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Night Shifts (film)

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'Night Shifts' is a 2020 Canadian short comedy film written and directed by Finn Wolfhard, starring Billy Bryk and Artoun Nazareth.

The short made its Canadian premiere at the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival on August 24, 2020, where it also received the silver Audience Award for Best Canadian Short.

Synopsis



Cast



* Billy Bryk as Billy

* Artoun Nazareth as Artoun

* Malcolm Sparrow-Crawford as Elijah

Production



On December 10, 2019, Wolfhard launched a fundraising campaign to produce the short film through Indiegogo, offering various incentives to those who donated and attained its goal of $26,000 Canadian dollars in a day.

The short was shot over the span of 12 hours in a Vancouver convenient store. During filming, an attempted robbery occurred.

Release



The film premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival on August 24, 2020. It had its American premiere at the 11th Annual Atlanta Shortsfest on August 29, 2020.

'Night Shifts' was also an official selection for the 2020 Calgary International Film Festival.

The 2021 TIFF Next Wave Festival presented a free screening for 45 minutes on February 13, 2021. Wolfhard released 'Night Shifts' on YouTube the next day.

Reception



In a positive review, Kat Hughes of 'The Hollywood News' rated the film 4/5 stars and stated that 'Night Shifts' "demonstrates that Wolfhard has clearly been paying attention to the directors he has worked with as an actor" and found the dialogue to be "tightly written, funny, and conveys an impressive multitude of history and information in such a small amount of time" while adding that the film is "a clever and stylish little short that more than exemplifies that, should his acting work dry up, Finn Wolfhard has a promising career as a director." Diego Andaluz of 'The Global Film Podcast' praised Wolfhard's "witty screenplay" and felt the film "proves that [Wolfhard] may have quite a future behind the camera."

The film received the silver Audience Award for Best Canadian Short. Wolfhard received the Best Director award for 'Night Shifts' at the 2020 Atlanta Shortsfest.

References




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