Closed set / Pulling off a difficult scene
Presentation of: L’Inis
Spotlight on the roles that scare actors on paper but that push them to play the game. Whether it is violence, eroticism, madness; the spark must be there and create its intimacy. Behind the lens, the team (reduced) discreetly catch these fragile and ephemeral moments. Once the camera is set to off, we watch the screen and can’t recognize it. The magic worked. Meet those who make cinema an art that reaches, troubles, chills. Warning: taboos are forbidden.
Jean Hamel
Host
Jean Hamel made a name for himself in the field of culture and communications for over 25 years. He has led the Association pour le jeune cinéma québécois and the Festival international du film Super 8 du Québec. He then worked for the Institut québécois du cinéma and the Cinémathèque québécoise before joining the INIS.
Isabelle Blais
Actress
Since her graduation from the Conservatoire d’art dramatique, Isabelle Blais leads a successful career. In 2007, she marked audiences with her role of Kiki in Borderline (dir. Lyne Charlebois) for which she was awarded the Jutra Award for Best Actress as well as being nominated at the Genie Awards 2009. A passionate artist, she then obtains several roles on television and at the theatre, in addition to being the voice and writer of the Caïman Fu band, for over a decade.
Sophie Dupuis
Director
A native of Val-d’Or, the young screenwriter and director studied at Concordia and at UQAM. She has several short films to her credit, including the touching Félix et Malou, nominated at the Jutra 2011. Furthermore, Sophie Dupuis was involved in the Wapikoni Mobile project as a filmmaker trainer. After finishing Struggle, her latest short movie, presented at REGARD this year, she started working on the development of an interactive web fiction and writing her first feature film.
Guy Édoin
Director
Guy Édoin studied script development at UQAM in 2000 and cinema at the Université of Montréal in 2003. He then worked on directing Les Affluents, a short film trilogy of which the first part, The Bridge, was presented at the 24th Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, whereas The Dead Water won the Jutra for Best Short Movie in 2007. His first feature film Wetlands was a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2011.
Patrick Hivon
Actor
Patrick Hivon distinguishes himself in all spheres of acting, whether its theatre, cinema or television. He first made a name for himself in several TV productions including Lance et compte (2002) and Temps dur (2004). On the big screen, he played in several short films, alongside director Guy Édoin, among others, before landing the role of the son in Crying Out from Robin Aubert. Very recently, he played Paquin in L’affaire Dumont, directed by Podz.
Steve Asselin
Director of photography
A native of Québec, Steve was always entranced by images and began his career by meeting Francis Leclerc. He was director of photography on the feature films Québec-Montréal (2002), Looking for Alexander (2004), Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005), Borderline (2007), A No-Hit No-Run Summer (2007) and Crying out (2009). Recently, he was the man behind the images of TV series Les Rescapés II and Apparences for which he was awarded the Gémeaux for Best Photo Direction.