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Living Grounds

Sol vivant

VIFF Short Forum

World Premiere

Luc, a weathered corpse mover, is called upon to the scene of a suicide.

Director
Cast

Jean-Michel Anctil, Mikhail Ahooja, Michel Mpambara, Léa Girard Nadeau, Laurence Trudelle, Sophie Dion

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2025

Language

In French with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Graphic violence, self harm, drug & alcohol abuse

18+
20 min
Action Drama Family Relations Shorts
Martine aimait les films

Credits & Director

Producer

Denise Payette, Raymond Lavoie, Émile Lavoie, Camille Mongeau, Gustave Dufresne

Screenwriter

Émile Lavoie, Camille Mongeau

Cinematography

Evangelos Desborough

Editor

Louis Chevalier Dagenais

Original Music

Théo Porcet

Art Director

Mathilde Donnard, Philippe Gauvin

Emile Lavoie headshot

Emile Lavoie

Émile Lavoie is a Montreal-based director, screenwriter, and producer. He founded Martine aimait les films in 2016 after studying film at UQAM. His first short, Mourir en silence (2022) earned more than 27 festival selections and eight awards, including two at Fantasia. Living Grounds (2025) is his second short film.

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