The Shimmering Shadows
Synopsis
The Shimmering Shadows is a documentary about moose hunting. It is a film about the land where it takes root and those who inhabit it: humans and animals, who both encounter each other and seek each other out there.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
Montreal Nouveau Cinema Festival, Canada, 2026 (World Premiere)
Written & directed by: Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière
Cinematographer: Étienne Roussy, Isabelle Stachtchenko, Glauco Bermudes
Editing: Xi Feng
Composer: Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière
Production: Embuscade Films (Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault)
Version
Original: French, English, Anishinabemowin
Subtitles: English, French
Format
ratio 4:3, 5.1
H264, ProRes, DCP
Born in Saguenay and living in Montreal, Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière has been working as an artist and film producer for over 15 years. For more than a decade, he has been producing animated films and auteur documentaries at Embuscade Films, the studio he co-founded. These include DEATH DOES NOT EXIST (Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2025), ARCHIPELAGO and TRANSATLANTIC by Félix Dufour-Laperrière, and HIBISCUS SEASON by Éléonore Goldberg (IRIS Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2021). He is currently completing his first feature-length documentary, THE SHIMMERING SHADOWS.
