LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL
Feature Documentary | 80 / 58 min, 2022
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!
Director, Editor, Producer: Colin Askey
Producers: Monika Navarro, Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
Cinematography: Colin Askey, Eric D. Sanderson
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Sean Baker
A co-production of Castle Mountain Media, Lost Time Media, and ITVS, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as the Sundance Institute (with support from Just Films/Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations)
The filmmakers encourage donations to Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society
SCREENINGS
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April 30, 2024 | St, John, NB — Saint John Regional Hospital
March 21, 2024 | Boston, MA — Northeastern University
March 18, 2023 | Vienna, Austria — Admiral Kino
March 9, 2023 | Ottawa, ON — Mayfair Theatre
March 5, 2024 | Kingston, ON — Support Not Stigma - Harm Reduction Conference
February 29, 2024 | Portland, OR — Lewis & Clark College
February 28, 2024 | Austin, TX — Austin Film Society
February 24, 2024 | Buenos Aires, Argentina — Centro Cultural Caras y Caretas (FICC)
Available online in Argentina from Feb 25 - March 10
February 13, 2024 | Farmville, VA — Longwood University
February 5, 2024 | Paris, France — Cinéma le Brady
December 21, 2023 | Owen Sound, ON — Grey Roots Museum & Archives
December 7, 2023 | Owen Sound, ON — The Roxy Theatre
December 1, 2023 | Surrey, BC — Turnbull Gallery of Semiahmoo Arts Society
November 17, 2023 | Calgary, AB — Calgary Justice Film Festival
November 15, 2023 | Omak, WA — Omak & Mirage Theatres
November 14, 2023 | Peterborough, ON — Peterborough Public Library
November 9, 2023 | Miami, FL — Westchester Regional Library
October 28, 2023 | Ottawa, ON — Bytown Cinema
October 21, 2023 | Cali, Colombia — Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali
October 21, 2023 | Edmonton, AB — CO*LAB - Community {Arts} Laboratory
October 17, 2023 | Austin, TX — Austin Film Society
September 27, 2023 | Vancouver, BC — The Norm Theatre, UBC
September 21, 2023 | Olympia, WA — Le Voyeur
September 18, 2023 | Chehalis, WA — McFiler's Chehalis Theater
September 15, 2023 | Dayton, OH — The Hub
September 15, 2023 | Kelowna, BC — KANDU
September 13, 2023 | Bogotá, Colombia — Cinemateca Distrital de Bogotá (Échele Cabeza Festival)
September 13, 2023 | Boston, MA — Boston Central Library, Rabb Hall
September 9, 2023 | Vancouver, BC — Reel Causes (SFU Centre for the Arts)
September 5, 2023 | Bloomington, IN — University of Indiana
September 1, 2023 | Oakland, CA — Tamarack
August 31, 2023 | Dawson City, YT — Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture
August 31, 2023 | Hamilton, ON — The Westdale
August 31, 2023 | Saskatoon, SK — The Roxy Theatre
August 31, 2023 | Squamish, BC — Squamish Public Library
August 31, 2023 | St. John’s, NL — The Lantern
August 31, 2023 | Sudbury, ON — Sudbury Indy Cinema
August 31, 2023 | Tacoma, WA — Meaningful Movies Project
August 31, 2023 | Vernon, BC — The Towne Theatre
August 23, 2023 | Winnipeg, MB — North End Women’s Centre
August 16, 2023 | San Francisco, CA — The Roxie Theater
August 12, 2023 | El Paso, TX — El Paso Harm Reduction Alliance
July 27, 2023 | Coquitlam, BC — Coquitlam Public Library
July 13, 2023 | Los Angeles, CA — Los Angeles City Hall, Tom Bradley Room
June 18, 2023 | Philadelphia, PA — Lot 49 Books
June 14, 2023 | Vancouver, BC — 'Frames of Mind' Film Series (Cinematheque)
May 30, 2023 | Guelph, ON — The Bookshelf Cinema
May 20, 2023 | Dayton, OH — Have a Gay Day
May 16, 2023 | Medford, OR — Jackson County Public Library
May 10, 2023 | Gulfport, MS — St. Matthew's
April 27, 2023 | Sacramento, CA — MusicLandria
April 26, 2023 | Portland, ME — Talbot Hall, University of Southern Maine
