "TIFF announces its top 10 films of 2015". Toronto Sun, December 8, 2015. It subsequently received two Leo Award nominations in 2016, for Best Short Drama and Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama.2016 Leo Awards Nominees & Winners".
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