Oasis
Directed by Justine Martin
Genre | Documentary |
Country | Canada (Québec) |
Year | 2022 |
Length | 14m10 |
Formats | DCP |
Sound | 5.1 |
Version | VOF, STA |
Synopsis
At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood. During one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to want to stand still.
For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Short Film
*OASIS is Justine Martin's debut film.
Themes
adolescence, teenagers, childhood, preteen, brothers, neurodiversityBiography
Justine Martin is a screenwriter and director based in Montreal. She is a Cinema Graduate from Concordia University. Feminism, environmental awareness, and childhood are themes that inspire her stories. She is currently working on the development of her next fiction film while writing a web series. Oasis is her debut film.
Cast
Raphaël Cormier
Rémi Cormier
Team
Production | Louis-Emmanuel Gagné-Brochu (Déjà Vu) |
Script | Justine Martin |
CINEMATOGRAPHY | Myriam Payette |
PRODUCTION DESIGN | Kayla Fragman |
EDITING | Félix Bouffard-Dumas |
Sound | Christophe Voyer |
Music | Louis-Joseph Cliche |
Other |
Awards
15+ awards including
RiverRun Film Festival |2023| *Best Documentary Short
Indy Shorts, US | 2023 | *Grand Jury Award Documentary Short
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (Mo & Friese), Germany | 2023 | *NEON Award
Lunenburg Doc Fest, Canada | 2023 | *Best Short Documentary Award
RÉALS Award, Canada | 2023 | * Best Short Film
Festival Émergence, Canada | 2023 | *Grand Jury Award, Best Short Documentary, Youth Choice Award
Ensenada International Film Festival (FICE) | 2023 | *Chinchorro Award
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois (PCCQ), Canada |2023| *Best Short Film
Vues du Québec, France |2023| *Grand Prize, Audience Award
Solveig Anspach, Iceland |2023| *Solveig Anspach Award
L’Art est au 3e, Canada |2023| *Best Documentary Short
Gala Prends ça court!, Canada |2022| *CINELUME award, UNIS TV award, ROMEO award, COLONELLE FILMS award
Festivals
75+ selections including
IDFA, Netherlands | 2022
Dok Leipzig, Germany| 2022
Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, France |2023
Palm Springs Shortsfest, US |2023
SF Doc Stories, US | 2023
Cinema Eye Honors Shortlist, US | 2023
RiverRun Film Festival |2023| *Best Documentary Short
Indy Shorts, US | 2023 | *Grand Jury Award Documentary Short
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (Mo & Friese), Germany | 2023 | *NEON Award
Lunenburg Doc Fest, Canada | 2023 | *Best Short Documentary Award
RÉALS Award, Canada | 2023 | * Best Short Film
Festival Émergence, Canada | 2023 | *Grand Jury Award, Best Short Documentary, Youth Choice Award
Ensenada International Film Festival (FICE) | 2023 | *Chinchorro Award
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois (PCCQ), Canada |2023| *Best Short Film
Vues du Québec, France |2023| *Grand Prize, Audience Award
Solveig Anspach, Iceland |2023| *Solveig Anspach Award
L’Art est au 3e, Canada |2023| *Best Documentary Short
Gala Prends ça court!, Canada |2022| *CINELUME award, UNIS TV award, ROMEO award, COLONELLE FILMS award
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada |2022|
FIN Kids Festival, Canada |2022|
BUFF Int. Children and Young Film Festival, Sweden |2022|
Krakow Film Festival, Poland |2022|
FIPADOC, France |2022|
DOKKINO - Documentary Film Event for Children and Youth, Finland |2022|
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic |2022|
Docaviv, Israel |2022|
FICFA, Canada |2022|
Vues du Québec, France |2022|
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada |2023|
Vues sur mer, Canada |2023|
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada |2023|
Zagreb Dox Documentary Film Festival, Croatia |2023|
Sehsüchte Filmfestival, Germany |2023|
FIPADOC, France |2023|
The Kids Kino IFF, Poland |2023|
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, Canada |2023|
DOC-Cévennes, France |2023|
Docudays, Ukraine |2023|
The Extraordinary Film festival, Belgium |2023|
Zagreb Dox Documentary Film Festival, Croatia |2023|
Indy Shorts Heartland Film Festival, US |2023|
Doc Edge, New Zealand |2023|