Madeleine

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Every week, Raquel (41), a Brazilian immigrant, visits her friend Madeleine (107) in her retirement home in Montreal and tries to convince her to get out of the house. The senior woman refuses: she has nothing else to do outside. Raquel doesn't give up and finds a way to bring Madeleine with her on a road trip to the sea. The result is a journey that plays with reality and fiction and brings a reflection on life, death and the certainty that there is always something to learn along the way.

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AWARDS

IRIS for Best Short or Medium Length Animated Film - Gala IRIS (Québec Cinéma), Canada, 2023
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Festival Regard, Canada, 2023
People's Choice Award - Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada, 2023
Best Character - Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada, 2023
Best Quebec Short Film - Festival Les Percéides, Canada, 2023
Grand Prize for the Best Documentary Short Film *Oscars Qualifying* - Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Grand Jury Prize *Oscars Qualifying* - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2023
People's Choice Award - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2023
Youth Jury Award - Festival international du film d'éducation, France, 2023
TIFF's Canada Top Ten - Canada, 2024
Best Short Documentary - Prix Écrans Canadiens, Canada, 2024
Best Short Documentary - FIPADOC, France, 2024
Best Animated Short Film - Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2024
People's Choice Award - Monstra: Lisbon Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 2024
Best Short Documentary - Les Filministes, Canada, 2024
Best Canadian Short Film - FIFEM: Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal, Canada, 2024
Best Canadian Short Film - Gimli Film Festival, Canada, 2024
‍Winner - PCCQ Court - Prix Collégial du Cinéma Québécois, Canada, 2024
Honorable Mention - Salt Spring Film Festival, Canada, 2024
People's Choice Award - Vues du Québec, France, 2024
Jury's Special Mention - Festival Vues sur Mer, Canada, 2024
Best Short Film - Festival Quebecuá, Spain, 2024
Grand Jury Prize - Animated Short Film - SIFF - Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2024
2nd Jury Prize - Festival du Film de Knowlton, Canada, 2024
People's Choice Award - Festival du Film de Knowlton, Canada, 2024
People's Grand Prize - Stoptrik International Film Festival, Poland, 2024
Best Documentary- Bucharest Short Film Festival, Romania, 2024
Hokkaido Bank Award - New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan, 2024
Special Mention - Festival Séquence Court-Métrage, France, 2024
International Audience Award - Festival international du court métrage d'animation de Roanne, France, 2025
People's Choice Award: Before They Dissapear - Beirut Animation Nights, Lebanon, 2025

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS

‍Plein(s) Écran(s) at Cinéma Beaubien - Canada, 2024
Best of Sommets - Centre culturel de Bromont, Canada, 2024
Prix Collégial du Cinéma Québécois - Ciné-club des Deux Rives, Canada, 2024
Cinéma Public, Canada, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Cinema Renaissance - Morocco, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Alliance française de Bucaramanga - Colombia, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Parque de los Deseos - Colombia, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Alliance française de Tokyo - Japan, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Institut français de Tokyo - Japoan, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Université Hosei - Japan 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Université technologique Aguascallentes - Mexico, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Salle Gomez Miralles - Costa Rica, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Cine Uversitario - Panama, 2024
Mois de la Francophonie X Canadian International School of Hong Kong - China, 2024
PCCQ - Circuit Beaumont - Canada, 2024
20 ans de Panorama-cinéma X Cinémathèque québécoise - Canada, 2024
Plein(s) Écran(s) X Cinéma Public - Canada, 2024
Cinema no Estandal - Portugal, 2024
TIFF Circuit X Campbell River - Canada, 2024
Prix Solveig Anspach - Iceland, 2024
Comité de Solidarité à Trois-Rivières - Canada, 2024
TIFF Circuit X ArtsPlace Gallery - Canada, 2024
Semaine du Doc - Tënk X Bibliothèque Marie-Antoinette-Foucher - Canada, 2025
Semaine du Doc - Tënk X Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy - Canada, 2025
Cinéma Public - Canada, 2025
Cinéma Public X Centre Saint-Louis - Canada, 2025
Par-Courts de Plein(s) Écran(s) - Canada, 2025
Cinéma Public X Centre William Hingston - Canada, 2025

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SELECTIONS

Festival Regard, Canada, 2023 (World Premiere)
Hot Docs, Canada, 2023
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada, 2023
Gimli International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Festival Les Percéides, Canada, 2023
OFF-Courts Trouville, France, 2023
Atlantic International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2023
Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2023
Animatou, Switzerland, 2023
Uppsaa International Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2023
Cineffable, France, 2023
One World International Human Rights Film Festival, Slovakia, 2023
Cinanima Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 2023
PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2023
Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Slovenia, 2023
Images en vue, Canada, 2023
FICFA - Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie, Canada, 2023
Festival international du film d'éducation, France, 2023
Slamdance Film Festival, USA, 2024
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2024
Plein(s) Écran(s), Canada, 2024
FIPADOC - International Documentary Festival, France, 2024
ReFrame Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Animation First Film Festival, USA, 2024
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2024
Kingston Canadian FilmFestival, Canada, 2024
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada, 2024
Salt Spring Festival, Canada, 2024
Tampere Short Film Festival, Finland, 2024
FIFEM - Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal, Canada, 2024
Les Filministes, Canada, 2024
Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands, 2024
Monstra - Lisbon Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 2024
International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany, 2024
Prince George Film Festival, USA, 2024
Festival Vues sur Mer, Canada, 2024
Vues du Québec, France, 2024
Dawson City Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Festival Quebecuá, Spain, 2024
Francophone Short Films in Harlem, USA, 2024
Festival Plein La Bobine, France, 2024
Immaginaria International Film Festival, Italy, 2024
SIFF - Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2024
Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2024
Festival Court sur place, Canada, 2024
Docudays, Ukraine, 2024
Palm Springs ShortFest, USA, 2024
MECAL - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada, 2024
Festival du Film de Knowlton, Canada, 2024
Stoptrik International Film Festival, Poland, 2024
Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada, 2024
Animage Festival, Brazil, 2024
Film My Design, Egypt, 2024
Kutaisi International Short Film Festival, Georgia, 2024
Canlandiranlar Animation Film Festival, Turkey, 2024
OFF CInema Festival, Poland, 2024
Kineko Film Festival, Japan, 2024
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan, 2024
Bucharest Short Film Festival, Romania, 2024
Cinéfil - Cinéma, écrans, marionnettes, France, 2024
Warsaw Animation Film Festival, Poland, 2024
24 Frame Future Film Fest, Italy, 2024
Séquence Courts Métrages, France, 2024
Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antartica, 2025
Le plus petit festival du monde, Canada, 2025
Ciné Jeune de l'Aisne, France, 2025
Festival d'animation de Roanne, France, 2025
Atlantic Kids Film Festival, Canada, 2025
Beirut Animation Nights, Lebanon, 2025
Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke, Canada, 2025
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, 2025
Lent Film Festival, Slovéenia, 2025
Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival, South Korea, 2025

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ONLINE

‍Québec Cinéma: Sprint Gala - Canada, December 2023
Regard en prolongation X La Fabrique Culturelle - Canada, 2024
‍Op-Docs, The New York Times‍
Tënk Canada - Canada, 2024

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