Synopsis
When the fireworks inflame the memory of a war survivor.
Festivals
AWARDS
FIPRESCI International Critics Prize
REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2020.
Nomination for the Best Animated Short Film Award
IRIS Gala (Quebec Cinema), Canada, 2020.
SELECTIONS
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), Canada, 2019: Opening movie.
Rendez-vous Quebec Cinema, Canada, 2020.
REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2020.
Vues sur mer, Gaspé, Canada, 2020.
VIS Vienna Shorts, Vienna, Austria, 2020.
Les Percéides, Perse, Canada, 2020.
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada, 2020.
Off-Courts Trouville, Francia, 2020.
Imagine Science Film Festival, USA, 2020.
Hamilton Film Festival, Canada, 2020.
UltraCinema, Mexico, 2020.
The Human World, Austria, 2020.
Plein(s) Écran(s), Canada, 2021.
Quebec Film Days in Italy, 2021.
Prismatic Ground, USA, 2021.
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, UK, 2021.
Regina International Film Festival, Canada, 2021.
Black Sea Festival, Romania, 2021.
Antimatter, Canada, 2021.
Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Switzerland, 2021.
Director: Yousra Benziane
Production: Yousra Benziane
Script: Eli Maksoudian
DOP: Alexandre Lampron
Sound: Mikhail Amadeus Plante & Yecine Meliani
Sound artist: Sacha Ratcliffe
Editing: Yousra Benziane
VFX: Karl Lemieux
Version
Original: French, English
Format
5K, 16:9, 5.1/stereo
DCP, Pro Res
Yousra Benziane is the winner of the 2019 Regard sur Montréal artistic residency where she directed the short film Nitrate. Special Bulletin (2017) was presented at the Regard Festival, on Air Canada flights, the Quebec Court program presented by SODEC at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival, and in twenty other festivals and events. The film was released at the Cinémathèque Québécoise to open Claire L'Hiver directed by Sophie Bédard Marcotte.
