A film by Emmanuelle Lacombe
WAITING (ALL THE TIME)
Fiction · 2026 · Canada, QC · 12 min
Synopsis
When the wait in a hospital emergency room becomes unbearable, seven patients open up in turn, revealing their pain, fears, frustrations, hopes and fragile expectations through four interwoven choral monologues.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- Canada, QC
- Running time
- 12 min
- Languages
- French
- Subtitles
- English subtitles
- Aspect ratio
- 2:35
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stéréo, 5.1
Cast
Guy Thauvette Joanie Guérin Olivier Turcotte Charlène Beaubien Julien Leclerc Louise Malouin Mohammed Marouazi Maude Demers-Rivard
Crew
- Screenplay
- Emmanuelle Lacombe
- Production
- Emmanuelle Lacombe (Les coudées franches)
- Director of photogrpahy
- Christophe Fortin
- Art direction
- Mathieu Matério
- Editing
- Philippe Lefebvre
- Sound design
- Christophe Voyer, Jacob Marcoux
- Sound mixing
- Christophe Voyer
- Music
- Will Régnier
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2026
- Festival REGARD
- Courts sur Place
- Tout le monde court
- Fantasia International Film Festival
- Off-Courts Trouville
- FICFA · MonctonSoon
Filmmaker
Emmanuelle Lacombe
Originally from Bellechasse, Quebec, and now based in Montreal, Emmanuelle Lacombe directs short films that have screened at festivals such as VIFF, Regard, and Fantasia. Passionate about both creative work and industry challenges, she authored a 2024 thesis on the power dynamics of creators in the digital era, which earned her the ACC-CRTC Excellence Award. As an independent writer and producer, she founded Les coudées franches that same year and directed Waiting (All the Time) in 2025.
Filmography
- 2026J'attends (tout le temps)
- 2020L'Âge d'or
- 2018Compé
