Called " One of the most innovative examples of personal cinema to come from English Canada in the Sixties " by the Cinematheque Ontario , '' The Ernie Game '' was part of a proposed trio of works intended to celebrate the Canadian Centennial . The film centres on Ernie Turner and his attempts to survive in the world after he 's released from an asylum . He grows increasingly alienated and his fragile mental state declines , moving between two women , ex-girlfriend and current lover . " '' The Ernie Game '' provides a resonant portrait of mental illness , " writes Steve Gravestock of the Cinematheque , " its pathologically narcissistic protagonist representing Owen ’s most nightmarish vision of the artist as fraud and pariah . " Produced by the National Film Board of Canada , '' The Ernie Game '' received the Etrog Awards , now known as Genie Awards , for Best Direction and Best Feature Film in 1968 . It was also entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival
18th Berlin International Film Festival
18th Berlin International Film Festival
The Ernie Game