A film by Zak Slattery
ANYWAY, I PISS SITTING DOWN
Fiction · 2025 · Canada, QC · 12 min
Synopsis
Three friends embark on a journey back to their hometown while Sasha, recovering from his gender-affirming surgery, dreams of swimming shirtless at his childhood beach.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Canada, QC
- Running time
- 12 min
- Languages
- French
- Subtitles
- English subtitles
- Aspect ratio
- 2:39:1
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stereo, 5.1
Cast
Matéo Pineault Hugo Pires Gabrielle Audet
Crew
- Direction
- Zak Slattery
- Screenplay
- Zak Slattery
- Production
- Justin Roy, Léandre Lambert Lefebvre (Les Productions Cinéstesia)
- Director of photography
- Marie-Julie Bergeron
- Editing
- Antony Boudreau Savoie
- Art direction
- Fannie Lux-Gauthier
- Sound design
- Justin Roy, Marie-Lü Charron-Poggioli
- Sound mix
- Martin Lemay
- Sound
- Chelsea Harada, Léandre Lambert Lefebvre
- Music
- Greenplant (Conor Nickerson)
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2025
- Festival REGARD
- Canadian Film Fest
- Festival Courts d'un soir
Filmmaker
Zak Slattery
Zak Slattery is a filmmaker from Gatineau, Quebec. In 2022, they graduated from Concordia University with a BFA in the Film Production program at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. During their studies at Concordia, they directed Beyond the Troubled Water (2023), a short fiction film selected in several festivals, including Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma. In their work, Zak explores themes such as coming of age, gender identity and expression. They attempt to deconstruct queer cinema through a colorful, tinged with humor and gentle cinematic approach.
Filmography
- 2025Anyway, j’pisse assisShort film
- 2023Par-delà l’eau troubleShort film
- 2021ParenthèseShort film
- 2019Cœurs VaillantsShort film