Among the Pines
Synopsis
In letters to her mother, a young woman named Esther tells of her job at a hotel in the Laurentians, where she is courted by wealthy man. As the months pass, Esther’s letters take a dark turn.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada, 2025 (World Premiere)
Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, France, 2026
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma - RVQC, Canada, 2026
Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Australia, 2026
Festival du cinéma francophone de Malaga, Spain, 2026
Les instants Vidéo, France, 2026
Directed by: Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Written by: Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cast: Larissa Corriveau
DOP: Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Editing: Emmanuelle Lane
Sound: Alicia Latour
Production: Katarina Gligorijević, Simon Laperrière, Shelagh Rowan-Legg (Thirteenth Tiger Films)
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
16:9 / stereo or 5.1
ProRes, DCP
Shelagh Rowan-Legg is a writer and filmmaker. Her short films have screened at festivals around the world, including PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, Revelation Perth Film festival, and Fantasia Festival. She has curated films for FrightFest, Shorts Not Pants Festival, and Wench Film Festival. She is a Contributing Editor at ScreenAnarchy, and a contributor to Panorama-cinéna. Her book The Spanish Fantastic: Contemporary Filmmaking in Horror, Fantasy and Sci Fi was published in 2016.
