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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Credits
Producer
Sophie Ricard-Harvey, Charlotte Beaudoin-Poisson
Screenwriter
Camille Trudel
Cinematography
Antoine Ryan
Editor
Myriam Magassouba
Production Design
Louisa Schabas
Original Music
Sacha Ratcliffe
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.


