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'When the Storm Fades' is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Sen Devlin and released in 2018.[[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3km7vb/this-docudramedy-finds-laughs-in-the-horror-of-climate-change "This Docudramedy Finds Laughs in the Horror of Climate Change"]. 'Vice', October 4, 2018.] Described by Devlin as a "docudramedy" because it blends aspects of both docudrama and comedy-drama, the film is set in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan and depicts a family's attempts to recover from the disaster.[Marsha Lederman, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-vancouver-filmmaker-explores-physical-and-emotional-aftermath-of/ "Vancouver filmmaker explores physical and emotional aftermath of natural disasters"]. 'The Globe and Mail', October 3, 2018.]
The film stars the real-life Pablo family from Leyte, and is improvised in part around their own real-life experience of the typhoon.[[https://www.straight.com/movies/1142846/improvisers-shine-sean-devlins-when-storm-fades "Improvisers shine in Sean Devlin's When the Storm Fades"]. 'The Georgia Straight', September 27, 2018.] Although the film's primary themes address climate change 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) whose attempts to play the "white savior" backfire.[
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The film premiered at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1128270/when-the-storm-fades-film-festival-vancouver "When the Storm Fades : un commentaire social plutt qu'un documentaire ou une comdie"]. Ici Radio-Canada Colombie-Britannique et Yukon, October 6, 2018.]
Read won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film, and Lorette won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film, at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018.[[https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/01/08/vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-haida-language-edge-of-the-knife/ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards Haida-language 'Edge of the Knife'"]. CityNews, January 8, 2019.] The film was also a nominee for Best British Columbia Film.[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/favourite-leads-vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-nominations-1169507 "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', December 1, 2018.]
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