Sin Cycle

Sin Cycle
Directed byJack Cocker
Ben Famiglietti
Written byJack Cocker
Ben Famiglietti
Produced byGreg Smith
Anna Maria McRoberts
Denny Silverthorne
Release date
  • April 29, 1996 (1996-04-29) (Kingston)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Sin Cycle is a Canadian short film, directed by Jack Cocker and Ben Famiglietti and released in 1996.[1] Made as a student project for the film studies program at Queen's University, the film centres on a young man who is doing his laundry at a laundromat, and becomes disillusioned when he unexpectedly meets the actor who portrayed his favourite childhood television character, Mr. Rex, out of costume.[1]

The film premiered on April 29, 1996, at a year-end screening of Queen's student short films.[2] It was later screened at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Rob Salem, "New directors toil in film-shorts proving ground". Toronto Star, August 30, 1996.
  2. ^ Greg Burliuk, "Film studies students screen short features". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 29, 1996.
  3. ^ Mary Ellen Armstrong, "Toronto International Film Festival: That’s a wrap". Playback, September 23, 1996.