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Marking the ends

Mireille Tawfik / 2024 / 18 min. / Canada / FRENCH / Canada

Synopsis

Three women talk about the difficulty they have in recovering from their last breakup. Inès no longer believes in love; Camille awaits her ex’s return; Catherine has a hard time trusting again. Between experimental and documentary film, Marking the ends translates in sound and images the emotional and intimate experience of loss, casting doubt on the belief that all wounds heal over time.

Cast & Crew

Montage : Mireille Tawfik, Emma Bertin
Image, 16mm alterations : Charles-André Coderre
Sound : Théo Parent
Sound editor : Bruno Pucella
Music : Laurie Torres
Sound mix : Jean-Paul Vialard
Colour-grading : Marc Boucrot

Genre

Documentaire, Experimental

Topics

Addiction, Women and feminism, Romance, Mental Health

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Biography

Mireille took her first steps as a film director with the short experimental documentary, Marquer les fins. A multidisciplinary artist, she works in the theater as an author, performer and director. Her artistic practice is characterized by an intersectional feminist approach and her interest in healing and empowerment processes among marginalized or vulnerable communities.

Festivals

- 2024 -
Festival Les Instants Vidéo - numériques et poétiques, Marseille, France
Festival Jóvenes Realizadores de Granada, Espagne

- 2025 -
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Courts d'un soir, Montréal, Canada
Experiments in cinema international, Albuquerque, USA
Beirut International Women Film Festival, Beirut, Liban
Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Istanbul, Turquie
Moviate Underground Film Festival, Harrisburg PA, USA
Experimental Film Festival Process, Riga, Lettonie
Plons! International Short Documentary Film Festival, Friesland, Netherlands
Analogica, Bolzano, Italy
Harkat 16mm Film Festival, Mumbai, Inde

Director's statement

Nine years after a difficult break up, I realized that this experience still had an effect on my life and my ability to engage in love. I wanted to understand why breakups can have such a lasting effect on people and why it is still one of the leading causes of suicide. I published a call for participations on social media to share these questions with other people. I felt the urge to make a film with three of the interviewees.

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