It’s the day before the big move. Alice is packed and ready. Jab is not.
Hugo Pires, Éva Daoust, Léa Desrosiers
Canada
2025
In French with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Aubert Sénéchal, William Pagé
Screenwriter
Aubert Sénéchal
Cinematography
Aubert Sénéchal
Editor
Aubert Sénéchal
Production Design
Julianne LeBel
Original Music
Aubert Sénéchal
Aubert Sénéchal
Aubert Sénéchal is a filmmaker, cinematographer, and music composer from Quebec City. A graduate of Concordia University in film production, his artistic practice explores themes of nostalgia, family, home, and anxiety-inducing spaces. He co-founded Les films du Balcon with William Pagé, and together they have been producing films since 2021. His latest short film, Jabber (2026), captures the strange and melancholic feeling of being frozen inside the 3D scan of a former apartment.
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