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Émergence

Clarissa Rebouças et Julie Bernier / 2018 / 7 min. / Canada/Haïti / FRENCH / SUBS ENGLISH

Synopsis

Katiana emerges. She finally takes her head off the water and she speaks for all Haitian women.

Cast & Crew

  • Directors : Clarissa Rebouças et Julie Bernier
  • Screenplay : Clarissa Rebouças et Julie Bernier
  • Cinematographer : Yannick Nolin
  • Editor : Clarissa Rebouças
  • Sound : Colin Macnally
  • Sound mix : Yannick Nolin
  • Cast : Katiana Milfort
  • Production : KINOMADA

Genre

Documentaire

Topics

Discrimination and human rights, Women and feminism

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Biography

Clarissa Rebouças is Brazilian and has lived in Quebec since November 2015. She is a director, scriptwriter and editor. She has directed more than ten short fiction and documentary shorts around the world that have been selected in some international festivals. His short "Desvelo" (2012) has won seven awards in total. She participated in the Talent Lab of TIFF also in 2012. Currently she is developing her first feature called Cine Ruby.

A native of Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska, Julie Bernier obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi in 2013. Through performance, video and installation, she tries to raise social questions by infiltrating circulation and stimulating exchanges and human contacts. His work inspires him with texts of a documentary and poetic nature and it is this rich material that ignites his slams. The work of last Thursday (pseudonym used when it sings) was seen in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec City, Montreal, the Magdalen Islands and Chicago.

Festivals

- 2019 -
In Competition | Feminist Border Arts Films Festival, USA
In Competition | REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Festival International Vues d’Afrique, Canada
In Competition | Les Percéides, Canada
Davis Feminist Film Fest, USA
In Competition | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada
In Competition | Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie, Canada
Best Canadian-French short film | Cinemental, Canada
In Competition | Émergence Film Festival, Togo

- 2020 -
In Competition | Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
In Competition | Festival Filministes, Canada
In Competition | Tout court, Italy
In Competition | Short Film Breaks, Romania
In Competition | La Fête du Slip, Switzerland
In Competition | Festival internationale du cinéma numérique de Cotonou, Benin
In Competition | Festival International du film documentaire Amazonie-Caraïbes, Guyana

- 2021 -
In Competition | African Film Festival, New York
In Competition | Women Media Art and Film Festival, Australia
In Competition | Femspectives – Glasgow Feminist Film Festival, United Kingdom
In Competition | POW Film Fest, USA

Awards

- 2019 -
Best Canadian-French short film | Cinemental, Canada

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