May We Sleep Soundly
Synopsis
Winter is relentless. Something happened. In the heart of the woods, on the mountainsides, in the streets and even inside the houses, a strange silence has taken over. Is there even one soul left to bear witness of the recent event?
Festivals
- Toronto International Film Festival - Canada, 2015
- Vancouver International Film Festival - Canada, 2015
- Festival du nouveau Cinéma - Montreal, Canada, 2015
- Pravo Ljudski - Sarajevo, 2015
- Entrevues Belfort - France, 2015
- Berlin Critics' Week - Germany 2016
- Rendez-Vous du cinéma Québécois - Montreal, Canada, 2016
- Calgary Underground Film Festival - Canada, 2016
- European Art Media Festival - Germany, 2016
- Jeonju International Film Festival - South Korea, 2016
- Winnipeg underground Film Fest - Winnipeg, Canada, 2016
- Pacific Meridian - Vladivostock, Russia, 2016
- Underdox International experimental festival - Munich, Germany, 2016
Director: Denis Côté
Script: Denis Côté
DOP: Jessica Lee Gagné
Sound design: Frédéric Cloutier and Bernard Gariépy-Strobl
Editing Daniel Karolewicz
Production: Denis Côté
Version
Original: No dialogue
Format
DCP, 1:85, 2K, 5.1 sound
In the 90s, he shot some fifteen short films, then worked as a journalist and film critic before directing his first feature Les états nordiques in 2005. His 4th feature, Carcasses (2009), was presented at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, while Curling, won top honors at the Locarno Festival in 2010. Vic+Flo ont vu un ours (2013) won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in Germany for its innovation. Also at the Berlinale, he presented four features in the Official Competition. Denis Côté's singular films have been shown at hundreds of cinematic events, as well as being the subject of some forty retrospectives around the world.
