Cake Day (2020)

Directed by

Phillip Thomas

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

15 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recovering narcotics addict is about to celebrate five years of sobriety in a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. He struggles with whether to be honest about a relapse he had the night before.

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What happens

Cake Day is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Phillip Thomas and released in 2020. The film stars Cameron Crosby as a recovering narcotics addict who is about to celebrate his five-year anniversary of sobriety in Narcotics Anonymous, but must struggle with whether or not to be honest in the meeting about the fact that he relapsed the night before. The film's cast also includes Steven Roberts as his sponsor Bill and Diana Lepine-Thomas as his mother, as well as Spencer Foley, Bradley Stryker, Jeremy Wallace Maclean, John Duncan, Joe Buffalo, Blair Buchholz and Koshiki Tanaka in supporting roles. The film premiered on March 11, 2020 at the Saguenay International Short Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best British Columbia Short Film. Crosby won the Leo Award for Best Actor in a Short Drama in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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