| August 22, This Year | |
| Director: | Graham Foy |
| Producer: | Daniel Montgomery Daiva Zalnieriunas Harland Weiss |
| Narrator: | Toby Porter Quastel |
| Cinematography: | Graham Foy Diego Guijarro |
| Editing: | Brendan Mills |
| Studio: | FF Films |
| Runtime: | 15 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
August 22, This Year is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Graham Foy. The film centres on a group of people who are preparing for the end of the world on August 22.[1]
The cast includes Beatrice Creen, Asia-Milan Geness, Elisa Gilmour, Brendan Ko, Uri Livne-Bar, Robert Nasmith, Ben Petrie, Paul Thompson and Mel Wright.
The film was named as an official selection of the Critics' Week section at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Although the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, it was screened in late October as part of Festival Scope's special online presentation of the Critics' Week short films.[3] It had its actual theatrical premiere in September at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival,[4] and was later screened at the 2020 New York Film Festival[1] and the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[5]