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Dirty
Singles

A close-knit circle of Toronto friends, shaken by the break-up of their favorite couple, are forced over a winter to finally grow up.

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PRIZES & AWARDS

  • Winner 2013 TIFF Irving Avrich Emerging Filmmaker Award (for Alex Pugsley & Melanie Windle)

  • Winner Best Male Performance (Ennis Esmer) in a Feature at 2015 Canadian Comedy Awards

  • Winner Best Female Performance (Lauren Ash) in a Feature at 2015 Canadian Comedy Awards

  • Nominated for Best Canadian Feature at 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Nominated for Best Performance Actor Male (Ennis Esmer) at 2015 ACTRA Awards

  • Nominated for Best Performance Actor Female (Lauren Ash) at 2015 ACTRA Awards

  • Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Song) at 2015 Canadian Screen Awards

“Pugsley has assembled an engaging cast, with particularly strong performances by Ennis Esmer as gentle romantic Sean, who’s pet name is Smoothie, and soulmate Carol (Lauren Ash), who’s pet name is (for good reason) Crunchy. Then there’s Melissa Hood as the wry and worldly Caprice and Jefferson Brown nicely understated as an aging Lothario named Gordo… The dialogue crackles throughout with profanity, wise cracks and well-observed truisms as the players variously grapple with infidelity, STDs and achieving orgasm.”

Toronto Star

© 2025 by Alex Pugsley.

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