Competition 1

Télé-Québec presents
Thursday march 10th > 19 h 30 > Salle François-Brassard
Saturday march 12th > 15 h > Petit théâtre de l’UQAC

• The circus
  Quebec/France > 2010 > animation > 35 mm > 7 min 15 s

  At the hospital, a small boy whishes to share a moment of closeness with his sick mother, but a group of unknown visitors hinders his wish.

  Direction/screenplay > Nicolas Brault
  Music > Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand
  Production > Folimage, Office national du film du Canada
  Distribution > Office national du film du Canada
  Contact > [email protected]

• Vannliljer i blomst
  Flowering water lilies
  Norway > 2010 > fiction > 35 mm ou Digital Betacam > 14 min 59 s

  The suspended synchronized swimming guru Labanosov entices overweight women to join him in his mission to prove Isaac Newton wrong at the Championships.

  Direction > Emil Stang Lund
  Screenplay > Tetyana Stang Lund
  Visuals > Gaute Gunnari
  Editing > Martin Stolz
  Music > Sverre Indris Joner
  Acting > Emil Stang Lund, Nina Von Arx, Maria Golibardova, Tone Nordhagen, Anniken Skiebe Heiland, Deborah Kitchen-Døderlein, Tatyana Krivitskaya, Igor Gnezdilov, Gørild Mauseth, Bente Borglin Knudsen
  Contact > [email protected]

• Félix and Malou
  Quebec > 2009 > fiction > Digital Betacam > 15 min 28 s

  Felix and Malou are two young neighbors in a small village with large fields; each one with his own family and own thirteen years old teenager’s problems. However, between the two houses and through their differences, Felix and Malou get back together...and survive.

  Direction/screenplay > Sophie Dupuis
  Visuals > John Londono
  Editing > Myriam Magassouba
  Music > Pierre Desmarais
  Acting > Julien Marotte, Jessie-Anne Pomerleau
  Production > Metafilms
  Distribution > Travelling
  Contact > [email protected]

• The Crossing
  Quebec > 2010 > animation > .MOV ou Digital Betacam> 4 min 15 s

  The film follows a boy as he embarks upon a voyage into the night. He observes from his little boat the shore and its inhabitants. The Crossing is inspired by the anguishes that sometimes occurs at night, and that vanishes once morning comes.

  Direction/screenplay/visual/editing > Élise Simard
  Contact > [email protected]

• Geboren en Getogen
  Innate
  Netherlands > 2009 > fiction > Digital Betacam > 3 min 30 s

  Bo and Elsa are about to have a baby and, at moment of birth, Bo composes a piece of music.

  Direction/screenplay > Eelko Ferwerda
  Visual > Gregg Telussa
  Editing > Tim Roza
  Music > Bo Koek
  Acting > Marike Nieuwint, Bo Koek, Elsa May Averill
  Contact > [email protected]

• Aprilis Suskhi
  April cool
  Georgia > 2010 > fiction > Digital Betacam > 15 min

  The story of a Soviet military serviceman and a young Georgian dancer. An anti-violence film about the awakening of human instinct in an invader.

  Direction/screenplay > Tornike Bziava
  Visual > Goga Devdariani
  Editing > Alexander Kuranov, Tornike Bziava
  Music > Tamara Jordania
  Acting > Malkhaz Jorbenadze, Mirian Garuchava, Rezo Chanishvili, Levan Netsubidze
  Production > Cine Tech (Georgie)
  Distribution > Ad Astra Films
  Contact > [email protected]

• Diane Wellington
  France > 2010 > fiction > Digital Betacam > 16 min

  Diane Wellington disappeared in South Dakota in 1938 at the age of 15. She has just been found.

  Direction/screenplay/visual/editing > Arnaud Des Pallières
  Production/distribution > Les Films Hatari
  Contact > [email protected]

• The Poodle Trainer
  USA > 2009 > documentaire > VIDEO > 8 min

  In this intimate portrait of destiny, passion, and loss, Irina Markova, a solitary Russian poodle trainer, reveals her transcendent relationship with her dogs, the childhood tragedy that sparked a lifetime of working with animals, and the welcome isolation behind the red velvet curtains of the circus.

  Direction > Vance Malone
  Distribution > Station Film
  Contact > [email protected]