This Place (film)

This Place
Directed byV. T. Nayani
Written byGolshan Abdmoulaie
Devery Jacobs
V.T. Nayani
Produced byStephanie Sonny Hooker
StarringDevery Jacobs
Priya Guns
CinematographyConor Fisher
Edited byMaureen Grant
Music byKalaisan Kalaichelvan
Production
companies
Hometeam Films
Mutuals Pictures
Release date
  • September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

This Place is a Canadian drama film, directed by V. T. Nayani and released in 2022.[1] The film stars Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns as Kawenniióhstha and Malai, two young queer women who fall in love while both confronting family difficulties: Kawenniióhstha is searching for her estranged Iranian father, while Malai's father is seriously ill.[2]

The cast also includes Janïsa Weekes, Alex Joseph, Brittany LeBorgne, Ali Momen, Muraly Srinarayanathas, Jahmal Padmore, Golshan Abdmoulaie, Abi Jeyaratnam, Mecha Clarke, Feaven Abera, Ali Badshah, and Darianne Breault.

The film had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022.[3] It went into commercial release in July 2023.[4]

  1. ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "10 Canadian films to watch at TIFF 2022". Now, August 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Reservation Dogs is made for community by community". Now, August 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen Daily, August 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Aparita Bhandari, "Canadian drama This Place is a complicated love letter to the places we call home". The Globe and Mail, July 5, 2023.