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Losing Your Home

Juste un toit

VIFF Short Forum

Two women battle eviction notices from their respective homes.

 

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Director
Featuring

Frances Foster, Jeannette Chiasson

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2024

Language

In French with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+
20 min
Documentary Human Rights & Social Justice Shorts

Credits & Director

Producer

Romane Gagnon

Screenwriter

Alexandre Petitclerc

Cinematography

Thomas Fontaine

Editor

Jérémie Mazan

Original Music

Benjamin Duplantie Grenier

Emmanuel Rioux headshot; Losing Your Home director

Emmanuel Rioux

Emmanuel directed his first fiction short film, Cendres (2022), which was shown at several festivals. In the last year, he also directed the second season of the web series Moi, j’habite nulle part (2019) which was nominated for three prizes at the 2023 Gémeaux Awards. Juste un toit (2024) is his first documentary short film.

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