West Canadian Premiere
In this surrealist satire, a celebratory banquet hosted for and by new mothers is disrupted by a series of strange disturbances.
Supported by
Community Partner
Mylène Mackay, Aline Winant, Juliette Gariépy, Sarah Ouimet, Ines Defossé, Noémie Lanoix, Arielle Fournier
Canada
2023
No Dialogue
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits
Producer
Patrick Francke-Sirois
Screenwriter
Edith Jorisch
Cinematography
Olivier Gossot
Editor
Louis Chevalier-Dagenais
Director
Edith Jorisch
Edith Jorisch is a Montreal-based screenwriter and director who practices her craft in film and television, both documentary and fiction. Her work offers a human, bittersweet perspective on the vices of our contemporary society. In 2017, Jorisch’s short film Awe, stood out for its hybrid style, skillfully flirting between fiction and documentary. Tibbits Hill, is an allegorical tale about music as an anti-militarist weapon. Mothers & Monsters is her newest tale on our modern society.
Filmography: L’héritier (2017); Awe (2017); Tibbits Hill (2021); Plastisapiens (2021); Mothers & Monsters (2023)
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