Song For The New World
Synopsis
Years after the disappearance of her father in Scotland, a young woman recalls her childhood on a Caribbean island.
Festivals
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
National Gallery of the Art, Washington DC - USA, 2024
Concordia / Black Arts Series - Canada, 2024
Lines of Flight // Light Work : Watson Theater - USA, 2025
Cineworks - Canada, 2025
Jeu de Paume x Panorama Cinéma - France, 2025
Basis (Frankfurt): Atlas for the disappeared - Germany, 2025
SELECTIONS
FNC Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada, 2021 (World Premiere)
FICFA - Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada, 2021
Journées du Cinéma québécois en Italie, Italy, 2022
Festival Regard, Canada, 2022
Festival Vues sur mer, Canada, 2022
FilmFest Dresden, Germany, 2022
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2022
Alchemy Film Festival, UK, 2022
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, France/Germany, 2022
Les filministes, Canada, 2022
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Canada, 2022
Future of Film Showcase (FOFS), Canada, 2022
Gimli Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Courts d'un soir, Canada, 2022
Les Percéides, Canada, 2022
Grande Rencontre des Arts médiatiques en Gaspésie, Canada, 2022
Grand Canyon Cinema, USA, 2022
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK, 2022
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s), Web (Canada), 2023
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2023
International Film Festival Ottawa, Canada, 2023
Vues du Quebec, France, 2023
Festival de femmes de Créteil, France, 2023
Images Festival, Canada, 2023
Docs Ireland, Ireland, 2023
International Film Festival Cinemigrante, Argentina, 2023
Media City Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Festival de Regards noirs, Canada, 2024
Festival fondu au noir, Canada, 2025
ONLINE
The Criterion Channel - Web (USA, Canada), June 2024
Director: Miryam Charles
Script: Miryam Charles
DOP: Miryam Charles
Sound: Miryam Charles
Editing: Miryam Charles
Music: Romain Camiolo
Production: Miryam Charles, Karine Belanger
Version
Original: English
Format
4:3 1.66/Stereo
DCP 2K, ProRes 422 HQ, H264
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.