April 24, 2023 | Augusta, ME — Jewett Auditorium, University of Maine
April 23, 2023 | Timmins, ON — Timmins Museum
April 22, 2023 | Langley, BC — BEZ Arts Hub
April 20, 2023 | Chatham-Kent, ON — Chatham Cultural Centre
April 15, 2023 | Calgary, AB — Calgary Central Library
April 12, 2023 | Winnipeg, MB — The Goodwill Social Club
April 6, 2023 | Castlegar, BC — Selkirk College
March 29, 2023 | London, ON — Hyland Cinema
March 28, 2023 | Oshawa, ON — Regent Theatre
March 27, 2023 | Cobourg, ON — Victoria Hall
March 27, 2023 | Montreal, QC — Cinema Politica @ Concordia University
March 26, 28, & April 1, 2023 | Toronto, ON — Hot Docs Cinema
March 25, 2023 | St. Catharines, ON — Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
March 24, 2023 | Detroit, MI — Recovery United Community Center
March 24, 2023 | Windsor, ON — University of Windsor
March 22 & 23, 2023 | Windsor, ON — Windsor International Film Festival
March 18, 2023 | Portland, OR — Clinton Street Theater
March 16, 2023 | Eugene, OR — Art House
March 5, 2023 | Salt Spring Island, BC — Salt Spring Film Festival
March 3-12, 2023 | Belleville, ON — Belleville Downtown DocFest
February 25, 2023 | Sault Ste. Marie, ON — Shadows of the Mind Film Festival
February 23, 2023 | Vancouver, BC — KDocsFF (Vancity Theatre)
February 21-25, 2023 | Courtney, BC — World Community Film Festival
February 16, 2023 | Edmonton, AB — Metro Cinema
February 14, 2023 | Seattle, WA — Ark Lodge Cinemas
February 13, 2023 | US Broadcast Premiere on PBS’s Independent Lens!
February 9-12, 2023 | Thunder Bay, ON — Spotlight on Academics Film Festival
February 5, 2023 | Jacksonville, FL — Jacksonville Film Festival
February 3-9, 2023 | New York, NY — DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema
February 2-12, 2023 | San Francisco, CA — SF IndieFest
January 26-February 3, 2023 | Peterborough, ON — ReFrame Film Festival
January 26, 2023 | Kitchener, ON — Kitchener Public Library
January 25-31, 2023 | Milton, ON — Milton Film Festival
December 1-4, 2022 | Vail, CO — Vail Film Festival
November 26, 2022 | Powell River, BC — The Patricia Theatre
November 24, 2022 | Abbotsford, BC — University of the Fraser Valley
November 19-December 4, 2022 | Chilliwack, BC — Chilliwack Independent Film Festival
November 9-27, 2022 | New York, NY — DOC NYC *U.S. Premiere*
November 4, 2022 | Vancouver, BC — Heart of the City Fest
November 2-6, 2022 | Yellowknife, NT — Yellowknife International Film Festival
October 22, 2022 | New Westminster, BC — New West Film Fest
October 2-9, 2022 | Durham, ON — Durham Region International Film Festival
Winner of the Best Documentary Award
September 21-25, 2022 | Sudbury, ON — Cinéfest Sudbury
September 17, 2022 | Toronto, ON — COMMFFEST
September 10, 2022 | Thunder Bay, ON — Vox Popular Media Arts Festival
Winner of a People's Choice Award
August 31, 2022 | Kamloops, BC — The Paramount Theatre
August 29, 2022 | Nelson, BC — The Civic Theatre
August 9-13, 2022 | Regina, SK — Regina International Film Festival and Awards
May 13, 2022 | Edmonton, AB — NorthwestFest
May 10-15, 2022 | Vancouver, BC — DOXA Documentary Film Festival
World Premiere as the Justice Forum Special Presentation
Winner of the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director
Indie Lens Pop-Up Screenings:
May 11, 2023 | Cleveland Heights, OH — In-person
April 17, 2023 | Quilcene, WA — In-person & virtual
March 22, 2023 | Reno, NV — In-person
February 27, 2023 | Amarillo, TX — Virtual
February 17, 2023 | Charlotte, NC — In-person & virtual
February 16, 2023 | New York, NY — Virtual
February 16, 2023 | Buffalo, NY — In-person
February 16, 2023 | Aliso Viejo, CA — In-person
February 9, 2023 | Manchester, NH — In-person
February 9, 2023 | East Lansing, MI — Virtual
February 8, 2023 | Tulsa, OK — In-person
February 8, 2023 | Teaneck, NJ — Virtual
