Touching Rocks
Synopsis
Tattooed hands gently glide over a rock face, probing it with the tips of the fingers. Three women, arms raised to a high boulder, appear to be in prayer. Hidden in a cave, two others stare at their bloody palms. Touching Rocks depicts bouldering as a pagan ritual.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany, 2025 (World Premiere)
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal - RIDM, Canada, 2025
Festival Regard, Canada, 2026
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma - RVQC, Canada, 2026
Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2026
DOXA Film Festival, Canada, 2026
Written and directed by: Laurence Olivier
With: Julianna Ferronato, Kendel Rogers, Maria Ediriweera, Saphia Ediriweera, Ming Tang, Marli Gallagher, Émilie Lemieux, Nicole Scott, Tess Mihell, Liz Mutus
DOP: Isabelle Stachtchenko
Editing: Laurence Olivier
Sound design: Marie-Pierre Grenier
Production: Laurence Olivier & Mylène Corbeil
Version
No dialogues
Format
4:3 / 5.1
H264, ProRes, DCP
Laurence Olivier is a filmmaker and writer originally from Quebec who now lives in British Columbia. Her fiction film Summer 2000 won the Iris Award for Best Short Film at the Gala Québec Cinéma and the Grand Prix National du Jury at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, among other awards, and her film Phantom Poem won First Prize in the experimental category at the Vues dans la tête de festival. She is the author of the novel Répertoire des villes disparues, adapted for the screen by Denis Côté, and her poems, stories, and short stories have won awards in Canada and France.
