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Are We Done Now? film image; woman bundled in a jacket

Down River director Ben Immanuel (formerly Ben Ratner) returns with his third feature, a wry, self-aware Covid comedy in which a socially distant Vancouver documentarian checks in with a stressed-out therapist (Corner Gas star Gabrielle Miller) and several of her patients over the course of the pandemic. Although the tone is predominantly comedic, this framework allows Immanuel to take the temperature of the times and dig into contemporary obsessions and concerns: race, gender, sexuality, and of course mental health. With it’s artful sketches of a sparsely populated Vancouver Are We Done Now? transports us back to a time of enforced introspection with a great degree of wit and sensitivity.

Director

Ben Immanuel

Cast

Ben Immanuel, Gabrielle Miller, Jennifer Spence, Giacomo Baessato

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

English

Awards

Best Canadian Feature (Fiction), Available Light Film Festival, Whitehorse (shared with Paying For It)

19+
84 min

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Friday April 18

9:00 pm
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Sunday April 20

6:15 pm
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Thursday May 01

5:00 pm
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Credits

Screenwriter

Ben Immanuel

Cinematography

Emma Djwa

Editor

Cindy Au Yeung, Franco Pante

Original Music

Adrian Glynn

Art Director

Josh Plaw

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