Soft (film)

2022 Canadian film directed by Joseph Amenta

Soft

Film poster

Directed by| Joseph Amenta
Written by| Joseph Amenta
Produced by| Alexandra Roberts
Danny Sedore
Starring| Matteus Lunot
Harlow Joy
Zion Matheson
Cinematography| Liam Higgins
Edited by| Alexander Farah
Music by| Casey MQ
Skyshaker

Production
company

Push Pictures

Release dates

* September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) (TIFF)
* April 7, 2023 (2023-04-07) (Canada)

Running time

| 87 minutes
Country| Canada
Languages| English
Tagalog

Soft is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Joseph Amenta.[1] Amenta's feature debut, the film centres on three young queer friends in Toronto who are revelling in the freedom of their summer break from school, until a missing persons investigation draws them back into reality.[2]

The cast includes Matteus Lunot, Harlow Joy, Zion Matheson, Miyoko Anderson, Krista Morin, Trevor Hayes, David Lafontaine, Matt Willis, Joy Castro, Sochi Fried, Jordan Shore, Peter Bou-Ghannam, River Price-Maenpaa and Jay Yoo.

The film's title was originally announced as Pussy, but was changed to Soft in advance of the premiere.[3] It premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Six upcoming films from Canadian filmmakers on the festival circuit" Archived 2022-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. Screen Daily, May 17, 2022.
2. ^ Andrew Parker, "Soft Review: Tough, but Fair". TheGATE.ca, April 6, 2023.
3. ^ Pat Mullen, "Four queer Canadian directors talk bringing grit and glitter to TIFF 2022" Archived 2022-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra!, September 2, 2022.
4. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled" Archived 2022-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. Screen Daily, August 4, 2022.

## External links

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* Soft at IMDb

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