
A film by Alexandre Pelletier
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Fiction · 2026 · Canada, QC · 12 min

Synopsis
Trapped in a room without air conditioning, four judges must agree on the winning act in a teen talent competition.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- Canada, QC
- Running time
- 12 min
- Languages
- French
- Subtitles
- English subtitles
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stéréo, 5.1
Cast
Isabeau Blanche Jean-Philippe Côté Estelle Fournier Denis Marchand et Fanny Mallette
Crew
- Direction
- Alexandre Pelletier
- Screenplay
- Alexandre Pelletier
- Production
- Alexandre Pelletier
- Director of photography
- Natan B. Foisy
- Art direction
- Ariane Saint-Pierre Cyr
- Editing
- Valérie Tremblay
- Sound design
- Théo Porcet
- Sound mixing
- Théo Porcet
- Music
- Vincent Legault et Théo Porcet
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2026
- Fantasia International Film Festival
Filmmaker

Alexandre Pelletier
Alexandre kicked off his career cowriting on family TV shows Conseils de famille and Le Pacte as well a digital series Le Killing. He was also part of short film La petit Floride‘s writing team. In 2022, he jumped to directing with digital series Sandy which he also cowrote. The next year, he won La Forge Netflix and the Jean-Marc Vallée Fund for a feature film set up in the ufology world he’s currently writing. In 2024, he cowrote the short film Furet as well as digital series Saint-Jean-du-Lac which he also directed. His projects have met critical acclaim both in Canada and abroad. Recently, Saint-Jean-du-Lac was selected in CANNESERIES’ official competition and won a Gemeaux Award for best digital comedy.
Filmography
- 2026Un petit vent frais
- 2023FuretShort film
- 2020La petite FlorideShort film