Screening times:
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 PM - director attending!
Ethan Eng | Canada, Ontario | 2022 | 83m
Toronto director Ethan Eng will attend this screening for an in-person post-film Q&A!
Ethan and his best friend Justin are students trying to make sense of their high school existence. In what will be the last chapter of their teenage lives and the beginning of adulthood beyond, they decide to make the ultimate senior video in the search for answers. Exploring teenage suburbia in a no-brakes adventure, questions arise whether there’s more to their lives than simply growing up.
Therapy Dogs was selected to premier at Slamdance Film Festival making Eng the youngest filmmaker ever to premier at this festival. Upon its release it also became a New York Times Critics Pick.
"'Therapy Dogs' is a sweet, chaotic, and inventive DIY movie about young people searching for authenticity. Part documentary and part fiction, the movie subverts both aesthetic and narrative clichés in its portrayal of male friendship and late adolescence." - Justine Smith, RogerEbert.com
"Ethan Eng’s powerhouse feature debut 'Therapy Dogs', is at once, a war cry, a manifesto, and an absolute jewel for those of us who love the energy and intensity of true indie filmmaking." - Alexandra Heller Nicholas, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Winner: AGBO Fellowship Award - Slamdance Film Festival 2022
Honorary Mention: Best International Feature - Guanajuato International Film Festival
Winner: Best Film (Young Audience Award) - NOAM Faenza Film Festival
Ethan Eng was only seventeen at the time of Therapy Dogs' completion. Eng spent his college fund on the film and made history as the youngest-ever director to premier a film at Slamdance Film Festival.
An award-winning and impressive first feature, Therapy Dogs will be especially inspiring viewing for young and/or emerging filmmakers wanting to learn more about DIY, low budget and independent film creation!
Since Therapy Dogs, Eng has had an acting role in a major film: 2023's Blackberry, directed by Matt Johnson.
Tickets $10.95 ($10 cash at the door if available)
