Peaches
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
is a Montreal-based filmmaker whose work explores gender representation and nostalgia. Although she doesn’t particularly like talking about herself, she would describe herself as a shy extrovert who embraces contradictions. After graduating from UQAM’s Film Production program in 2021, she worked as film distributor. In 2023, she secured funding for her first independent short film, “Peaches”, which screened at numerous film festivals worldwide. In 2024, Justine was as Sundance Ignite x Adobe fellow, where she developed her short film “Almost Pink”, selected for its world premiere at TIFF in 2026. If you’re looking for her, she’s probably trying to finish her master’s thesis in a café or sipping funky wines at a local wine bar.
