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canadian '' blackbird '' jason buxton
 jason buxton film director , screenwriter
jason buxton

jason buxton is a canadian film director and screenwriter .
he wrote and directed three short films , `` a fresh start '' , `` the garden '' and `` the drawing '' , before debuting his first full-length feature film , `` blackbird '' , in 2012 .
`` blackbird '' was nominated for two awards at the 1st canadian screen awards , including a nomination for best original screenplay .
it was also a co-winner , alongside brandon cronenberg 's `` antiviral '' , of the best canadian first feature film award at the 2012 toronto international film festival .
the film won three awards at that year 's atlantic film festival : best atlantic feature , best atlantic director , and the michael weir award for outstanding atlantic screenplay -lrb- sponsored by the michael weir foundation for the arts -rrb- .
`` blackbird '' also won the 2013 claude jutra award for the year 's best canadian film by a first-time director .
buxton is based in chester , nova scotia .
