August 22, This Year
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| Directed by | Graham Foy |
| Written by | Graham Foy |
| Produced by | Daniel Montgomery Daiva Zalnieriunas Harland Weiss |
| Narrated by | Toby Porter Quastel |
| Cinematography | Graham Foy Diego Guijarro |
| Edited by | Brendan Mills |
Production company | FF Films |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
August 22, This Year is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Graham Foy. The film centres on a group of people who are preparing for the end of the world on August 22.[1]
The cast includes Beatrice Creen, Asia-Milan Geness, Elisa Gilmour, Brendan Ko, Uri Livne-Bar, Robert Nasmith, Ben Petrie, Paul Thompson and Mel Wright.
The film was named as an official selection of the Critics' Week section at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Although the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, it was screened in late October as part of Festival Scope's special online presentation of the Critics' Week short films.[3] It had its actual theatrical premiere in September at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival,[4] and was later screened at the 2020 New York Film Festival[1] and the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[5]
References
- ^ a b Leonard Pearce, "NYFF's Inaugural Currents Lineup Features Intrepid Filmmaking Voices from Around the World". The Film Stage, August 24, 2020.
- ^ Zack Sharf, "Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: ‘French Dispatch,’ ‘Ammonite,’ New McQueen and Ghibli". IndieWire, June 3, 2020.
- ^ "Festival Scope presents the 2020 Critics' Week short films online". Cineuropa, October 22, 2020.
- ^ Sarah Jae Leiber, "VIFF Announces Participants for Short Forum & Catalyst Program". Broadway World, September 15, 2020.
- ^ Gabriel Sigler, "Montreal's FNC film festival goes 100% virtual, announces complete lineup". Bad Feeling, October 1, 2020.
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