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Therapy Dogs is a 2022 documentary-comedy film directed by Ethan Eng and written by Eng and Justin Morrice. It starred Kevin Tseng alongside the film's writers.[1] The movie first premiered in January at the Slamdance Film Festival, making Eng the youngest filmmaker to premier at this festival.[2][3] Eng was 17 years old at the time of the festival and had been working on the film's production as early as the Grade 10.[4]
The coming-of-age film delves into the lives of two best friends attending Cawthra Park Secondary School, a Mississauga high school just past Toronto. Eng and Morrice are seventeen year-olds who endeavor to produce a video for their yearbook and graduating class of 2019 as they find themselves grappling with adolescence, growing up, identity, the boundaries they push, and the recklessness and intensity of male adolescence. The film also features interviews with many of their fellow, unsuspecting high school students.[5]
Therapy Dogs was a New York Times Critics Pick.[6] Eng received an AGBO Fellowship with the Russo brothers.[7][3]
| Festival | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guanajuato International Film Festival | Best International Feature Film | Won | |
| Festival Prize | Nominated | ||
| NOAM Faenza Film Festival | Best Film | Won | |
| Slamdance Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Nominated | [8] |
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