We Ate the Children Last

We Ate the Children Last
Directed byAndrew Cividino
Written byAndrew Cividino
Geoffrey Smart
Based onWe Ate the Children Last by Yann Martel
Produced byJosh Clavir
Karen Harnisch
Jonathan M. Hodgson
StarringKeith Berry
David Disher
Frank Longo
Ryan Ward
CinematographyStephen Chandler Whitehead
Edited byJames Vandewater
Music byChris Thornborrow
Production
company
Film Forge Productions
Release date
  • September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14) (TIFF)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

We Ate the Children Last is a 2011 Canadian satirical science fiction short film directed by Andrew Cividino based upon a short story by Yann Martel. The film documents the radical societal shifts that occur after pig organ transplants for humans become commonplace.

The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] and was named to the festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[2]

  1. ^ Bettencourt-McCarthy, Wyndham (September 13, 2011). "From the G20 Protests to the Toronto International Film Festival". Torontoist. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Schneller, Johanna (April 7, 2016). "Director Andrew Cividino navigates Canadian system to find success". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 28, 2019.