''Everyone'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Bill Marchant and released in 2004. The film centres on a gay couple, Ryan (Matt Fentiman) and Grant (Mark Hildreth), who are having a wedding ceremony in their backyard, only to find that many of their guests have brought their own family dramas and dysfunctions. The film premiered at the

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in 2004.

Cast

;Starring * Matt Fentiman as Ryan * Mark Hildreth as Grant *

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as Dylan ;Other cast (in alphabetical order) *Katherine Billings as Rebecca *Michael Chase as Gale *Suzanne Hepburn as Trish *Bill Marchant as Shepard *Cara McDowell as Rachel *Andrew Moxham as Kalvin *Stephen Park as Luke *

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as Rena *

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as Roger *

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as Madeline *Debra Thorne as Betty *Anna Williams as Jenny

Awards

At the Montreal World Film Festival, the film won the Golden Zenith Prize for Best Canadian Film. At the

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in 2005, it won the award for Best Canadian Film. At the 2004

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, the film was one of the runners-up for the Most Popular Canadian Film award."Canadian films honoured at Vancouver film festival". ''

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'', October 11, 2004. Hildreth and Fentiman received

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nominations for Best Actor, and Fletcher received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, in 2005.

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