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À toi les oreilles

Alexandre Isabelle / 2024 / 13 min. / Canada / FRENCH / Canada

Synopsis

While the townsfolk are celebrating the village's anniversary parade, Étienne tries the impossible: to show them how beautiful his family’s cacophony really is.

Cast & Crew

Screenplay : Alexandre Isabelle
Cinematographer : Isabelle Stachtchenko
Editor : Myriam Magassouba
Sound : Guillaume Daoust
Sound mix : Jean Paul Vialard
Sound editor : Olivier Calvert
Music : Mathieu Robineau & Dâvi Simard
Artistic director : Pier Ann St-Jean
Cast : Bruno Bouchard, Gaston Lepage, Marie-Ginette Guay, Dâvi Simard, Gabrielle Bouthillier, Jean-François Berthiaume, Benoit Fortier, Luc Proulx

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Family, Music

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Biography

Quebec City filmmaker and philosophy teacher Alexandre Isabelle envisions his short films as aphorisms. Through their poetry, he seeks to inspire existential reflections. His short The Sugaring Off, which has earned him the most accolades yet, convinced him to establish his own production company, Silène Films, in order to create more works in line with his artistic vision. Since 2021, his short Therefore, Socrates Is Mortal continues its tour of national and international festivals. 2024 will be the year of the release of his new short À toi les oreilles.

Festivals

- 2024 -

SXSW, USA
Festival REGARD,Québec
Tribeca Film Festival, USA
Palm Springs Short Film Festival, USA
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), USA
Indy Shorts, USA
Les Percéides, Québec
Off-Court Trouville, France
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA | Dr. J. Gerald Lamoureux Award for Best short film
Shorts Mexico - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Mexico, Mexique
DC Shorts Film Festival, USA
Saint-Séverin Film Festival, Québec
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (FCVQ), Québec | Prix du meilleur court métrage
Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, Alberta
Funcinema - International Comedy Film Festival, Mar del Plata, Argentine | Mejor Dirección
Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada
FilmFest Sundsvall, Sundsvall, Suède
Indiecork, Cork, Ireland
Kerry International Film Festival, Killarney, Irlande
San Jose International Short Film Festival, San Jose, USA
Naples International Film Festival, Naples, USA
Edinburgh Short Film Festival - Carte Blanche Regard, Edimbourg, Ecosse
Festival Images en vues, Îles de la Madeleine, Québec
Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Berne, Suisse
Cinémental, Winnipeg, Canada | Mention spéciale
Cinemania, Montréal, Québec
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA), Moncton, Canada
Braunschweig International Film Festival, Braunschweig, Allemagne
Sound Unseen Film, Minneapolis, MN
International Izmir Short Film Festival, Izmir, Turquie
Sainte-Claire fait son cinéma, Sainte-Claire, Québec
Cinéfest Jersey - Alliance française Jersey , Jersey
Plein(s) Écran(s), Montréal, Québec
Cinema On The Bayou, Lafayette, Louisiane | Best Narrative Short
Vues dans la tête ... Rivière-du-loup, Québec
RVQC, Montréal, Canada
Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, Turin, Italie
Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival, Cincinnatti, USA | Narrative Short Award

Director's statement

This film claims my family’s right to take part in the parade aboard a crazy allegorical float, the right to have crazy dreams, the right to the craziness of ruling just for a film

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