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A Broken-Hearted Solstice

Fanny Lefort / 2020 / 12 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS INTERNATIONAL FRENCH, ENGLISH

Synopsis

A professional mascot named Fauve gets dumped on the summer solstice, aka the longest day of the year. The icy storm she’s plunged into doesn’t quite fit with the current heatwave.

Cast & Crew

Screenplay : Fanny Lefort
Cinematographer : Olivier Normandin
Editor : Olivier Normandin
Sound : Simon Lacelle
Sound mix : Alexis Pilon Gladu
Sound editor : Francis Gauthier
Music : Jeanseb Roux
Artistic director : Geneviève Boiteau
Production : Mimosa Films

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Comedy, Relations

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Biography

In 2016, after directing a dozen music videos and documentaries, Fanny created her first fictional web series, Bête à papa, which was broadcast on LIBTV (Illico). She also has two short films to her name: Sauce à spag (2018 – It earned the special jury mention at the Cinema on the Bayou festival in Louisiana) and A Broken-Hearted Solstice (2019).

Filmography

2018

Sauce à spag

Festivals

- 2020 -
In competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In competition | Vue dans la tête de..., Canada
In competition | Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
In competition | Vail Film Festival, USA
In competition | 48 images secondes, France
In competition | Fantasia Film Festival, Canada
In competition | Cinefest Sudbury, Canada
In competition | Show me shorts, New-Zealand
In competition | Yellowknife iInt. Film Festival, Canada
In competition | Visioni Corte Short Film Festival, Italy
In competition | International Film Festival of Wales, UK

- 2021 -
In competition | Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Canada
In competition | Made Here Showcase, USA
In competition | Cinema Sisters International Film Festival, USA
In competition | Portobello Film Festival, United Kingdom
In competition | Porto Femmes, Portugal
In competition | SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival, USA
In competition | NewWest FilmFest, Canada
In competition | North Bay Film Festival, Canada
In competition | The Quarantine Film Festival, Bulgaria
In competition | Pentedattilo Film Festival, Italy
In competition | Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia

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