Films catalogue

Babatoura

Guillaume Collin / 2021 / 11 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS INTERNATIONAL FRENCH, FRENCH, ENGLISH

Synopsis

Benoit and Catherine, a couple in their late twenties, go to his parents' house for dinner. It is with surprise and apprehension that they learn that the whole family is invited for supper and that the evening may not go as planned!

Cast & Crew

  • Screenplay : Tania Gagné
  • Cinematographer : Thomas Leblanc Murray
  • Editor : Guillaume Collin
  • Sound : Laurent Bédard
  • Sound mix & sound editor : Julien Éclancher
  • Music : Taylor Donaldson et Michael Johancsik
  • Artistic director : Paskale Jobin
  • Cast : David Strasbourg, Catherine Paquin-Béchard, Diane Lavallée, Roger La Rue, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Léanne Désilets et Jean-Moïse Martin.
  • Production : Katerine Lefrançois (Artémis Films)

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Comedy, Family, Relations

Trailer

Biography

Guillaume Collin is a director and producer. Co-founder of Arpent Films, he has produced many short films. He is a Berlinale Talents alumni. He has directed the short film Just You and Me. Babatoura is his first funded short film.

Filmography

  • 2019
    Me Without You / 70 min.
  • 2017
    Just You and Me / 9 min.
  • 2015
    Everything, Will Be Alright / 13 min.

Festivals

- 2021 -
In presentation | Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand / Québec créatif - Marché Clermont-Ferrand, France
In competition | REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada
In competition | LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA
In competition | Festival Fantasia, Canada
In competition | Off-Courts Trouville, France
In competition | Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival / Ciné-Québec, USA
In competition | Cinéfest Sudbury, Canada
In competition | Festival Les Percéides, Canada
In competition | Calgary International Film Festival, Canada
In presentation | Festival du Film Francophone de Namur / FIFF CAMPUS, Belgium
In competition | Bushwick Film Festival, USA
In competition | Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
In competition | Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia
In competition | Torino Film Festival, Italy

- 2022 -
In competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
In competition | Reel Canadian Film Society, Canada
In competition | Destiny City Film Festival, USA
In competition | Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois et Francophone de Vancouver, Canada
In competition | Festival of Francophone Short Films Festival in Harlem, USA
In competition | Capital City Film Festival, USA
In competition | Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
In competition | Made Here Film Festival, USA
In competition | Prends ça court, Canada
In competition | Ennesimo Film Festival, Italy
In competition | Molise Cinema, Italy
In presentation | Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada
In competition | Courts d'un soir, Canada
In competition | Portobello film fest, Italy
In competition | SorsiCorti Short Film Festival, Italy
In competition | Fifigrot, France
In competition | Guam International Film Festival (GIFF), Guam
In competition | SENE Film Festival, USA
In competition | SorsiCorti Short Film Festival, Italy
In competition | Newport Beach Film Fest, USA
In competition | Naples International Film Festival, USA
In competition | Fenêtres sur court, France
In competition | Festival cinéma québécois de Biscarrosse, France
In competition | Ouaga Côté Court, Burkina Faso
In competition | Macau International Short Film Festival, China

- 2023 -
In competition | Big Water Film Festival, USA
In competition | Wiz-Art - Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
In competition | Le mois de la francophonie, Morocco
In competition | Le mois de la francophonie, Belgium

Awards

- 2021 -
Torino 39 Corti Best Film | Torino Film Festival, Italy

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