Dinosauria, We
Synopsis
Dinosauria, We is an experimental short film that explores the consequences of human kind corruption, ultra capitalism and the exploitation of natural ressources in a dystopian post-apocalyptic vision of the end of the world imagine by poet Charles Bukowski.
Festivals
AWARDS
Jury Special Mention - Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2023
Best Experimental Short - Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2024
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Ciné-club Temps d'écran, Canada, 2024
Théâtre des Grands Bois, Canada, 2024
SELECTIONS
FNC - Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Canada, 2023 (World Premiere)
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2023
Festival SPASM, Canada, 2023
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada, 2023
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, programme Kill Your Darlings, Switzerland, 2023
IndieCork, Ireland, 2023
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2024
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2024
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2024
Festival Vues sur mer, Canada, 2024
Festival du Film de l'Outaouais, Canada, 2024
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Art Film Kosice International Film Festival, Slovakia, 2024
MECAL - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Festival Les Percéides, Canada, 2024
OFF-COURTS Trouville, France, 2024
Festival international du film insolite de Rennes-le-Chateau, France, 2024
FCVQ - Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada, 2024
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2024
PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2024
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon, 2024
Balneário Camboriú International Film Festival, Brazil, 2024
Aguilar Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Minimalen Film Festival, Norway, 2025
Living with Buildings, UK, 2025
El Dorado Film Festival, USA, 2025
MTL Montage, Canada, 2025
Bref International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2025
Director: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
Script: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer, based on a poem by Charles Bukowski
Cast: Voice by Charles Bukowski
DOP: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
Editing: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
Sound: Jean-Francois Sauvé, Martin M. Messier
Music: Carl Bastien
Colorization: Olivier Séguin-Dang (Color Division)
Production: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer
Version
English original
Subtitles: French
Format
4:3/5.1
DCP, Prores
Director, screenwriter and editor, Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer has written and directed 8 short films, including Resonance and Squad Leader TD-73028 Soliloquy. All of them have been presented in various festivals both in Quebec and internationally, some of which have been awarded, among others, Zsofika, has been awarded 8 international prizes. He is currently developing his first fiction feature, Pentimenti and has just completed his last experimental short Dinosauria, We. His first feature documentary, released in 2022, 305 Bellechasse received the Yolande and Pierre Perrault prize at the last edition of Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma.
