Patty vs. Patty

Patty vs. Patty
Patty vs. Patty
Directed by	Chris Strikes
Written by	Chris Strikes
Produced by	Maya Annik Bedward; Kate Fraser; Chris Strikes
Starring	Orville Cummings
Cinematography	Ashley Iris Gill
Edited by	Maria Todorov-Topouzov
Music by	Solitair
Production; companies	Callowgrove Entertainment; Third Culture Media
Release date	February 17, 2022;
Running time	19 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Patty vs. Patty is a 2022 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Chris Strikes.^[1] The film recounts the true story of the "patty wars" of 1985, when restaurants in Toronto which served Jamaican patties had to fight a bureaucratic edict that they could not call their product a "patty", on the grounds that consumers might confuse them with hamburger patties,^[2] through a mixture of documentary footage and satirical dramatic reenactments performed by Star Trek: Discovery and Bite of a Mango actor Orville Cummings.^[1]

The film premiered February 17, 2022, on CBC Gem and YouTube.^[3] It was also later screened at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Awards[edit]

The film was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2022 Directors Guild of Canada awards.^[4]

The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Michael Sommers, "CBC documentary dramatizes Canada's hilarious, but true war on Jamaican patties". Taste Toronto, March 2022.
^ Chris Strikes, "I grew up on beef patties. I was shocked to find out that the Canadian government tried to rename them in 1985". CBC Docs, February 17, 2022.
^ Vanessa Caldwell, "The story of Toronto's bizarre 1985 'patty wars': when the government tried to rename the beef patty". CBC Docs, February 17, 2022.
^ Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2022.
^ Jackson Weaver, "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night". CBC News, April 11, 2023.

External links[edit]

Patty vs. Patty at IMDb
Patty vs. Patty at CBC Short Docs

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[sommers-1] Michael Sommers, "CBC documentary dramatizes Canada's hilarious, but true war on Jamaican patties". Taste Toronto, March 2022.

[2] Chris Strikes, "I grew up on beef patties. I was shocked to find out that the Canadian government tried to rename them in 1985". CBC Docs, February 17, 2022.

[3] Vanessa Caldwell, "The story of Toronto's bizarre 1985 'patty wars': when the government tried to rename the beef patty". CBC Docs, February 17, 2022.

[4] Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2022.

[5] Jackson Weaver, "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night". CBC News, April 11, 2023.

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