Dubious allegations, an incendiary report, a greedy journalist… it was enough to trigger the storm. Made from vlogs of far-right personalities, Bait traces the repercussions of a real Quebec “fake news” involving a mosque and a construction site. For the filmmaker, it is a work of montage assembled without authorization and having a mainly militant function: that of denouncing the responsibility of the media in the recent emergence of the right in Quebec.
SYNOPSIS
The team
Director: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Writer: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Production : Geneviève Gosselin-G.
Editing: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Festivals & Awards
- Mecal Barcelona
- Cinéma sous les étoiles
- Courts d’un soir
- Off-courts Trouville
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
The Director
PIER-PHILIPPE CHEVIGNY
Pier-Philippe Chevigny is a filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec. His films combine anxiety-inducing camerawork and suspenseful scripts based on contemporary social issues. In 2019, his short film Rebel was an international success : over 130 festival selections (including TIFF, Busan, Namur, Stockholm, Vladivostok) and 30 awards including the Oscar-Qualifying Golden Owl Award at Tirana. His first feature Richelieu, completed in 2023, is currently enjoying a similar success on the Festival circuit, with prestigious selections at Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Palm Springs, Fantasia, Vancouver, Athens and Namur where it won the Bayard for Best First Feature. Pier-Philippe has several projects in development at Le Foyer Films, including his follow-up feature.