Paying for It

2026-10-13T00:00:00-07:00

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Paying for It

October 18 @ 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

| $25

Sunday, October 18, 2026 – 7:00pm
Screening of the 2024 Feature Film
Co-Writer & Director Sook-Yin Lee will be in attendance. Joining them will be composer, Dylan Gamble, and supporting actor, Becky Johnson.

Paying for It is a 2024 film adaptation of acclaimed Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown’s 2011 graphic novel of the same name. The book follows the dissolution of Brown’s romantic relationship with Sook-Yin Lee and his transition into exclusively paying for sex. For the film adaptation, Lee has added in the details of her life at the time and directed a thoughtful look into sex work, love, desire openness and Toronto at the turn of the millenium. Starring Dan Beirne (The 20th Century, Fargo, Priscilla), Emily Lê (Riceboy Sleeps, Mile End Kicks) and Andrea Werhun (Modern Whore).

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sook-Yin Lee, composer Dylan Gable and supporting actor Becky Johnson, moderated by Spectacular Optical’s Kier-La Janisse.

Presented by Becky Johnson and Spectacular Optical with support from Ptarmigan Arts, Hawkeye Films and Crave Canada.

https://www.payingforitfilm.com/

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