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La Galerie
Synopsis
During a nighttime visit to the museum, a woman comes across several visitors with odd behaviours. She meanders through the exhibits, driven by a vivid desire to vibrate, to feel. A painting catches her attention. She feels seized by it. Around the woman, time stands still. A wild desire to touch the painting overcomes her. Bewildered, she then falls into a surreal parallel universe. In this creative journey, she finds familiar faces with whom she shares artistic and acrobatic impulses.
Cast & Crew
- Screenplay : Olivier Lépine
- Cinematographer : Felippe Martin
- Editor : Loup-William Théberge
- Sound mix : Jérôme Boiteau
- Sound editor : Jérôme Boiteau
- Music : Fredéric Lebrasseur
- Artistic director : Géraldine Rondeau
- Cast : Pauline Bonanni, Adam Strom, Antoine Morin, Connor Patrick Houlihan, Gaël Della-Valle, William Poliquin-Simms, Jean-Philippe Cuerrier, Lyne Goulet
- Production : Sophie Dubé / Machine de Cirque
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Biography
Loup-William is a self-taught creator from Québec City who is passionate about images and has been active in multimedia production since 2014. His sensitivity to movement has led to a particular interest in body language and driven him to develop a number of collaborations with the contemporary dance and circus art communities.
Festivals
- 2021 -
FilmFest by Rogue Dancer, USA
- 2022 -
Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Canada
DanzaTTack, International Dance and DanceFilm Festival, Spain
EnCore Dance on Film, USA
Short Waves Festival (Section: Dances with Camera), Poland
FASS Forward, Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Canada
Dance :made in Canada, Canada
IMZ International Music + Media Centre / Music Film Festival, Austria
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival, Poland
Courts d'un soir, Canada
Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival, Canada | Best Film
Jumping Frames – Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival, Hong Kong
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada
Thessaloniki Cinedance International, Greece
Alexandre Trauner Art/Film Festival, Hungary
San Francisco Dance Film Festival, États-Unis
Festival International D'Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Maroc
Amarcort Film Festival, Italie | Best film MOVIE category
In Shadow, Portugal
- 2023 -
Dance Camera West, Los Angeles, USA
Screendance Miami, Miami, Floride
Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival, Lafayette, USA
Thomas Edison Film Festival, USA
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Videoskin Film Fest, Népal
Greensboro Dance Film Festival, Greensboro, USA
NYBA Dance Film Fest, New York, USA
Fait maison, Québec, Canada
Utah Dance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, USA
The Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgarie
FlorenceDanceOnScreen, Florence, Italie | Best Overall Dance Film Winners 2nd Place
Cinédanse Caraquet, Caraquet, Nouveau Brunswick
ADF’s Movies By Movers, Durham, USA
Busho Film Festival, Budapest, Hongrie
MINIKINO FILM WEEK (MFW), Denpasar, Indonésie
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Boulder, USA
Aaretalerkurzfilmtage, Berne, Suisse
Wild Dogs International Screendance Festival, Calgary, Canada
Dance Camera Istanbul, Istanbul, Turquie
- 2024 -
Le Sixièmétage - Festival, Nice, France
La Galerie is the first fictional short film I have directed. Although it was originally a circus show, it was important for me to create a work in itself, a creation that transcends what is presented on stage, without it being an adaptation of the show. Working with the stage director and the entire Machine de Cirque team has proven to be most stimulating and has confirmed my desire to develop cinematographic projects in collaboration with the many artists in the living arts community in Québec City.
My wish was to take people on a short but rich journey into a world that connects what is real to what is unreal, to make us look at the artwork differently. I wanted the appreciation of the paintings to be less rooted in understanding them and the historical context, but rather in the feelings we experience when we encounter them.
First, I wanted the viewer to slowly enter and discover the singular world in which the characters evolve. The decision to film at night at the Museum was made with this in mind. Then, another part of the short film was shot in a church where I had to create a universe from scratch with my collaborators. We managed to strike a good balance in our representation of the museum’s artwork by transposing them into living art.
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