THE BROKEN HEARTED
THE BROKEN HEARTED, writer/director, short fiction, 35 mm, 11 min., 2006
In this contemporary fable, a young woman journeys into a forest in search of a tiny community that mends broken hearts.
Production: Screen Machine | Distribution: Locomotion Films | Theatrical release: K‐Films Amérique
Funding partners: Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) in collaboration with National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Télé-Québec.
FESTIVAL PRESENTATIONS
Toronto International Film Festival (Official Competition) (Toronto, Canada, September 06)
Vancouver Intl Film Festival (Official Competition) (Vancouver, Canada Sept-Oct 06)
Malibu International Film Festival (Official Competition) (Los Angeles, USA, April 06)
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan)(Official Competition) (Bucheon, Korea, July 06)
Leeds Intl Film Festival (Official Competition) (Leeds, UK, Nov 06)
Closing night film- Les rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montréal, Qc, February 06)
Trouville Off-Courts (Official Competition) (Trouville, France, September 06)
Cine-World Film Festival (Best of TIFF shorts) (Saratosa, California, USA Dec 06)
San Diego Women Film Festival (Official Competition) (San Diego, USA, Oct 06)
Brno 16 Film Festival (Official Competition) (Brno, Czech Republic Oct 06)
Women in Film and Television Ireland: French Women Film Festival (Dublin, Oct 06)
DC Shorts Film Festival (Official Competition) (Washington DC, USA September 06)
Festival des 3-Amériques (Official Competition) (Quebec City, Qc, March 06)
Sherbrooke Film Festival (Official Competition) (Sherbrooke, Qc, September 06)
Festival intl des films pour enfants de Montreal (Montreal. Qc, Mars 2007)
Festival du cinéma en cours (Montréal, Québec, May 06)
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay (Chicoutimi, Québec, February 06)
THEATRICAL RELEASE—THE BROKEN HEARTED
Cinéma Le Parisien, Cinéma Beaubien, (Montreal, Quebec, March 06) preceding the feature film De ma fenêtre, sans maison (Maryanne Zéhil, Quebec, 2006)
SCREENING EVENTS—THE BROKEN HEARTED
Retrospective Cours écrire ton court – Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal, Quebec, October 2016)
Silence, on court (NFB) (Montreal, February & August 06, Trois-Rivières, April 06)
Market: International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand (France, January 06)
SODEC screening- Festival du nouveau Cinéma (Montreal, Quebec, October 2005)
TELEVISION—THE BROKEN HEARTED
FOX Italy (Italy, 2007)
Télé-Québec (Canada, 2006)
Movieola: the short film channel (Canada, 2006)
AWARDS—THE BROKEN HEARTED
Best Original Screenplay at the Malibu International Film Festival (April 2006, Los Angeles, United States)
Jury Award at the San Diego Women Film Festival (October 5th-8th 2006, California, United States)
1st Prize: Best Short Screenplay Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) & Festival du nouveau Cinema Scriptwriting competition Cours écrire ton court (October 2004)
REVIEWS
SEQUENCES (film magazine), issue 235, January–February 2005, pp. 18–19