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Venerdi 3 ottobre, Cinema Méliès, ore 17:30
(Replica) Domenica 5 ottobre, Cinema Méliès, ore 18:00

Film details

Direction:LAWRENCE CÔTÉ-COLLINS

Productor:LAWRENCE CÔTÉ-COLLINS, VUK STOJANOVIC

Screenplay:LAWRENCE CÔTÉ-COLLINS

Editing:JOSIANE LAPOINTE, ALEXANDRE LEBLANC, LAWRENCE CÔTÉ-COLLINS, JULES SAULNIER

Sound:Benoît Dame

Musica: MARTIN ROY, LUC SICARD

Synopsis

La regista Lawrence Côté-Collins trova il suo aggressore in prigione. Vuole capire, perdonare e sostenere un uomo sofferente. Billy è schizofrenico e il suo attacco più violento ha causato due morti. La loro amicizia epistolare svela la verità su questa malattia mentale non diagnosticata e non curata, e i due sviluppano una relazione che ha come obiettivo quello di ricostruirsi insieme, oltre il dolore. (frontdoc.it)

LAWRENCE CÔTÉ-COLLINS

Lawrence è un'artista trasparente. Una donna queer autentica. Senza filtri. Senza tabù. Ha una carriera atipica nel cinema e nella televisione. Ha diretto più di quaranta cortometraggi e firmato tre lungometraggi: Écartée (2016), Bungalow (2022) e Billy (2024). Molti dei suoi film sono stati selezionati e premiati in festival di tutto il mondo. E’ co-autrice e curatrice del suo primo libro Billy à vie.

Premi e festival
Grand Jury Prize – 5th Terraviva Film Festival – Italy 2025
Student Jury Prize – 5th Terraviva Film Festival – Italy 2025
Student Jury Prize – 27th RIDM – Canada 2025
Special Jury Prize – 50th SIFF – Seattle International Film Festival – USA 2025
Special Mention – 12th Dieppe Canadian Film Festival – France 2025
Visions du Réel – International Film Festival in Nyon – World Premiere – April 2024
RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival – North American Premiere – November 2024
LIFF – Leeds International Film Festival – UK Premiere – November 2024
Memorimage – Film Festival of Reus – Spanish Premiere – November 2024
Molodist – Kyiv International Film Festival – Ukrainian Premiere – November 2024
Front Doc – Aosta International Film Festival – Italy – November 2024
Terraviva Film Festival – Italy – November 2024
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival – Finnish Premiere – February 2025
Biennal Internacional Dona i Cinema – Mujer y Cine – Woman & Film – Spain – February 2025
Ann Arbor Film Festival – U.S. Premiere – March 2025
Dieppe Canadian Film Festival – French Premiere – March 2025
Festival du film de l’Outaouais – Canada – April 2025
FFAVM – Val-Morin Auteur Film Festival – Regional Premiere – May 2025
Seattle International Film Festival – USA – May 2025
UnArchive Found Footage Fest – Italy – May 2025

Filmography

BILLY, feature-length documentary, 2024
BUNGALOW, feature-length fiction, 2022
ÉCARTÉE, feature-length docufiction, 2016
UN EXEMPLE DE SUCCÈS, short fiction film, 2012
SCORE, short fiction film, 2011
GEISHA QUÉBEC, short fiction film, 2011
FUCK THAT, experimental short film, 2010
CRUDITÉS, short fiction film, 2009
PAS DE PAIN PAS DE GAIN, short fiction film, 2009
SUMMERDOME, short fiction film, 2009