{"id":555529,"date":"2026-03-23T15:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:28:13","slug":"documentary-on-mississauga-mans-fight-over-lawn-mowing-wins-2-festival-prizes-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555529\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary on Mississauga man&#8217;s fight over lawn mowing wins 2 festival prizes in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A documentary on a Mississauga man who fought to keep his lawn un-mowed has won two Canadian film prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The short documentary, A Wolf in the Suburbs, directed by Qu\u00e9bec filmmaker Am\u00e9lie Hardy and produced by Rosalie Chicoine-Perreault, won the Canadian Grand Prize and the FIPRESCI International Critic Award at the 2026 REGARDS Festival in Chicoutimi, Qu\u00e9bec this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Grand Prize is accompanied by a $3,000 grant from Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi and $20,000 in equipment rental from MTL Grand\u00e9, the REGARDS Festival said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The International Critic Award includes a $1,500 grant from the Bureau du cin\u00e9ma de Saguenay and $3,000 in equipment rental from SLA Location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKudos to director, Am\u00e9lie Hardy; producer Rosalie Chicoine-Perreault; cinematographer, Myriam Payette; the film crew; and Travelling Distribution for a well-deserved start to the 2026 film festival season,\u201d Ruck said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-minute documentary tells the story of Mississauga resident Wolf Ruck\u2019s battle to keep his lawn a pollinator habitat. Since 2021, Ruck has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/man-fights-to-keep-his-lawn-un-mowed-and-natural-in-mississauga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fighting a city bylaw<\/a> that prohibits grass over 20 centimetres in height and certain nuisance weeds. This January, the court found the Mississauga bylaw provisions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/man-wins-court-battle-over-un-mowed-natural-lawn-in-mississauga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">infringed on Ruck\u2019s right to freedom of expression.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774279692_287_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Crews filmed at Ruck\u2019s home on Lincolnshire Boulevard in Mississauga for six days last August.<\/p>\n<p>Ruck welcomed the film crews to tell his story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a garden\u2014it\u2019s a living film set, a creative collaboration, and a tangible example of how we can re-imagine our cities in the face of biodiversity loss and climate change,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/man-who-fought-for-an-un-mowed-lawn-in-mississauga-now-subject-of-a-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ruck said last year.<\/a> \u201cThe story we\u2019re telling here will resonate far beyond Mississauga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film debuted at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas on March 14. Ruck says it will also be showing in the Hot Docs Festival, which runs from April 23 to May 3 in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 34,817 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,266,439 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    2743 VOTES<br \/>\n    Will Pierre Poilievre\u2019s Joe Rogan appearance help or hurt him?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A documentary on a Mississauga man who fought to keep his lawn un-mowed has won two Canadian film&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-555529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}