Fly, Fly Sadness
Synopsis
Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a hermit with mysterious powers.
Festivals
- Festival du nouveau cinéma - Montreal, Canada 2015
- 8th annual Imagine Science Film Festival - New York, USA, 2015
- L'alternativa - Barcelone, Spain, 2015
- Séquences courts métrages - Toulouse, 2015
- Rendez-Vous du cinéma Québécois - Montreal, Canada 2016
- Edinburgh International Film Festival - Edinburgh, UK 2016
- Vienna Independent Short Film Festival - Vienna, Austria 2016
- Encounters International Short Film Festival - Bristol, UK
Director Miryam Charles
Script Miryam Charles
Cast: Josue Mesfarewell, Wenda Mesfarewell, Helene Mesfarewell, Myrta Mesfarewell, Edith Charles, Milca Charles, and Miryam Charles
DOP: Miryam Charles
Sound design: Miryam Charles and Luc Boudrias
Editing: Miryam Charles
Art direction: Josue Mesdieu, Milca Charles
Original music: Miryam Charles
Production: Chimney Two
Producers: Miryam Charles and Michael Yaroshevsky
Version
Original: French
Subtitle: English
Format
DCP, 1:85, 2K, sound 2.0
Miryam Charles is a Haitian-Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. Her films have been presented at various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her first feature film, This House, premiered at the Berlinale and was later shown at the AFI Film Festival. It was also included in TIFF’s Top 10 and listed among Sight and Sound’s best films of 2022. Her work has been exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the MoMA, the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, the Everson Museum, and the Palais de Tokyo.
