Synopsis
A TikTok musician escapes viral fame and wanders through Leonard Cohen’s Montréal, trying to create something real.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- Canada, QC
- Running time
- 22 min
- Languages
- English and French
- Subtitles
- French and English subtitles
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stéréo, 5.1
Cast
Emilie Bierre Jackson Kelly Michelle Tzontchev Normand Carrière Penelope Doheny Ted Pluviose Tayna V. Lavoie Luiza Cocora Viktoria Barkoff
Crew
- Direction
- Kristina Wagenbauer
- Screenplay
- Kristina Wagenbauer
- Production
- Kristina Wagenbauer (Somebody Films)
- Executive production
- Émilie Bierre, Jackson Kelly
- Director of photography
- Xavier Bossé
- Editing
- Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
- Sound design
- André Ouellette
- Sound mixing
- Isabelle Lussier
- Music
- Jean-Sebastien Williams
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2026
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Filmmaker
Kristina Wagenbauer
Kristina Wagenbauer is a Montreal-based filmmaker. Her films have screened at more than 150 festivals, including Locarno, the Festival du nouveau cinéma, and Oberhausen. She co-wrote and directed Sashinka, her first feature film, followed by the documentary Babushka, both nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards and the Prix du cinéma québécois. She also directed two episodes of the Swiss series La vie devant for RTS. Her most recent short film, Leo on the Wire, is beginning its festival run, while she develops several feature films, including Superluminal and Santa Barbara.
Filmography
- 2022Avoir l'âgeSeries
- 2021BabushkaShort film
- 2019Aujourd'hui ou je meursShort film
- 2017SashinkaFeature film
- 2014Ailleurs exactementShort film
- 2013MilaShort film
- 2010FuiteShort film
- 2010Bowling chez DeniseShort film
- 2009ParticulesShort film