| 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]
