Shortlist
Laura Lémerveil
Commercial Work:
New Generation Award
BRANDLAURA LÉMERVEIL
PRODUCTION COMPANYLA RAFFINERIE
CLIENTLAURA LÉMERVEIL
AGENCYIN-HOUSE
DIRECTOR(S) DAVID FINDLAY
BUSINESS REGION36850
SHORT SYNOPSISLAURA LÉMERVEIL’S MANDATE IS TO SUPPORT POLY-HANDICAPPED YOUTHS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN QUEBEC CITY.
THE SHORT IS A TENDER AND HUMAN ACCOUNT OF VICTOR AND HIS NON-VERBAL, WHEELCHAIR-BOUND DAUGHTER ANNIE, AND THE PROFOUND EFFECT HER ARRIVAL IN THE WORLD HAS HAD ON HIM AS WELL AS HOW LL WAS ABLE TO HELP HIM NOT JUST MANAGE THE ENORMOUS TASK, BUT COME TO FIND THE BEAUTY IN IT.
RUNTIME03:13
RELEASE DATE2019-01-29
PRODUCER(S)MARIE CÔTÉ, ISIS DJEBARA
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYFARHAD GHADERI
EDITORJOSEPH CARNEY
PRODUCTION DESIGNAUDREY FONTAINE
COSTUME DESIGNAUDREY FONTAINE
MUSIC COMPOSERCHRIS WALDROP
CREATIVE DIRECTORDAVID FINDLAY
VISUAL EFFECTS/
SOUND DESIGNMITCHELL ALLEN
SCRIPTDAVID FINDLAY
COPYWRITERSAMANTHA PICARD-THAM
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NOTES FOR JUDGINGRECENTLY SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEXT DIRECTOR AWARD AT THE D&AD AND SILVER WINNER FOR NEW DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AT THE SHOTS AWARDS AMERICA 2020, DAVID FINDLAY IS A WRITER-DIRECTOR AND ARTS GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HAILING FROM QUEBEC CITY, CANADA.
HIS WORK FOCUSES ON THE EARNEST EXAMINATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND IS KNOWN FOR SEAMLESSLY STRADDLING THE LINE BETWEEN FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY THROUGH A HIGHLY CINEMATIC LENS.