Canada
2021
In French with English subtitles
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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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The Old Oak
The local pub is virtually the last community gathering place in an impoverished northern town. when an influx of Syrian refugees stokes xenophobic backlash, TJ, the bar's owner steps up and help the newcomers -- to the anger of some of his regulars.
A Difficult Year
The latest from the jackpot writing-directing team Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano (Les Intouchables; The Specials) is a buddy comedy which finds a wryly original perspective on the serious theme of climate change denialism.
The End of Evangelion
"One of the most beautiful, inventive, and poignant works in anime" (Anime News Network), this legendary 1997 feature has never been released to North American theatres before. An apocalyptic fantasia that has to be seen to be believed.
Credits
Producer
François Harvey
Screenwriter
François Harvey
Cinematography
Christine Lavoie, François Harvey, Louis Moulin
Editor
François Harvey
Original Music
François Harvey
Director
Photo by Christine Lavoie
François Harvey
Born in 1979 in Chicoutimi, François Harvey is a musician and filmmaker from the Quebec underground scene. His cinematic approach lies at the frontiers of direct cinema and experimental cinema. He is active in the independent film industry and teaches sound design at Cégep de Jonquière and Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). He directed several experimental films under the banner of Post Grunge Production.