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Heat wave

Fanny Perreault / 2019 / 15 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS ENGLISH

Synopsis

Summer 1997. The summer plan of Lea is falling. It is with a broken leg and a low enthusiasm that she begins the heat wave of July, stuck in a dreary bungalow of the suburb. However, while looking at his sister’s room, she discovers an opening to a whole new universe that will bring her to the door of her adolescence.

Cast & Crew

  • Screenplay : Fanny Perreault
  • Cinematographer : Nina Bouchard
  • Editor : Fanny Perreault
  • Sound : Alexandre Laberge
  • Sound mix : Ludovic Fleury
  • Sound editor : Ludovic Fleury
  • Artistic director : Pier-Ann St-Jean
  • Cast : Sasha Solomonova, Valérie Cross, Valérie Laroche, Jérémy Tessier, Thomas Dufour, Laurence Beaulieu, Lisandre Chrétien, Emmanuelle Roy
  • Production : Productions Phare Bleu

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Youth, LGBTQIA+, Initiation story

Trailer

Biography

Fanny Perreault is a resident of Quebec city. She’s has obtained a Cegep degree in cinema (Cegep Fançois-Xavier Garneau) and a bachelor’s degree from University Laval in Literary, which help her develop her ability in photography, has a sound man, in editing, fiction writing and narrative construction.

Festivals

- 2019 -
Local talent award for short films | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada
In Competition | FICFA - Festival International du Film Francophone en Acadie, Canada
In Competition | Festival Chéris-Chéris, France
In Competition | Image + Nation, Canada

- 2020 -
In Competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In Compétition | Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
In Competition | Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | BUFF Malmö Film Festival, Sweden
In Competition | Festival Tout Court !, Italy
In Competition | Short film breaks, Romania
In Competition | Festival Émergence, Canada
In Competition | 48 images seconde, France
In Competition | Rising Sun International Film Festival, Japan
In Competition | Ale Kino!, Poland

Awards

- 2019 -
Local talent award for short films | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada

Information

The original version with english subtitles is not available online.

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