''When the Storm Fades'' is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by
Seán Devlin
Seán Yap Sei-Been Devlin (叶 世民) is a Canadian comedian and writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is most noted for his 2018 film '' When the Storm Fades'', for which he won the Emerging Canadian Director award at the 2018 Vanco ...
Vice
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'', October 4, 2018. Described by Devlin as a "docudramedy" because it blends aspects of both
docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event".
Docudramas typic ...
and
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
, the film is set in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
in the aftermath of
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...
and depicts a family's attempts to recover from the disaster.
The film stars the real-life Pablo family from
Leyte
Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census.
Since the accessibility of land has be ...
, and is improvised in part around their own real-life experience of the typhoon. Although the film's primary themes
address climate change
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and the effort to recover from grief and loss, the film includes a secondary storyline which depicts two Canadian aid workers ( Aaron Read and
Kayla Lorette
Kayla Lorette is a Canadian actress from Ladysmith, British Columbia.Cole Schisler"Ladysmith’s Kayla Lorette to release new series on Crave New Year’s Day" ''Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle'', December 27, 2019. She is most noted for her performa ...
) whose attempts to play the "
white savior
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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018 The nominations for the 19th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2018, were announced on December 12, 2018. ''The Favourite'' led with six nominations.
The winners were announced on December 17, 2018. ''Roma'' w ...
The Hollywood Reporter
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