Synopsis
Every week, Raquel (41), a Brazilian immigrant, visits her friend Madeleine (107) in her retirement home in Montreal and tries to convince her to get out of the house. The senior woman refuses: she has nothing else to do outside. Raquel doesn't give up and finds a way to bring Madeleine with her on a road trip to the sea. The result is a journey that plays with reality and fiction and brings a reflection on life, death and the certainty that there is always something to learn along the way.
Festivals
AWARDS
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS, CANADA, 2024.
IRIS FOR BEST ANIMATED SHORT OR MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM
GALA IRIS (Québec Cinéma), CANADA, 2023.
WINNER - PCCQ SHORT
PRIX COLLÉGIAL DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS, CANADA, 2024.
FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL CRITICS' AWARD
REGARD - SAGUENAY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
ANIMATED FILM SUMMITS, CANADA, 2023.
BEST CHARACTER AWARD
ANIMATED FILM SUMMITS, CANADA, 2023.
BEST SHORT FILM FROM QUEBEC
LES PERCEIDES FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
GRAND PRIZE FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM*Qualification for the Oscar race*
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
GRAND JURY PRIZE *Oscar race qualification*
UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, SWEDEN, 2023.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, SWEDEN, 2023.
YOUTH JURY AWARD
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D'ÉDUCATION, FRANCE, 2023.
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
FIPADOC, FRANCE, 2024
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
CINEMA ON THE BAYOU, USA, 2024
AUDIENCE AWARD
MONSTRA LISBON ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL, 2024.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
FESTIVAL FILMINISTES, CANADA, 2024.
BEST CANADIAN SHORT
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM POUR ENFANT DE MONTRÉAL, CANADA, 2024.
BEST CANADIAN SHORT
GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2024.
HONORABLE MENTION
SALT SPRING FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2024.
PUBLIC AWARD
VUES DU QUÉBEC, FRANCE, 2024.
JURY'S SPECIAL MENTION
FESTIVAL VUES SUR MER, CANADA, 2024.
BEST SHORT FILM
FESTIVAL QUEBECUÁ, SPAIN, 2024.
GRAND JURY PRIZE - SHORT FILM ANIMATION
SIFF - SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA, 2024.
2ND JURY AWARD
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE KNOWLTON, CANADA, 2024.
AUDIENCE AWARD
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE KNOWLTON, CANADA, 2024.
MARIBOR AUDIENCE GRAND PRIX
STOPTRIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND, 2024.
FESTIVALS
REGARD - SAGUENAY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
DOXA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
THE ANIMATED FILM SUMMITS, CANADA, 2023.
GIMLI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
LES PERCEIDES FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
OFF-COURTS TROUVILLE, FRANCE, 2023.
EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2023.
THESS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, GREECE, 2023.
ANIMATOU, SWITZERLAND, 2023.
CINEFFABLE, FRANCE, 2023.
CINANIMA, PORTUGAL, 2023.
PÖFF SHORTS, ESTONIA, 2023.
UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, SWEDEN, 2023.
ANIMATEKA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL, SLOVENIA, 2023.
IMAGES IN VIEW, CANADA, 2023.
FICFA - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FRENCH-LANGUAGE CINEMA IN ACADIA, CANADA, 2023.
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D'ÉDUCATION, FRANCE, 2023.
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, USA, 2023.
TIFF TOP TEN, CANADA, 2023.
CINEMA ON THE BAYOU, USA, 2024.
PLEINS ÉCRANS, CANADA, 2024.
FIPADOC - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, FRANCE, 2024.
REFRAME FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2024.
ANIMATION FIRST FILM FESTIVAL, USA, 2024.
RENDEZ-VOUS QUÉBEC CINÉMA, CANADA, 2024.
CARROUSEL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE RIMOUSKI, CANADA, 2024.
TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL, FINLAND, 2024.
FIFEM - MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2024.
FESTIVAL FILMINISTES, CANADA, 2024.
KABOOM ANIMATION FESTIVAL, NETHERLANDS, 2024.
MONSTRA, LISBON ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL, 2024.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM WEEK REGENSBURG, GERMANY, 2024.
VUES SUR MER FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2024.
VUES DU QUÉBEC, FRANCE, 2024.
DAWSON CITY FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA, 2024.
FESTIVAL QUEBECUÁ, SPAIN, 2024.
FRANCOPHONE SHORT FILMS IN HARLEM, USA, 2024.
FESTIVAL PLEIN LA BOBINE, FRANCE, 2024.
IMMAGINARIA, ITALY, 2024.
SIFF - SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA, 2024.
ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL, CZECH REPUBLIC, 2024.
FESTIVAL COURT SUR PLACE, CANADA, 2024.
DOCUDAYS, UKRAINE, 2024.
PALM SPRINGS SHORT FEST, USA, 2024.
MECAL - BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL, SPAIN, 2024.
CINÉMA SOUS LES ÉTOILES, CANADA, 2024.
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE KNOWLTON, CANADA, 2024.
STOPTRIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND, 2024.
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Director: Raquel Sancinetti
Script: Raquel Sancinetti
DOP: Stéphanie-Anne Weber Biron
Sound: Sacha Ratcliffe
Editing: Sharron Mirsky, Raquel Sancinetti
Music: Sacha Ratcliffe
Costumes: Laurence Thibault, Audrey Rainville, Dominique Cote
Production: Raquel Sancinetti
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
16/9/5.1
DCP, ProRes, H264
Raquel is a Brazilian-Canadian filmmaker living in Montreal. With a background in film post-production, she earned her degree in Film Animation at Concordia University in 2013. Since then, she has been working on independent films. Her latest work, the animated documentary short film Madeleine (2023) was selected to 40+ festivals (Hot Docs, Slamdance, Regard) and has won 11 awards, including Best Documentary Short at Edmonton International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at Uppsala Short Film Festival, that made the film eligible for the Oscars.
