Dan, a nimble-fingered pickpocket, is accompanied by his cousin Pinpin for 24 hours.
Dominick Rustam, Aksel Leblanc, France Pilotte, Tiffany Mothambault, Juliette Gariépy, Mattis Savard-Verhoeven, Antoine Nicolas
Canada
2026
In French with English subtitles
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Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright?
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Credits & Director
Producer
Antoine Rivard-Nolin, Guillaume Laurin, Romain F. Dubois
Screenwriter
Romain F. Dubois
Cinematography
Ménad Kesraoui
Editor
Romain F. Dubois, Guillaume Marin
Original Music
Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse
Romain F. Dubois
Romain F. Dubois is a Montreal-based filmmaker with a background in animation, drawing, and music videos. His work explores love, marginality, and mystery through a free and ever-poetic aesthetic, and his first solo film, Skinny Bottines, was selected for the 2026 Semaine de la Critique.
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