To Be Eighteen (The War)
Synopsis
In this cinematic essay, the filmmaker intertwines imagery from her own daily life with the memories of Lisa (Yelyzaveta), an 18-year-old Ukrainian who lived in Montreal for a few months. Two strangers, so far yet so close.
Festivals
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Festival Regard, Canada, 2025 (World Premiere)
Directed by: Romane Pilote Lamontagne
Written by: Romane Pilote Lamontagne & Yelyzaveta Kibalchych
DOP: Romane Pilote Lamontagne & Yelyzaveta Kibalchych
Editing: Romane Pilote Lamontagne
Sound: Dominic Walther Battista
Music: Antoine Gallois & Isabelle Gaudreau
Production: Romane Pilote Lamontagne
Version
Original Ukrainian with English or French subtitles
Format
4:3 / Surround 5.1
HD
ProRes, DCP
Originally from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Romane Pilote Lamontagne studies film at UQÀM. Through her work, she seeks to breathe life into fragments of memory, either by bringing them into the light or by weaving them into fiction. To Be Eighteen (The War) is her first film.
