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Heat wave

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

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
FICFA - Festival International du Film Francophone en Acadie, Canada
Festival Chéris-Chéris, France
Image + Nation, Canada

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

- 2023 -
Sunny Bunny, Kiyv, Ukraine

- 2024 -
Beijing Queer Film Festival, Beijing, Chine

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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