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La Plage aux êtres

North American Premiere

Time, memory, and grief are explored in this close look at the preservation of an unidentified creature.

 

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Country of Origin

Canada/France

Year

2021

Language

In English and French with English subtitles

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20 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

Marion Pillas

Cinematography

Kendra McLaughlin

ANIM

Guangli Liu

Editor

Kendra McLaughlin, Yuyan Wang

Director

Kendra McLaughlin headshot, La Plage aux êtres director

Kendra McLaughlin

Kendra McLaughlin is a Canadian artist and researcher working with moving images. Her hybrid films often dialogue between inquiry and emotion, investigating how notions of memory, belonging, and trauma inform human relationships to land. She has participated in Le Fresnoy’s studio program and in Bruno Latour’s School of Political Arts (SPEAP), and received a Master’s in Human Rights from Sciences Po, and a Bachelor’s in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University.