After joining a high school soccer team made up of older girls, 11-year-old Pierre-Amelia is exposed to teenager sex talk. This precipitates her sexual awakening, and she develops an unexpected, taboo crush.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Amélia Raposo, Tiago Freire Brosseau
Canada
2021
In French with English subtitles
Incest; sexually suggestive scene
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 5
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Screenwriter
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Cinematography
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Editor
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Production Design
Louisa Schabas
Original Music
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Director
Emilie Mannering
Emilie Mannering is a self-taught filmmaker from Montreal, Canada. Her award-winning short films have been screened in more than a hundred international film competitions. She was selected by the TIFF Talent Lab in 2017 and was nominated twice for the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Live Action Short Drama. Her latest short film Jarvik (2019) won the Region Skåne Short Film Award in Sweden.