''Man. Feel. Pain.'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by

Dylan Akio Smith Dylan Akio Smith (born September 21, 1974, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian film director and producer.David Spaner, "Really good movies, ReelFast: Dylan Akio Smith had 48 hours to make winning film". ''The Province'', August 26, 2003. ...

and released in 2004."A thumbnail look at some of the 40 Canadian short subjects being screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival".

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, September 16, 2004. The film stars Brad Dryborough as Karl, an isolated loner who deliberately nails his hand to a wall as an experiment in self-inflicted pain, only to become venerated by his neighbours as a Christ-like figure as they learn of his suffering.David Spaner, "Short road to success". '' The Province'', October 7, 2004. Smith described the film as "about people being drawn to false idols". The film's cast also includes Ryan Robbins, Peter New and

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. The film was produced for and premiered at the 2004

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festival in Vancouver. It was later screened at the

2004 Toronto International Film Festival The 29th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 through September 18. The festival screened 328 films of which 253 were features and 75 were shorts (148 of the films screened were in a language other than English). Awards No fi ...

, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film, and at the Whistler Film Festival, where it was cowinner with Becky Bristow's film ''A Russian Wave'' of the ShortWork Award.Ian Edwards
"Crazy Canucks wins at Whistler"
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'', January 3, 2005.

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* 2004 films 2004 short films Films shot in British Columbia 2000s English-language films Films directed by Dylan Akio Smith Canadian drama short films 2000s Canadian films English-language Canadian films English-language short films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub