Synopsis
June 2010. 11 years old Julia and Raphaëlle are the best at killing time together. Between walking their blind neighbor’s dogs and finishing their music video before Raph returns to Romania, they unconsciously grow apart. This nostalgic semi-autobiographical story recounts the last moments of the inevitable and awkward summer between childhood and adolescence.
Festivals
AWARDS
Youth Award - Festival du film court francophone [Un Poing C'est Court], France, 2024
Best Cinematography - Okotoks Film Festival, Canada, 2026
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Deux par Deux - Canada, 2025
Bibliothèque de Laval - Canada, 2026
SELECTIONS
Chicago International Children Film Festival, USA, 2023 (World Premiere)
FICFA - Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada, 2023
Festival du film court francophone [Un Poing C'est Court], France, 2024
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2024
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada, 2024
Festival Filministes, Canada, 2024
FilmFest Dresden, Germany, 2024
Festival les Percéides, Canada, 2024
Festival Émergence de Montréal, Canada, 2024
Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 2024
Atlantic International Film Festival Kids School Tour, Canada, 2025
Okotoks Film Festival, Canada, 2026
ONLINE
Labocine - July Issue, Web, 2025
Director: Justine Prince
Script: Justine Prince
Cast: Stella Stirano, Paris Maria Farago, Siham Kortas
DOP: Cloé Lafortune
Editing: Alexis Viau
Art direction: Sarah Warren
Sound: Christophe Voyer (Friends of Sound)
Music: Antoine Lamothe
Colorization: William Albu
Delegated production: Ariane Vermeersch
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
1:66/5.1 or stereo
DCP, Prores, H264
Justine Prince is a filmmaker from Quebec City whose work primarily explores gender representation and nostalgia. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in film production from UQAM in 2021. The following year, she received the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television’s Emerging Talent Scholarship and secured funding for her first independent short film, PEACHES, which screened in a dozen festivals worldwide. In 2024, she was selected for the Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship, where she developed her short film ALMOST PINK, also supported by funding from SODEC and CALQ. Constantly seeking honesty in her work, she draws inspiration from deeply personal stories with universal resonance.
