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NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)
Synopsis
Karan and Rohan, two biracial brothers raised in an alternative, unique and marginal environment, are creatively finding ways to occupy time. Like many kids, going on a trip to buy candies often seems like a great option to avoid boredom. In the legacy of a docu-fiction, this film plays with the sense of boundaries between what is real and what is fiction.This short film is an ode to the power of reality and fiction, about the love of two brothers, and the countryside's beauty.
Cast & Crew
- Cinematographer : Grace Singh
- Editing : Gabriel Lapierre
- Artistic Director : Sita Singh
- Sound and sound mix : Steven Doman
- Original music : Steven Doman et Raphaël Léveillé
- Colorist : Louis Rivest-Hénault
- Makeup : Manna Singh
- Assistant director : Constance Chaput-Raby
- Cast : Karan Singh, Rohan Singh et Louise Morin
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Biography
Recently graduated from Concordia with a major in film production and a minor in studio arts, Grace D. Singh is a multidisciplinary artist. She practices filmmaking and writing and illustrating. She also as a diploma in documentary filmmaking from Rivière-du-Loup's CEGEP. Grace's work is a dive into the fringe, ugliness and sublime beauty. Her cinema practice is informed by communautaristic values and selfrepresentation as a formal tool to create artwork. Sita has a pluridisciplinary design practice. Immersed within material researches and explorations, she is also fascinated by visual communication and graphic design. Her approach is intuitive and Earthcentric. Being a second generation immigrant, she wishes to contribute to the empowerment of the BIPOC communities on the land where she grew up and lives. It is by surrounding herself with collaborators sharing similar motivations that she believes and works towards the decolonization of current paradigms.
Festivals
- 2022 -
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), Canada
- 2023 -
REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada
Gimli Film Festiva, Canada
Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada
Cindependent Film Festival , Cincinnati, USA
Smells Like Teen Spirit Festival, Paris, France
- 2024 -
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Festival International des Films Identitaires et Solidaires – FestIFIS, Benin
- 2026 -
Asiate en court, Montréal, Canada
Director's statement
Notre-Dame-du-Jambon (NDDJ) is a film that emerged by itself, during the process of creation. All along the pre-production steps, we implicated our brothers in the writing of the script and creation of their characters. This work is the result of ingenuity, creativity, and resilience. We made this honest portrait of our brothers to reclaim the preconceived idea of what it means to be a rural Quebecer.
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