Synopsis
Two lovers collide in a frantic ballet.
Festivals
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, Canada, 2017.
- Focus Quebec - Festival Clermont Ferrand, France, 2018.
- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada, 2018.
- Regard: Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Chicoutimi, Canada, 2018.
- Festival Interactif de Cinéma de Lévis, Canada, 2018
- Jumping Frames, Hong Kong, 2018.
- 40 NORTH Dance Film Festival, San Diego, USA, 2019.
- Arts Triangle - Dance Film Festival, Dallas, USA, 2018.
- Videoskin Contemporary Dance Video Works, Whitehorse, Canada, 2018.
- Cinema on the Bayou, Lousiana, USA, 2019
- Short Waves Film Festival, Poznan, Poland, 2019.
- Screendance Spring, Spain, 2019.
Director: Vincent René-Lortie
Script: Vincent René-Lortie
Cast: Brittney Canda Gering, Aymen Benkreira
DOP: Alexandre Nour
Sound: Nataq Huault, Sébastien Boulanger
Editing: Justin Richard-Dostie
Art direction: Lou-Andréa Fiere and Stephanie Burbano
Music: Simon P. Castonguay
Production: Samuel Caron
Version
No dialogue
Format
2:39, 5.1
DCP, Pro Res, H264
Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter known for his grounded, dreamlike narratives. His work is a testament to purposeful and deeply personal storytelling, intended to make his audience reflect on themes such as mental health and childhood. He is a graduate of Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, and is a member of the Young Guns ’20 class, an award ceremony dedicated to creatives under 30 from across the globe. Invincible (2022), his debut narrative short, has been nominated at the 96th Academy Awards® for Best Live Action Short Film and won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Most recently, Vincent has been focusing on bringing to life the experimental film A Dying Tree (2024), and is developing his first feature film, You Were Always An Island.
