Dream On Leon
Synopsis
Léon is old, his body is letting him down. And so he sleeps. Yet above all, Léon dreams. Of love and sausages, of freedom and running wild. A real dog’s life.
Festivals
AWARD
Literacy Jury Prize for Best Short Film Without Dialogues - Longue vue sur le court, Canada, 2022
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Alliance française de Tokyo (Mois de la francophonie) - Japan, 2024
Institut français de Tokyo (Mois de la francophonie) - Japan, 2024
Université Hosei (Mois de la francophonie) - Japan, 2024
Alliance française Pasadena (Mois de la francophonie) - USA, 2024
PS 58 The Carroll Shool - NY (Mois de la francophonie) - USA, 2024
Par-Courts Plein(s) Écran(s) x Cinéma Fleur de Lys - Canada, 2025
DokuFest Kosovo - Kosovo, 2025
SELECTIONS
Palm Springs ShortFest, USA, 2022 (world premiere)
Atlantic Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Festifilm de Saint Séverin, Canada, 2022
Adelaide Film Festival, Australia, 2022
Filmets Badalona, Spain, 2022
FICFA - Festival internationale du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada, 2022
Festival Images en vues, Canada, 2022
Longue vue sur le court, Canada, 2022
Vues dans la tête, Canada, 2023
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2023
FIFEM - Festival International du Film pour Enfant de Montréal, Canada, 2023
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Boulder International Film Festival, USA, 2023
Dawson City Short Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Courts d'un soir, Canada, 2023
Film Fest Petaluma, USA, 2023
The Wild Fest Cinema, Spain, 2023
RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards, Canada, 2023
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada, 2023
Curtaneu Film Festival, Spain, 2023
Interfilm Berlin, Germany, 2023
Francophone Short Films in Harlem, USA, 2024
Director: Roger Gariépy
Script Roger Gariépy
Cast: Léon the dog
DOP: Samuel Trudelle - Andre Turpin
Sound: Mathieu Morin - Luc Prefontaine
Editing: Louis Dagenais
Music Jeannot Bournival and Tir le Coyote
Production: Roger Gariépy
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
16/9/5.1
DCP, Pro Res
A graduate of the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL), Roger Gariépy has made his mark in the world of advertising. His career has taken him from Bos advertising agency, where he was a partner, to Tokyo, where he was a member of the creative management committee of the Dentsu group. Inducted into the A2C Hall of Fame (the Association of Quebec Creative Agencies), he is responsible for some memorable advertising campaigns and has left an indelible mark on the industry. Following the sale of his company to the Dentsu group, Roger Gariépy devoted himself to making short films. At the same time, he is the founder and artistic director of the "Court sur Place" short film festival, which presents an annual retrospective of films from Quebec, Canada and around the world. The event is held at La Petite Place des Arts in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Mauricie.
