Towards The Colonies
Synopsis
When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.
Festivals
- Festival Nouveau Cinéma - Montreal, Canada, 2016
- Imagine and Science Film Festival - New York, USA, 2016
- Berlinale - Berlin, Germany, 2017
- Rendez-Vous Du Cinéma Québecois - Montreal, Canada, 2017
- Dresden Short Film Fest - Dresden, Germany, 2017
Script: Miryam Charles
DOP: Miryam Charles
Sound design: Miryam Charles
Editing: Miryam Charles
Music: Miryam Charles
Production: Chimney Two/Miryam Charles
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
DCP, 1:85, 2K, 5.1 sound
.mov digital file, 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.
