Patty vs. Patty

Patty vs. Patty is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Chris Strikes and released in 2022.[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]

Patty vs. Patty
Directed byChris Strikes
Written byChris Strikes
Produced byMaya Annik Bedward
Kate Fraser
Chris Strikes
StarringOrville Cummings
CinematographyAshley Iris Gill
Edited byMaria Todorov-Topouzov
Music bySolitair
Production
companies
Callowgrove Entertainment
Third Culture Media
Release date
  • February 17, 2022 (2022-02-17)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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

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

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

References
  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. Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023.


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