{{Infobox film | name = Ben's at Home | image = Bens_at_home.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Mars Horodyski | producer = Mars Horodyski<br>Dan Abramovici<br>Anneli Ekborn | writer = Mars Horodyski<br>Dan Abramovici | starring = Dan Abramovici<br>Jessica Embro | music = | cinematography = Walter Pacifico | editing = Mike Reisacher | studio = Awkward Silence Productions<br>Cinemars Productions<br>Sabeth Productions | distributor = Pacific Northwest Pictures | released = {{Film date|2014|04|11|WorldFest}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = $20,000 }} '''''Ben's at Home''''' is a 2014 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Mars Horodyski.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mack |first=Adrian |date=2015-07-03 |title=Ben's at Home takes a dump on social media |url=https://www.straight.com/movies/483231/bens-home-takes-dump-social-media |access-date=2025-11-01 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}</ref> The film stars Dan Abramovici as Ben, a man who responds to an emotional breakup on the eve of his 30th birthday by rearranging his life so that he will never have to leave his apartment again, only to have his desire to live as a hermit challenged when he and Jess (Jessica Embro), a regular driver for his food delivery service, develop a romantic interest in each other.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Linda Barnard Staff |date=2015-05-28 |title=Ben's At Home is a simple charmer: review |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/ben-s-at-home-is-a-simple-charmer-review/article_1f909f04-db2b-58d9-bcde-dc75fe75cf91.html |access-date=2025-11-01 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref>
The cast also includes Jim Annan, Rob Baker, Craig Brown and Inessa Frantowski.
The film was shot in August 2013 on a budget of just $20,000, half funded by Horodyski and Abramovici and half by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Linda Barnard Staff |date=2015-05-28 |title=Filmmakers Mars Horodyski and Dan Abramovici put heart, soul and all their money into indie film Ben's At Home |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/filmmakers-mars-horodyski-and-dan-abramovici-put-heart-soul-and-all-their-money-into-indie/article_3a94d7b7-d8f0-5bd9-a95c-c354a1634fa7.html |access-date=2025-11-01 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref>
The film premiered in April 2014 at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.<ref name="kelly">{{Cite news |title=FFM: Like their protagonist, Toronto filmmakers quick to create |url=https://montrealgazette.com/arts/festival%20central/like-their-protagonist-toronto-filmmakers-quick-to-create |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926165637/https://montrealgazette.com/arts/festival%20central/like-their-protagonist-toronto-filmmakers-quick-to-create |archive-date=2021-09-26 |access-date=2025-11-01 |work=montrealgazette |language=en-CA}}</ref>
==Awards== At Houston, the film won the award for Best Comedy Feature.<ref name=kelly/>
It won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2014 Rhode Island International Film Festival,<ref name=kelly/> and the award for Best Feature Film at the 2015 Canadian Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |title=Ben's at Home heads to Pacific Northwest Pictures for Canada |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2015/03/30/bens-at-home-heads-to-pacific-northwest-pictures-for-canada/ |access-date=2025-11-01 |website=Playback}}</ref>
Horodyski won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Direction in a Film at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=David |first=Greg |date=2015-09-14 |title=22 Minutes and Samantha Bee among Canadian Comedy Award winners |url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2015/09/14/22-minutes-and-samantha-bee-among-canadian-comedy-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-11-01 |website=TV, eh? |language=en-CA}}</ref>
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Category:2014 films Category:2014 comedy films Category:Canadian romantic comedy films Category:Canadian independent films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:2014 English-language films Category:2014 Canadian films Category:English-language romantic comedy films
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