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The pornographer

Gabrielle Demers / 2018 / 11 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS ENGLISH

Synopsis

Fall of 1970, an all-female film crew is about to shoot a soft-porn. Jane, the director, starts having a crush on a new girl. An eroticized power game unfolds between the filmmaker and her actress.

Cast & Crew

  • Director : Gabrielle Demers
  • Photography : Chloé Ellegé
  • Editing : Charlie Boisvert
  • Sound conception : Nataq Huault
  • Mixing sound / Music : Francis Renaud-Legault
  • Actors : Rose-Marie Perreault, Nazmiye Moutier, Marilou Richer, Safi Celidon, Marion Wiechert, Liane Decary-Chen
  • Production : Telescope Films

Genre

Fiction

Topics

LGBTQIA+, Initiation story, Sexuality

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Biography

Gabrielle Demers is a director from Lévis, a suburb of Quebec City. She holds a bachelor's degree in media arts and film. The two films (La Ronde de Minuit, Mauve Eyelid) that she made during her studies have won several awards and have been presented in several international festivals. The pornographer is his first independent film.

Filmography

  • 2017
    Paupière Mauve / 10 min.
  • 2016
    La Ronde de Minuit / 11 min.

Festivals

- 2018 -
In Competition | Flicker’s Rhode Island Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Thess Short Film Festival, Greece
In Competition | Chéries-Chéris, France
In Competition | Image + Nation, Canada

- 2019 -
In Competition | Rendez-Vous Cinéma Québec, Canada
In Competition | Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Lovers Film Festival, Torino LGBTQI Visions, Italy

- 2020 -
In Competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In Competition | Victoria Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In Competition | Victoria Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Melbourne Queer Film Fest, Australia
In Competition | Festival Émergence, Canada
In Competition | Festival MIX Milano, Italy
In Competition | VW Bus Short Film Festival, Italy
In Competition | WOMEN Media Arts and Film Festival, Australia

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