When the Storm Fades

When the Storm Fades is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Sean Devlin and released in 2018.[1] Described by Devlin as a "docudramedy" because it blends aspects of both docudrama and comedy-drama, the film is set in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan and depicts a family's attempts to recover from the disaster.[2]

When the Storm Fades
Directed bySean Devlin
Produced bySean Devlin
Chris Ferguson
Written bySean Devlin
StarringAbner Pablo
Arnel Pablo
Lovely Pablo
Nilda Pablo
Music bySusie Ibarra
CinematographyJeff Petry
Edited bySean Devlin
Marianna Khoury
Release date
  • October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) (VIFF)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film stars the real-life Pablo family from Leyte, and is improvised in part around their own real-life experience of the typhoon.[3] Although the film's primary themes address climate change and the effort to recover from grief and loss, the film includes a secondary storyline which depicts two Canadian aid workers (Aaron Read and Kayla Lorette) whose attempts to play the "white savior" backfire.[1]

The film premiered at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[4]

Read won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film, and Lorette won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film, at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018.[5] The film was also a nominee for Best British Columbia Film.[6]

References
  1. "This ‘Docudramedy’ Finds Laughs in the Horror of Climate Change". Vice, October 4, 2018.
  2. Marsha Lederman, "Vancouver filmmaker explores physical and emotional aftermath of natural disasters". The Globe and Mail, October 3, 2018.
  3. "Improvisers shine in Sean Devlin's When the Storm Fades". The Georgia Straight, September 27, 2018.
  4. "When the Storm Fades : un commentaire social plutôt qu'un documentaire ou une comédie". Ici Radio-Canada Colombie-Britannique et Yukon, October 6, 2018.
  5. "Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards Haida-language 'Edge of the Knife'". CityNews, January 8, 2019.
  6. "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, December 1, 2018.


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