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 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.

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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]

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