In March 2015, three paintings by Matt Jaeborn were auctioned at Christies in London. These paintings are surprising: they are paint by number made when the artist was a child. The tryptic takes off for $14 million. 14 million for three paint by number tableaux! Who is behind this crazy purchase? The major collectors? The Russian mafia? The painter himself? A fascinating investigation that uncompromisingly addresses the excesses of contemporary art.
AWARDS
Prix du jury - Best Quebec Short Film
Images en vue, Canada, 2020
Audience Award
Images en vue, Canada, 2020
FESTIVALS
Festival international du film sur l'art, Canada, 2019
Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA, 2019
Fantasia Film festival, Montreal, Canada, 2019
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Quebec, Canada, 2019
Hamptons International Film Festival, Hamptons, USA, 2019
Filmest Badalona Film Festival, Badalona, Spain, 2019
Hamilton Film Festival, Canada, 2019
FICFA - Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Moncton, Canada, 2019
Pittsburgh Short Film Festival, USA, 2019
Plein(s) Écran(s), 2020
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2020
RVQC - Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2020
Kingston Canadian Film Fest, 2020
Sonoma International Film Festival, USA, 2020
Images en vue, Canada, 2020
Festival On vous ment, France, 2021
Director: Roger Gariépy
Script: Roger Gariépy
Cast: David Lieber (Matt Jaeborn) Anne Dorval (narrator/narrator)
DOP: Roger Gariépy
Sound: Mathieu Morin, Maxime Vermette
Editing: Amélie Labrèche
Music: Anaïs Larocque
Art direction: Roger Gariépy
Production: Roger Gariépy
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
HD, 1:85, 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.