Draft Day

Synopsis

The day of the NBA Draft sees the perseverance, hard work, and dreams of an athlete and their community on the verge of being realized. With sky-high stakes and equally heightened emotions, Draft Day is an intimate look at the potential of those life-altering days through the eyes of Canadian NBA hopefuls.

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director

Thyrone Tommy

producer

Alona Metzer, Jeff So

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Thyrone Tommy

Thyrone Tommy is an award-winning filmmaker and alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors Lab and TIFF Talent Lab.

Thyrone’s films have been celebrated internationally at over 30 festivals, including his short Mariner, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, won the Lindalee Tracey Award, and was named one of TIFF Canada's Top Ten shorts of the year, before premiering online as a Vimeo Staff Pick.

His debut feature, a Telefilm Talent to Watch, CBC Films, and Toronto Arts Council supported project entitled Learn to Swim, will premiere at TIFF 2021.

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