Fetal Encounter
Synopsis
When an unknown drone interrupts Marianne's solo camping trip, she cannot decide whether to flee or stay. She sinks into the depths of her sleeping bag, where her most primal instincts reawaken.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
MDFF Selects: Student Film Showcase, Canada, 2026 (World Premiere)
Written and directed by: Dorothée Gingras-Bernardin
With: Lily Taillefer, Vivian Breton, François Trudel De Gagné
Cinematography: Miko St-Martin
Editing: Lou Tremblay
Sound design: Paul Lavoie-Brisson
Set design: Paul Lavoie-Brisson
Composer: Paul Lavoie-Brisson
Production: Leah Elbourne-Weinstock
Version
Original: French
English subtitles
Format
1,66 / 5.1
H264, ProRes, DCP
Dorothée Gingras-Bernardin is a film production student at Concordia University. Her first film, Fetal Encounter, is a surrealist fiction that delves into the profound, absurd, and transformative experience of the survival instinct.
