''August 22, This Year'' is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by

Graham Foy Graham Foy (born July 27, 1987, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian filmmaker, who has worked both under his own name and as Fantavious Fritz. He is most noted for his debut feature film ''The Maiden'', which won the Cinema of the Future award at t ...

. The film centres on a group of people who are preparing for the end of the world on August 22.Leonard Pearce
"NYFF's Inaugural Currents Lineup Features Intrepid Filmmaking Voices from Around the World"
''The Film Stage'', August 24, 2020. The cast includes Beatrice Creen, Asia-Milan Geness, Elisa Gilmour, Brendan Ko, Uri Livne-Bar, Robert Nasmith,

Ben Petrie Ben Petrie is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is most noted as the director of the short film '' Her Friend Adam'',Alex Southey"Her Friend Adam (Review)" ''Hollywood North Magazine'', January 17, 2017. which was named to the Toronto Internationa ...

, Paul Thompson and Mel Wright. The film was named as an official selection of the

Critics' Week Critics' Week (french: link=no, Semaine de la critique), until 2008 called International Critics' Week ('), is a parallel section to the Cannes Film Festival organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created in 1962 after the Fre ...

section at the

2020 Cannes Film Festival The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020. On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the Jury. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 ...

. Although the festival was cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic in France The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. Th ...

, it was screened in late October as part of Festival Scope's special online presentation of the Critics' Week short films. It had its actual theatrical premiere in September at the

2020 Vancouver International Film Festival The 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 39th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 24 to October 7, 2020. On September 3, organizers announced a lineup of 180 films; due to the COVID- ...

, and was later screened at the

2020 New York Film Festival The 58th New York Film Festival took place from September 17 to October 11, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was staged through outdoor and online screenings. Main slate Currents Spotlight Revivals Short films References { ...

and the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma.Gabriel Sigler
"Montreal's FNC film festival goes 100% virtual, announces complete lineup"
''Bad Feeling'', October 1, 2020.

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* 2020 films 2020 short films 2020s English-language films Canadian drama short films Films directed by Graham Foy 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub