Things I Do for Money is a 2019 Canadian crime film, directed by Warren P. Sonoda.Jordan Pinto, "Warren P. Sonoda on doing ‘everything you’re not supposed to’ on his 11th feature". Playback, August 11, 2020. The film stars Theodor Aoki and Maximilian Aoki as two cello-playing brothers in Hamilton, Ontario, who become embroiled in the criminal underworld when a bag of money belonging to a criminal hitman accidentally ends up in their possession.Liam Lacey, "Things I Do for Money: Kooky Canuck Family Crime Drama Saved by Blissful Music". Original Cin, August 12, 2020.
The film was the first-ever acting role for both Theodor and Maximilian Aoki, real-life sibling cellists from Hamilton who also composed the film's score.Graham Rockingham, "Director Warren P. Sonoda returns to Hamilton to film crime drama with city’s cello-playing Aoki brothers". Hamilton Spectator, August 17, 2020. Their father, Edward Aoki, also has a supporting role in the film as another hitman;Volkmar Richter, "The movies have a summer after all with Russell Crowe, Jamie Foxx, and a singer’s tour of the real Africa". National Observer, August 14, 2020. the film's cast also includes Yodit Tewoderos, Rhett Morita, Jennifer Lynn Walton, Dax Lough, Danilo Reyes, Colette Zacca and Ali Kazmi.
The film's soundtrack includes a cello-based re-recording by Jay Semko of "Things I Do for Money", a 1987 single by Semko's band The Northern Pikes.Matt Olson, "Creative Isolation: Jay Semko steps toward the silver screen". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 17, 2020.
The film premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2019,Volkmar Richter, "Greek tragedy goes modern with Antigone, black family life in Waves and a film artist’s self portrait". Vancouver Observer, December 6, 2019. and was commercially released to video on demand platforms in August 2020 after its planned theatrical release was scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The film did, however, receive a special theatrical drive-in screening in Hamilton on July 22, 2020.
Faustine Pelipel received a nomination for Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film at the 2020 Directors Guild of Canada awards.Greg David, "Nominees announced for 19th Annual DGC Awards". TV, eh?, September 21, 2020.
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