Fly, Fly Sadness
Synopsis
Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a hermit with mysterious powers.
Festivals
- Festival du nouveau cinéma - Montreal, Canada 2015
- 8th annual Imagine Science Film Festival - New York, USA, 2015
- L'alternativa - Barcelone, Spain, 2015
- Séquences courts métrages - Toulouse, 2015
- Rendez-Vous du cinéma Québécois - Montreal, Canada 2016
- Edinburgh International Film Festival - Edinburgh, UK 2016
- Vienna Independent Short Film Festival - Vienna, Austria 2016
- Encounters International Short Film Festival - Bristol, UK
Director Miryam Charles
Script Miryam Charles
Cast: Josue Mesfarewell, Wenda Mesfarewell, Helene Mesfarewell, Myrta Mesfarewell, Edith Charles, Milca Charles, and Miryam Charles
DOP: Miryam Charles
Sound design: Miryam Charles and Luc Boudrias
Editing: Miryam Charles
Art direction: Josue Mesdieu, Milca Charles
Original music: Miryam Charles
Production: Chimney Two
Producers: Miryam Charles and Michael Yaroshevsky
Version
Original: French
Subtitle: English
Format
DCP, 1:85, 2K, sound 2.0
From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature films. She is also the director of several short films. Her films have been presented in various festivals in Quebec and internationally. She has just completed the direction of her first feature film This House. Her work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.
