As evening approaches, Stevie begins his shift as the night watchman of a cryptocurrency mine.
Stevy Getz
Canada
2025
No Dialogue
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Credits & Director
Producer
Jeanne Dupuis
Screenwriter
Paul Chotel, Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Cinematography
Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Editor
Paul Chotel
Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Ariane Falardeau St-Amour is a Montreal-based director, cinematographer, and producer. In 2018 she produced and shot the feature film Mad Dog Labine, which won the Grand Prix Focus Québec/Canada in the Festival du Nouveau Cinema and the Gilles-Carle prize in the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois. In 2020 she co-directed (with Paul Chotel) and shot her first feature film, Desvío de noche, which premiered in 2022 at FID Marseille. During the research phase of her second feature film, the hybrid documentary short Sweet Captive (2025) emerged, shot spontaneously in the region of Beauce in Quebec.
Paul Chotel
Born in Paris, Paul Chotel graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in 2015. He has since been involved in a multitude of projects as a writer, editor, director, and producer. He co-wrote and co-produced Foam (2020), which premiered at the 70th Berlinale Shorts and was selected in Canada’s Top Ten at TIFF. His first feature film as a co-writer and co-director (with Ariane Falardeau St-Amour), Desvío de noche (2022), premiered at FID Marseille. Chotel is currently developing two feature films.
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