To Be Eighteen (The War)
Synopsis
In this cinematic essay, the filmmaker intertwines imagery from her own daily life with the memories of Lisa (Yelyzaveta), an 18-year-old Ukrainian who lived in Montreal for a few months. Two strangers, so far yet so close.
Festivals
AWARDS
Jury Special Mention - Festival de Knowlton, Canada, 2025
Best International Film - SEFF Binghamton, USA, 2025
Special Mention (Official Jury) - Luksuz Film Festival, Slovenia, 2026
Special Mention (Young Jury) - Luksuz Film Festival, Slovenia, 2026
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
La lumière collective: Nouveaux Regards II - Canada, 2025
SELECTIONS
Festival Regard, Canada, 2025 (World Premiere)
Festival Émergence, Canada, 2025
Festival de Knowlton, Canada, 2025
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada, 2025
Kuki, Germany, 2025
SEFF Binghamton, USA, 2025
Luksuz Film Festival, Slovenia, 2026
ReFrame, Canada, 2026
Fest CESAG - Festival Internacional Universitario de Documental Social, Spain, 2026
Directed by: Romane Pilote Lamontagne
Written by: Romane Pilote Lamontagne & Yelyzaveta Kibalchych
DOP: Romane Pilote Lamontagne & Yelyzaveta Kibalchych
Editing: Romane Pilote Lamontagne
Sound: Dominic Walther Battista
Music: Antoine Gallois & Isabelle Gaudreau
Production: Romane Pilote Lamontagne
Version
Original Ukrainian with English or French subtitles
Format
4:3 / Surround 5.1
HD
ProRes, DCP
Originally from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Romane Pilote Lamontagne studies film at UQÀM. Through her work, she seeks to breathe life into fragments of memory, either by bringing them into the light or by weaving them into fiction. To Be Eighteen (The War) is her first film.
