SURVEILLANT
17 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2011Directed byYan Giroux
Produced byAnnick Blanc (Alt Collection)
LanguagesFrench
Film details
Synopsis
It’s another quiet summer day in Park Dufresne. The neighborhood teens loiter about until a young park monitor arrives for his first day of work. Tension rises as the two worlds clash in an unbalanced territorial struggle. In this impressionistic film, the banal day-to-day rituals of a suburban park take on a poetic tone through carefully planned and choreographed takes.
Credits
Screenplay : Yan Giroux
Direction of Photography : Ian Lagarde
Sound Editing : Marie-Pierre Grenier
Editing : Yan Giroux
Music : Marie-Hélène L. Delorme.
Cast : Olivier Leduc, Manuel Aubé-Perron, Claudia Laureau, Martin Dubreuil.
Production : Annick Blanc (Alt Collection)
Financial Partners
SODEC
Conseil des Arts du Canada
Direction
Yan Giroux
Working in both documentary and fiction, Yan Giroux’s films emphasize the cinematic experience. Frequently employing long sequence shots, Giroux explores the temporality and geography of spaces in his films. He has directed three feature-length documentaries and several short dramatic works. Surveillant (2011) was presented in competition at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in 2012, before winning the prize for Best Short Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Mi niña mi vida (2013) was also selected for Sundance, before travelling to festivals around the world.
Filmography
Lost Paradise Lost (2017 / 24 min)
Mi niña mi vida (2013 / 19 min)
Surveillant (2011 / 17 min)
Français – Un 14 juillet à Marseille (2011 / 86 min)
Synchro (2009 / 3 min)
Elegant (2009 / 84 min)
I need to talk to my father (2007 / 17 min)
Cubanos Life and Death of a Revolution (2007 / 82 min)
Autoportrait à la dent (2003 / 6 min)