Patrick Dorneval, Dany Boudreault
Canada
2022
In French with English subtitles
Sexually suggestive scene
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 2
Fear, doubt, and loneliness give way to pleasure, empowerment, and reclamation—or, is it the other way around?
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Credits
Producer
Nellie Carrier
Screenwriter
Gabrielle Demers
Cinematography
Chloé Ellegé
Editor
Mathieu Bouchard Malo, Charlie Boisvert
Original Music
Alexis Elina
Art Director
Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu
Director
Gabrielle Demers
Gabrielle Demers is a Montreal-based filmmaker. Her short film Iris (2017) was selected by several film festivals, including Slamdance. Her next film, The Pornographer (2018), was screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. She is currently working on the film adaptation of the novel Querelle de Roberval, written by Kevin Lambert.


