Fiction

SURVEILLANT

17 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

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.

A WINTER SONG

36 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

A Winter Song looks into the achingly human story behind a typical Chinese-‐run dépanneur in Montréal.

SOLAR WIND

18 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

During the last days before a mass suicide of an isolated cult, Michel prepares for the ultimate transfer. Along with Louise, a co-disciple, he goes to the local department store to buy the cult’s uniforms: black jogging pants and running shoes. The movements are simple, but the body struggles to follow.

HAUT-FOND PRINCE

43 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

A frail writer is being haunted by the past of a light-house.

CURSED BE THE DAY

68 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

With a visual style reminiscent of both American Film Noir and the French Nouvelle Vague, Cursed be the day introduces in a playful manner to the world of cinema that reflects upon itself.

LADY WITH A GLASS OF MILK

15 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

Thomas, a shy single who tries to find the woman of his dreams on the internet, is greeted one night by a beautiful sleepwalker holding a glass of milk. As he tries to find out who she is, she becomes a recurrent night-time visitor, unaware of the strong desire she arises in him.