SEULAt times funny and downright wacky, tender and melancholy, these films share a common theme: solitude. But what often remains is their peek into eccentricity and the off-kilter portrait of society it affords.
Following a nuclear explo- sion that alters the voices of all an island’s inhabitants, a Finnish journalist goes there seeking a hermit with mysterious powers.
Short film , Fiction
CANADA | 6 minutes | 2015
At the end of his rope, Leonard Higgins Jr. crawls out of solitude with a plan to visit the old neighbourhood. Sleep- deprived and breathless, everything in Higgy Wants In conspires to blur the lines between documentary and fiction.
CANADA | 14 minutes | 2014
Maurice Delacroix, an arrogant mathematician, is convinced he’s had a curse put on him by Marc-Antoine, the Down’s syndrome cashier at a butcher shop.
CANADA | 8 minutes | 2015
Montreal, December 31, 1933. On the snowy corner of Sainte-Catherine and De La Montagne streets, excited passersby prepare to celebrate. Through the Ogilvy’s department store win- dow, a young woman watches them with envy. Loosely adapted from the short story The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen.
CANADA | 20 minutes | 2015
A woman seeks shelter in an abandoned cottage when her camping trip is interrupted by a storm. She discreetly settles in, but ends up disturbing a her- mit’s tranquility. The Canoe is a lyrical allegory about personal discovery and freedom.
A poetic home movie offers four portraits of an exceptional family of eccentrics, each busy pursuing their daily routine. Between fiction and reality, an offbeat essay on solitude within a family unit only united by blood.
CANADA | 11 minutes | 2015
A homeless takes refuge in an abandoned barn. During the night, facing this cold and desolate universe, the man faces himself, his regret and his faith.
CANADA | 24 minutes | 2015
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