''Her Friend Adam'' is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by
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 ...
and released in 2016.
[Alex Southey]
"Her Friend Adam (Review)"
''Hollywood North Magazine'', January 17, 2017. The film stars Petrie as Robert, a man whose insecurities about his relationship with his girlfriend Liv (
Grace Glowicki) explode into a fight after he suspects her of having an affair with her friend Adam (Andrew Chown) even though Adam is gay.
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The film was inspired in part by Petrie's own experiences of feeling misplaced jealousy in his own real-life relationship with Glowicki.
The film premiered at the ]2016 Sundance Film Festival
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 21 to January 31, 2016. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 2, 2015. The opening night film was ''Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You'', directed by Heidi Ew ...
, where Glowicki won a Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance."Twenty Five New Faces of Independent Film: Ben Petrie"
''Filmmaker Magazine'', 2016.
It was named to the
Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end
Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.
["TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival"]
CBC News, December 7, 2016.
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2016 films
Canadian LGBT-related short films
2016 LGBT-related films
LGBT-related drama films
2016 drama films
2010s English-language films
Canadian drama short films
2010s Canadian films
English-language drama films
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