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The Sugaring Off

Alexandre Isabelle / 2016 / 15 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS ENGLISH

Synopsis

Bernard is an austere man whose sole occupation is to care for his beloved Line, who is very ill. Their son organizes a sugaring off party that forces Bernard to reconnect with the exhilaration of spring.

Cast & Crew

  • Direction : Alexandre Isabelle
  • Screenplay : Alexandre Isabelle
  • Direction of photography : Isabelle Stachtchenko
  • Editing : Élisabeth Olga Tremblay
  • Sound : Laurent Ouellette
  • Music : Alain Lamontagne
  • Mixing sound : Jérôme Boiteau
  • Artistic direction : Alexandra Bégin
  • Colors grading : Charles Boileau

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Food and nutrition, Family, Initiation story, Health, Elderly

Trailer

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Biography

Professor of philosophy, Alexandre enters the world of cinema through the door of writing. After some screenwriting experiences, he decides to go behind the camera to bring his imagination to its full potential. For him, creation and reflection respond to the same desire, that of "exhausting the field of the possible".

Filmography

  • 2015
    Le serrement / 12 min.

Festivals

- 2016 -
In Competition | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada
In Competition | Indie Cork Film Festival, Ireland

- 2017 -
Special Screening | Panorama des Cinémas du Présent, Canada
In Competition | Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois et Francophone de Vancouver, Canada
In Competition | Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Canada
In Competition | REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Festival 48 Images Seconde, France
In Competition | Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
In Competition | Reel Shorts Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Palm Springs Short Fest, USA
In Competition | Rhode Island Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Les Percéides, Canada
In Competition | Guanajuato Film Festival Mexique
Special Screening | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada
In Competition | Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Bogota Short Film Festival, Colombia

- 2018 -
In Competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In Competition | Wandering Wheel, USA
In Competition | Newport Beach Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Festival Intéractif du Cinéma de Lévis, Québec
In Competition | Longue vue sur le court, Canada

- 2019 -
In Competition | Seoul International Short Film Festival, South Korea

Awards

Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec - 2016

- Prix du public - Courts métrages, présenté par MAtv

- Bourse à la création des cinéastes de Québec, présentée par Spira

Photos

The Sugaring Off - Alexandre Isabelle - 2016
The Sugaring Off - Alexandre Isabelle - 2016

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