Léon is old, his body is letting him down. And so he sleeps. Yet above all, Léon dreams. Of love and sausages, of freedom and running wild. A real dog’s life.
AWARDS
Literacy Jury Prize for Best Short Film Without Dialogues
Longues vues sur le court, Canada, 2022
SELECTIONS
Palm Springs ShortFest, USA, 2022
Atlantic Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Saint Severin Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Adelaide Film Festival, Australia, 2022
Filmets Badalona, Spain, 2022
FICFA - Acadia International Francophone Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Longues vues sur le court, Canada, 2022
Rendez-Vous Quebec Cinema, Canada, 2023
FIFEM - Montreal International Children's Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Boulder International Film Festival, USA, 2023
Dawson City Short Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Courts d'un soir, Canada, 2023
Petaluma Movie Fest, USA, 2023
RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards, Canada, 2023
Interfilm Berlin, Germany, 2023
Francophone Short Films in Harlem, USA, 2024
Director: Roger Gariépy
Script Roger Gariépy
Cast: Léon the dog
DOP: Samuel Trudelle - Andre Turpin
Sound: Mathieu Morin - Luc Prefontaine
Editing: Louis Dagenais
Music Jeannot Bournival and Tir le Coyote
Production: Roger Gariépy
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
16/9/5.1
DCP, Pro Res
A graduate of the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL), Roger Gariépy has made his mark in the world of advertising. His career has taken him from Bos advertising agency, where he was a partner, to Tokyo, where he was a member of the creative management committee of the Dentsu group. Inducted into the A2C Hall of Fame (the Association of Quebec Creative Agencies), he is responsible for some memorable advertising campaigns and has left an indelible mark on the industry. Following the sale of his company to the Dentsu group, Roger Gariépy devoted himself to making short films. At the same time, he is the founder and artistic director of the "Court sur Place" short film festival, which presents an annual retrospective of films from Quebec, Canada and around the world. The event is held at La Petite Place des Arts in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Mauricie.