''Together'' is a Canadian-South Korean short drama film, directed by

Albert Shin Albert Shin is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for his critically acclaimed Canadian Screen Award-nominated films ''In Her Place'' (2014) and ''Disappearance at Clifton Hill'' (2019). He works frequently with collaborator Igor Drljaca. Early li ...

and released in 2021.Elisabetta Bianchini
"TIFF 2021: Korean-Canadian filmmaker explores internet suicide pacts"
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'', September 18, 2021. The film stars Kim Jae-rok and Ahn So-yo as a man and a woman in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

who are meeting in person for the first time after having known each other only as online acquaintances, in order to finalize and carry out a mutual

suicide pact A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide. The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed. General considerations Suicide pacts are an important concept in the study of suicide, and h ...

. The film premiered at the

2021 Toronto International Film Festival The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the 46th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 9 to 18, 2021.Barry Hertz"TIFF planning ‘substantially bigger’ 2021 film festival compared to last year’ ...

. It was subsequently screened at the

2021 Vancouver International Film Festival The 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 40th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from October 1 to October 11, 2021.Dana Gee"VIFF back in theatres for 40th anniversary festival" ''The Province' ...

, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end

Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival and announced in December each year to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema" ...

list for 2021.Norman Wilner
"TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021"
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'', December 6, 2021.

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* 2021 films 2021 short films Canadian drama short films South Korean short films Films directed by Albert Shin Films about Korean Canadians 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub