Patty vs. Patty is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Chris Strikes and released in 2022. The film recounts the true story of the "patty wars" of 1985, when restaurants serving Jamaican patties had to fight a bureaucratic edict that they could not call their product a "patty", on the grounds that consumers might confuse them with hamburger patties, through a mixture of documentary footage and satirical dramatic reenactments performed by Star Trek: Discovery and "Bite of a Mango" actor Orville Cummings. The film premiered February 17, 2022, on CBC Gem and YouTube. It was also later screened at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival. Awards The film was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2022 Directors Guild of Canada awards. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. References External links 2022 films 2022 short documentary films English-language Canadian films Canadian short documentary films 2020s Canadian films Films shot in Toronto Films set in Toronto Documentary films about Black Canadians