Co-presented by Teaneck International Film Festival
February 7, 2023 | Honolulu, HI — Virtual
February 5, 2023 | Carbondale, IL — In-person
February 4, 2023 | Old Chatham, NY — In-person
February 4, 2023 | Albany, NY — In-person
February 3, 2023 | San Antonio, TX — In-person
February 3, 2023 | Louisville, KY — In-person
February 3, 2023 | Honolulu, HI — In-person
February 2, 2023 | Winter Park (Orlando), FL — In-person
Co-presented by Global Peace Film Festival
February 2, 2023 | Norfolk, VA — In-person
February 2, 2023 | Midland, TX — In-person
February 2, 2023 | Cookeville, TN — In-person
February 2, 2023 | Burlingame, CA — Virtual
February 1, 2023 | Redding, CA — Virtual
February 1, 2023 | Plattsburgh, NY — In-person
February 1, 2023 | Atlanta, GA — In-person
January 31, 2023 | Twin Falls, ID — In-person
January 31, 2023 | Saratoga Springs, NY — In-person
January 31, 2023 | Ft. Collins, CO — Virtual
January 30, 2023 | Rochester, NY — In-person
January 28, 2023 | Albuquerque, NM — In-person
January 27, 2023 | Winston-Salem, NC — In-person
Co-presented by RiverRun International Film Festival
January 26, 2023 | Tacoma, WA — Virtual
January 26, 2023 | Monte Rio, CA — In-person
January 26, 2023 | Fulton, MO — In-person
January 26, 2023 | Burlingame, CA — In-person
January 26, 2023 | Bellingham, WA — In-person
Co-presented by the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
January 26, 2023 | Albany, NY — In-person
January 25, 2023 | Tempe, AZ — In-person & virtual
January 25, 2023 | Mount Pleasant, SC — In-person
January 25, 2023 | Milwaukee, WI — Virtual
January 25, 2023 | Jefferson City, MO — In-person
January 25, 2023 | Columbia, SC — In-person
January 24, 2023 | Steamboat Springs, CO — In-person
January 24, 2023 | Research Triangle Park, NC — Virtual
Co-presented by RiverRun International Film Festival
January 24, 2023 | Crossville, TN — In-person
January 24, 2023 | Baltimore, MD — In-person
January 23, 2023 | Austin, TX — In-person
January 22, 2023 | Tacoma, WA — In-person
January 20, 2023 | New Orleans, LA — In-person
January 19, 2023 | Colebrook, NH — In-person
January 19, 2023 | Anderson, IN — In-person
January 19, 2023 | Sheboygan, WI — In-person
January 18, 2023 | Tacoma, WA — In-person & virtual
January 18, 2023 | Sheboygan, WI — In-person & virtual
PRESS
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"The film captures the mundane, pragmatic reality of these spaces, how they are neither glamorously hedonistic nor hellishly depraved, and certainly nothing to fear. Although LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL is not meant to evangelize, its warts-and-all depiction could be the key to changing minds."
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"LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL follows OPS staff, volunteers, and community members as they discuss the radical power of harm reduction, demonstrate the care they hold for the space, and support each other through the burnout and grief of the overdose crisis."
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"These are real people coping with monumental challenges. They deserve to be heard and not judged. LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL gives them that."
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"LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL is painfully relevant, not just because the death toll has continued to rise with the toxic drug crisis, but because the people who are fighting to save their friends and their community seem so much more fragile."
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"Shows that drug users, to whom the drug crisis is more than an abstract idea, are perhaps the most capable of creating solutions to the overdose epidemic."
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"One of the most powerful films that I have ever seen."