A film by Julien G. Marcotte and Jani Bellefleur Kaltush
Katshinau
Fiction · 2023 · 18 min
Synopsis
In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2023
- Running time
- 18 min
- Aspect ratio
- 1:37.1
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stéréo, 5.1
Cast
Soleil Launière Fred-Éric Salvail Dorothé Gauthier-Nolett Geneviève Boivin-Roussy
Crew
- Direction
- Julien G. Marcotte & Jani Bellefleur Kaltush
- Production
- Geneviève Gosselin-G. (Le Foyer Films)
- Screenplay
- Julien G. Marcotte avec la collaboration de Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
- Direction of photography
- Nicolas Poitras-Gamache
- Art direction
- Rebecca Dory
- Editing
- Patrice Leblanc
- Sound design
- Pier-Philippe Chevigny
- Sound mixing
- Isabelle Lussier
- Music
- Maya Belsitzman et Matan Ephrat
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2024
- TIFF Canada's Top 10
- Les Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma
- Talent tout court de Téléfilm Canada – Clermont-Ferrand
- Vues dans la tête de ...
- Festival REGARD
- Festival FilministesMention spéciale du jury
- International Film Festival of OttawaMention spéciale du public
- Canadian Film Fest
- Dawson City International Film Festival
- 2023
- Vancouver International Film Festival
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Filmmakers
Julien G. Marcotte
Julien G. Marcotte is a screenwriter and director living in Montreal. He graduated from the University of Montreal in 2018. Louise from 9 to 5 is his first short film. His second, Les mains sales, financed through SODEC's Emerging Creation Program, is currently in pre-production.
Filmography
- 2023Les mains sales (Katshinau)Short film
- 2021LOUISE DE 9 À 5Short film
Other films in our catalogue
Jani Bellefleur Kaltush
Julien G. Marcotte is a writer and director based in Montreal. After earning a bachelor's degree in film studies, he directed his first short film, Louise de 9 à 5 (2021), which had its Canadian premiere at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. His next film, Les mains sales (2023), co-directed with Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, deals with slavery in New France. It won Best Canadian Short at its world premiere at VIFF, and was included in the TIFF Canada's Top Ten 2023. jani bellefleur-kaltush Originally from the Innu community of Nutashkuan, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush is a director, artist, and translator. She has directed several short films, one of which won an award at the imagiNATIVE Festival in Toronto. Nika tshika uiten mishkut was presented in official competition at the International Documentary Meetings of Montreal (RIDM), at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in Montreal and at the Festival Regard sur le court-film in Saguenay. Her latest film Tshima it (Amen) was selected at several festivals. In 2017, she participated in a collective exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts entitled Kushapetshekan / Kosapitcikan. In 2022, she made La Forge - Édition 2022 and is in the middle of writing several projects.
Filmography
- 2023Les mains sales (Katshinau)Short film
- 2021LOUISE DE 9 À 5Short film
- 2020La voiture de julieShort film
- 2019Tshima it (Amen)Short film
- 2018Natshishkatuat auassat (Les jeunes se rencontrent)Short film
- 2016femmes-nourricièresShort film
- 2015FabiShort film
- 2015Tshiueten de MontréalShort film
- 2014UenanShort film
- 2013ÉclipseShort film
- 2012TshitinahtShort film
- 2009Nika tshika uiten mishkutShort film