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Soap Box

Jimmy G. Pettigrew / 2024 / 16 min. / Canada / FRENCH

Synopsis

A group of kids gather to compete in the annual soap box race down La montagne de la Mouerté, the village's highest peak. Hubert, 10 years old, will try to win the race for the first time, in order to charm Anouk Sauvages, the girl who makes his heart beat faster.

Cast & Crew

Screenplay : Jimmy G. Pettigrew
Cinematographer : Yannick Nolin
Editor : Jimmy G. Pettigrew
Sound, Sound editor : Mathieu Grégoire
Sound mix : Isabelle Lussier
Music : Antoine Binette Mercier
Artistic Director : David Pleau

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Action, Youth, Adventure

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Biography

Jimmy G. Pettigrew graduated from film school and quickly began producing, writing, directing and editing silly short clips for the web. Since then, he's been producing and directing short films and other fiction essays that mix live action, puppetry and animation. He mixes shadow and light, truth and lies, magic and pathos, cartoons and real people.

Festivals

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[2024] Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), Canada
[2024] Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
[2024] Spasm, Montréal, Canada | Best visual effects Award
[2025] Festival International du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France
[2025] Festival du cinéma en famille de Québec, Canada | Best Short Film Award / Best Screenplay Award / Best Art Direction Award
[2025] Buff Film Festival, Malmö, Sweden
[2025] Regard sur le Court métrage, Chicoutimi, Canada
[2025] Cleveland International Film Festival, USA
[2025] Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil
[2025] Festival Court sur Place, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Canada
[2025] Palm Springs Short Film Festival, USA
[2025] Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival, South Korea
[2025] Fantasia, Montréal, Canada | Silver Black Horse Award
[2025] Lago Film Festival, Italy | Winner of UNICEF Kids Competition
[2025] Dokufest – Dokukids section, Kosovo
[2025] Festival Les Percéides, Percé, Canada
[2025] Shorts Mexico - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Mexico, Mexico
[2025] Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø, Norway
[2025] Festifilm en Beauce, Canada
[2025] Off-Court Trouville, France
[2025] Calgary International Film Festival, Canada
[2025] Cinekid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2025] Festival du cinéma inter. en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada | Fonderie Horne Youth Award
[2025] Schlingel International Film Festival, Germany | Jury mention
[2025] Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Italy
[2025] Court Métrange, Rennes, France
[2025] Yellowknife International Film Festival, Canada
[2025] Pittsburgh Shorts & Scripts Competition, USA
[2025] Olou International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Finland
[2025] Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
[2025] Festival Images en vues, Îles de la Madeleine, Canada | Best youth short film
[2025] International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Poland
[2025] Festival International du Film d'éducation, France
[2026] Un poing c'est court, France
[2026] Plein(s) écran(s), Canada
[2026] Vues dans la tête, Canada
[2026] Providence Children's Film Festival, USA

Mot du réalisateur

SOAP BOX is a simple story of children competing in a race, but it's a bit like playing in a swimming pool with a foam noodle, the imagination runs wild, and the next thing you know, you're fighting a giant snake in the middle of the Amazon River. SOAP BOX is an over-the-top sports comedy that pays tribute to the imagination of kids in a world of gadgets, animation and puppets.

"The Goonies" meets "Mad Max"!

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