Synopsis
Storm Child is a nightmarish incursion in the tormented mind of a four year old child. Yasmine and her family are Algerian refugees who just arrived in Québec during the infamous 1998 ice storm.
Festivals
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Cinéma Public - Canada, 2021
SELECTIONS
FNC - Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada, 2020 (world premiere)
FICFA - Festival du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada, 2020
RVQC - Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2021
Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada, 2021
El Este Film Festival, Peru, 2021
Regina International Film Festival, Canada, 2021
Plein(s) Écran(s), Web (Canada), 2021
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2022
Written & directed by: Ines Guennaoui
With: Rabah Ait Ouyahia, Lila Ait, Roustom Ouadahi, Sema Maram Hamda
Cinematography: Yann-Manuel Hernandez
Set design: Marie-Lou Thomassin
Editing: Ines Guennaoui, Ariel Desbiens
Sound design: Frédéric Boisclair
Composer: Frédéric Boisclair
Production: Charles-André Coderre (Les mains sales films)
Version
Original: Arabic
Subtitles: French, English
Format
1.33/Stereo
DCP/AppleProRes/H264
Ines Guennaoui has directed two short fiction films, the latest of which, Loulou ou la Résurgence, was in competition at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Of Italian and Moroccan origin, born in Quebec, she is interested in multiple identities and in the conflicting links between the individual and society.
