Short Film – Fiction
Hired in a pig slaughterhouse through a social reintegration program, an ex-convict desperately tries to find another job while repressing his inner violence.
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The team
Director : Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Writer : Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Distribution : Marc-André Grondin, Émile Schneider, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Sandrine Bisson, Carlos Guerra
Production : Geneviève Gosselin-G.
Distribution & International Sales: H264 Distribution
Cinematography: Simran Dewan
Set Design: Suzel D. Smith
Costumes: Kelly-Anne Bonieux
Sound: Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin-Gagnon
Editing: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Sound Design: Simon Gervais
festivals & awards
- Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), September 2024 (Toronto)
- Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France) *PRIX SPÉCIAL DU JURY, COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE
- Canada’s TIFF Top Ten 2024
- Prix Réals 2025, format court *MEILLEURE OEUVRE FORMAT COURT
- Gala Québec Cinéma – 2 nominations
- Palm Springs International Shortsfest 2025
- Festival Regard 2025
- Busan International Short Film Festival 2025
- Curta Cinema Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2025
- Brooklyn Film Festival 2025 *Best Producer Award
- OFF Odense International Film Festival , Danemark
- Festival international du Film Francophone de Namur 2024 (Belgique) *PRIX MARION HÄNSEL
- FIFF Campus – Namur, 2024
- Hollyshorts Film Festival, LA
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC), Octobre 2024 (Montréal)
- Filmoramax, Octobre 2024 (Lyon, France)
- Aesthetica Film Festival, Novembre 2024 (UK)
- Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Octobre 2024 (Québec) *PRIX VITAL
- Tehran International Short Film Festival, Octobre 2024 (Iran)
- Big Water Film Festival, Janvier 2025 (USA)
- Off-Courts Trouville 2025 (France) *MENTION DU JURY
- Corto Dorico, Décembre 2024 (Italie)
- Ramdam Festival, Belgique *PRIX RAMDAM COURT-MÉTRAGE LE PLUS DÉRANGEANT
- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma *PRIX DU MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DE FICTION
- Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Grèce
- Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Allemagne
- Ennesimo Film Festival, Italie
- Festival internazionale Segni della Notte, Urbino (Italy)
- Bref International Film Festival, Italy *SPECIAL JURY MENTION
- Madrid Film Festival of the Americas (Spain) *AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
- Le Cri du Court (France)
- La Guarimba Film Festival (Italy)
- Minikino Film Week (Bali)
- Social World Film Festival, Italy
- FEST New Directors New Films, Portugal
- Gimli International Film Festival, Canada
- Bolton International Film Festival, UK
- Courts Circuits 66, France/Espagne
- Postira Seaside Film Festival, Croatia
- International Festival Signs of the Night, Bangkok Thailand
- Festival Cabaret Vert, France
- Festival SPASM, Montreal
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Spain) *Venus of Badalona Award for BEST SCREENPLAY
- Festival du cinéma québécois de Biscarrosse, France (Novembre)
- Festival du Film Social, France (Octobre)
- Concorto Film Festival, Italy (Août)
- Festival de Saint Paul Trois Châteaux, France
- San Giò Verona Video Festival, Italie
- Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec (21 août)
- Festival international du film de Knowlton (16 juillet)
- Verin International Short Film Festival, Spain
- Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, France
- Shnit Worldwide Shortsfestival, NL *WINNER OSCAR-QUALIFYING
- 15th Devour! The Food Film Fest, Nova Scotia *HONORABLE MENTION – BEST SHORT DRAMA AWARD
- Gaseback Film Festival, Sweden
- KO:SH Film Fest, Albania
- Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India
- Abbotsford Film Festival, BC
- St Louis International Film Festival, MI
- Santa Fe International Film Festival, NM (29 septembre)
- IndieCork, Irlande (fin de la 2eme semaine de sept)
- Tangier Film Festival, Morroco *SPECIAL MENTION – CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
- Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Liban
- Nordic International FIlm Festival, New York
- Festival du film français de Jeju, Corée du sud
- 9° Festival Internacional Signos da Noite – Lisboa *SPECIAL MENTION – BEST SHORT FILM
- Reggio Film Festival, Italy
- Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey
- Sulmona International Film Festival, Italy
- Taipei International Golden Short Film Awards, Taiwan
- Bogoshorts, Colombia
- Anchorage International Film Festival, USA
- 10th Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht Berlin, Germany
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.