Treasure Island
Synopsis
Summer 1993. Marthe, 12, convinces her brother to run away from home and from the Haitian heritage they both reject. Joined by their cousins in a park, they debate what their future might hold. But as the hours pass, the children begin to realize that what they’re trying to escape is also what binds them together most deeply.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
BlackStar Film Festival, USA, 2026 (World Premiere)
Written & directed by: Miryam Charles
With: Abigaëlle Destiny Jean-Pierre, Maïka Jean-Baptiste, Rayan Dieudonné, Benjamin Holmann Jean, Olivia Todaro, Tracy Marcelin, Richardson Zéphir, Samantha Fins, Marc André Casavant, Chloé Désiré, Gabriel Szabo, Lily Freiberg & Abigail Rose Galette
Cinematography: Isabelle Stachtchenko
Editiing: Sophie Farkas Bolla
Sound design: Olivier Calvert
Set design: Kenny Dorvil
Composer: Romain Camiolo
Costumes: George Michael Fanfan
Make-up: Marie Brenda Barthelémy
Hair: Daphney Polynice
Production: Karine Bélanger (Coop Vidéo de Montréal)
Version
Original: French & Haitian Creole
English subtitles
Format
Shot on 16 mm
1,78 / stereo
H264, ProRes, DCP
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.
