Saturday March 13th > 9:30 pm > Salle François-Brassard

"C'est tellement long de préparer un film. Voilà plusieurs mois que je suis femme de mots (entre quelques scénarios) et les images me manquent.

Arrive alors, tombée du ciel entre deux rafales de neige : votre téméraire invitation...

Faire un film là, tout de suite? MIIIIAM...

C'est ni plus ni moins qu'avec gourmandise que je dis OUI à cette décadente aventure!

Je suis affamée d'images et assoiffée de tournage, prête au festin.

J'attends impatiemment que vous mettiez la table (soyez généreux de vos idées pas de censure).

Et je vous avertis : je mange avec les mains."

- Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

IMPROVISED FILM
48 HOURS AND NOT ONE SECOND TO WASTE

The improvised film has become a tradition and is always a stunt exercise. First, a much reduced professional team commits itself to a 48hours marathon of spontaneous creation including: writing, filming, editing and sound-tracking. Then, the director and team have to follow specific instructions concerning shooting locations, accessories, cinematographic style, characters’ features and cue lines proposed by the public on opening night. The result, a culminating moment, is presented on the Saturday night at the end of the Festival’s program in front of a thrilled and grateful crowd which impatiently expects the final WORK. Sleepless night and vertigo guaranteed!

Choice of constraints > Thursday March 11th > 6 pm

BIOGRAPHY of Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

From Honduras to Argentina, through Tanzania, Biarritz and Palestine, ANAIS BARBEAU-LAVALETTE has seen a lot. Her very committed documentary films have taken her to the four corners of the planet and been appreciated in many cinema events. Le Ring, her first fiction feature, selected in many festivals around the world, has received excellent reviews. For the last five years, she has participated in the marvellous Wapikoni Mobile adventure which trains young natives in the 7th art, while working on a wide array of projects where society and politics meet head-on, such as on the website « unissonsnosvoix.ca » where artists and citizens are invited to speak for 30 seconds against prime minister Harper. She’s preparing the publication of her first novel, titled Boxing Day.