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I, Sun

World Premiere

A sun worshipper’s commitment grows desperate when he catches a sunflower turning towards him.

 

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Director
Cast

Bernard Fortin

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

No Dialogue

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12 min

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VIFF Short Forum: Program 6

Cinematic form is given to life’s big mysteries: luck and fate, love and loss, and the spiritual supernatural.

 

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Credits

Producer

Alexe Laroche

Screenwriter

Julien Falardeau

Cinematography

Xavier Bossé

Editor

Zoé Guèvremont

Original Music

Sandro Guédy

Art Director

Marie-Pier Desfossés

Director

Julien Falardeau headshot, I, Sun director

Julien Falardeau

Julien Falardeau’s first touch with directing was through documentary short films such as De sang et d’urine (2019) and 9000 TOURS (2019), made during his studies at L’École des Médias at Université du Québec à Montréal. Human experience, anthropology, and the filmmaking language are themes that tint his artistic process. I, Sun (2022) is his first fiction short film.