A film by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
LEASE ME ALONE!
Fiction · 2024 · Quebec · 13 min
Synopsis
As they are signing their new lease, two longtime roommates realize that their new landlord is going to evict them illegally. They decide to fight to keep their apartment. Humor, violence, western, kung fu… in the middle of the holly season
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2024
- Country
- Quebec
- Running time
- 13 min
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- 5.1 et stéréo
Cast
Mimo Magri Mimi Côté Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Crew
- Director
- Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
- Screenplay
- Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers & Maryse Latendresse
- Production
- Johannie Deschambault (SPORT)
- Director of photography
- François Messier-Rheault
- Art direction
- Bruno-Pierre Houle
- Editor
- Amélie Labrèche
- Sound design
- Simon Gervais
- Sound mix
- Jean-Paul Vialard
- Music
- Peter Venne
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2025
- Courts Mais Trash
- Cinema on the Bayou
- Plein(s) Écran(s)
- Les Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma
- Final Girls Berlin Film Festival
- Festival Filministes
- Dawson City International Film Festival
- Canadian Film Fest
- Festival francopphone Short Films in Harlem
- Made Here Film Festival
- Courts sur Place
- Off-Courts Trouville
- Festival du cinéma québécois de Biscarosse
- Festival du film court de Dinan
- Fenêtres sur courts
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival
- Porto Femme - International Film Festival
- 2024
- Festival REGARD
- Fantasia International Film Festival
- Les Percéïdes
- DC Shorts
- Edmonton International Film Festival
- Festival International du Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Festival SPASM
- Cinémental
- Yellowknife International Film Festival
- Torino Film Festival
- Festival Tous Courts
Filmmaker
Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers holds a BFA in Film Production from Concordia University and an MFA in Acting from the Drama Center London (UAL) and a professional certificate in Feature writing from L’INIS. During her studies, she had the chance to perform at the Shakespeare Globe in London and The Vakthangov theatre in Moscow. Sandrine has performed music since primary school (cello and signing) and sometimes she composes scores for her films. Sandrine wrote and directed over 15 short films and 1 feature that were screened in different festivals around the world. She won several prizes such as the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale, the Grand Prix Canadian at Regard (Oscars qualifying prize), 2 nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards, selection at TIFF, Canada TOP10, and many more. Sandrine is now writing her next features, LES ÉPHÉMÈRES and NOÉMIE LA NUIT.
Filmography
- 2017L’enfantShort film
- 2016Juste moi et toiShort film
- 2015Larguer les amarresShort film
- 2015Le truckShort film
- 2013T’es pas gameShort film
- 2013Kaupunki etsii klovniaShort film
- 2013Avant demainShort film
- 2012Thank’s god it’s the end of the worldShort film
- 2010Un Trou dans la mémoireShort film
- 200732 short films about François GirardShort film
- 2005La perte des rêves à l’adolescenceShort film