Mutants

Mutants

Directed by Alexandre Dostie

Genre Fiction
Country Quebec
Year 2016
Length 16 min 32 s
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version Original French version, English subtitles, French subtitles

Synopsis

In the summer of 1996, life throws a curveball in the face of Keven Guénette… And it strikes. Guided by his paraplegic baseball coach, Keven discovers the mutation, sex and love.

Themes

love, disabled, sexuality, sport, rural, suicid, preteen

Biography

Born in the rural Quebec that now shade his works, Alexandre Dostie is a poet and performer. On screen, he created in 2010 the poetic web series Sainte-Cécile. Mutants is his first short film.



Cast

Joseph DeLorey, Tanya Quirion, Jérémy Labonté, Francis La Haye, Sandrine Bisson

Team

Production

Hany Ouichou, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette (Art & Essai)

Script

Alexandre Dostie

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Vincent Biron

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Joëlle Péloquin

EDITING Stéphane Lafleur
Sound Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin-Gagnon, Sylvain Bellemare
Music Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux

Awards

Toronto Int. Film Festival, Canada |2016| Winner *SHORT CUTS AWARD, BEST CANADIAN SHORT*
Caroussel du Film de Rimouski, Qc |2016| Official Competition *MENTION SPÉCIALE DIRECTION PHOTO*
Whistler Int. Film Festival, BC |2016| Winner *CANADIAN SHORT WORK AWARD*
PRIX PCC!, Qc |2017| *MEILLEURE MUSIQUE, PRIX VIDEO SERVICE 2500$, PRIX SÉVILLE 1000$, PRIX ROMÉO ET FILS 1000$*
Canadian Screen Award, Canada |2017| Winner *BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM*
Gala du Cinéma Québécois, Qc |2017| Winner *IRIS DU MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE QUÉBÉCOIS*
Figari Int. Film Festival, Italie |2017| Winner * BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INT. SHORT FILM*
VIMEO Staff Pick Premiere |2017| *OFFICIAL ONLINE SCREENING* 682 000 VIEWS
Basta Fest, Serbie |2017| Official Competition *JURY’S SPECIAL MENTION*
Thess Int. Short Film Festival, Grèce |2017| Winner *CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD*


Festivals

Talent Tout Court! TELEFILM Canada au Marché de Cannes, France |2016| Market
Guanajuato Int. Film Festival, Mexique |2016| Official Competition
Festival du Film de St-Séverin, Qc |2016| Official Screening
BFI London Film Festival, UK |2016| Official Competition
Oaxaca Film Festival, Mexique |2016| Official Competition
Cinéfest Sudbury, Canada |2016| Official Competition
FILMETS Badelona, Espagne |2016| Official Competition
Guanajuato Int. Film Festival MEXICAN – TOUR , Querétaro |2016| Présentation itinérante
Calgary Int. Film Festival, AB |2016| Official Competition
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Qc |2016| Official Competition
Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Qc |2016| Official Competition
Long Week-End du Court de Trois-Rivières, Qc |2016| Official Screening
Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Qc |2016| Official Competition
SPASM, Qc |2016| Official Competition
Festival Images en Vues, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Qc |2016| Official Competition
FICFA, Moncton, NB |2016| Official Competition
Festival Longue Vue sur le Court, Qc |2016| Official Competition
Ciné-Club Carré 150, Victoriaville, Qc |2016| Official Screening
South Western Int. Film Festival, Canada |2016| Official Competition
Cinema avec PRANK x7 salles: Beaubien, Parc, Clap, Cinéplex StarCité, Cinéplex Quartier Latin, Guzzo Pont Viau, Guzzo Jacques Cartier, Guzzo Terrebonne, Cinéplex Boucherville.
Centre PHI, Montréal, Qc |2016| Official Screening
Court Spira Court, Québec, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Best of TIFF @ Canadian Film Center, Toronto |2017| Présentation
Vues dans la tête, Rivière-du-loup, Qc |2017| Official Competition
Kino 3R, Trois-Rivière, Qc |2016| Official Competition
Soirée de projection à la Tête d’Allumette, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Montréal, Qc |2017| En compétition
TIFF Canada TOP TEN, Canada |2017| Official Competition
FlickerFest Int. Short Film Festival, Australie |2017| Official Competition
Aspen Int. Short Fest, USA |2017| Official Competition
Telefilm Air Canada |2017| Official Screening
SPASM @ La nuit Blanche de Montréal, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Festival des cinémas du monde de Sherbrooke, Qc |2017| Official Competition
Landshut Int. Short Film Festival, Allemagne |2017| Official Competition
Regard sur le Court Métrage, Saguenay, Qc |2017| Official Competition
Nashville Int. Film Festival, USA |2017| Official Competition
SPASM @ Projo Ados Polyvalente St-Hippolyte, Qc |2017| Official Screening
The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norvège |2017| Official Competition
Festival Plein la Bobine, France |2017| Official Screening
BCN Sports Film Festival, Espagne |2017| Official Competition
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbie |2017| Official Competition
Les Nuits en Or de l’Académie des Césars, France |2017| Official Screening
Dawson City Int. Short Film Festival, Yukon |2017| Official Competition
Kyiv Int. Short Film Festival *Quebec Focus*, Ukraine |2017| Official Screening
NEXT Bucharest Film Festival, Roumanie |2017| Out of Competition
TIFF Coming of Age program, Canada |2017| Official Screening
Maremetraggio ShorTS Int. Film Festival, Italie |2017| Official Competition
iShorts Film Screening, République Tchèque |2017| Official Screening
Porc-Épic le Cinéma qui démange HOMA, Montréal, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Festival Même Pas Peur, Ile-de-la-Réunion |2018| Official Competition
CinéVue, Magog |2017| Official Screening
Palmspring Shortfest and Market |2017| Official Competition
FEST - New Directors / New Films, Portugal |2017| Official Competition
Short of the Week, WEB |2017| Official online screening
Fandependent, WEB |2017| Official Competition
Flicker’s Int. Rhode Island Film Festival, USA |2017| Official Competition
BuSho Int. Short Film Festival, Roumanie |2017| Official Competition
Short of the week, WEB |2017| Official online screening
Partie de Campagne, France |2017| Official Competition
STUFF Film Festival, Mexique |2017| Official Competition
Show Me Shorts, NZ |2017| Official Competition + Quebec Focus
Lago Film Festival, Italie |2017| Official Competition
La médiathèque numérique CVS: Bibliothèque de France |2017| Official Screening
Pancevo Film Festival, Serbie |2017| Official Screening
Festival Interactifd e Cinéma de Levis, Qc |2017| Official Competition
Projection à la SAT, Montréal, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Ciné PopUp FCVQ, Québec, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Shorts that are not pants, Canada |2017| Official Screening
Festival Grosse Lanterne, Québec |2017| Official screening
TimiShort Film Festival, Roumanie |2017| Official Competition
PEP Académie: Projo au Parc Ruterford, Montréal, Qc |2018| Official Screening
OFF-Court Film Festival, France |2017| Official Competition + Market
Milwaukee Film Festival, USA |2017| Official Competition
DC Short Film Festival, USA |2017| Official Competition
Festival Plein Écran, WEB |2017| Official Competition
Northern Wave Film Festival, Islande |2017| Official Competition
Waterstone Brighton - Bookshop Screening Room, UK |2017| Official screening
Kaunas Int. Film Festival, Lithuanie |2017| Official Competition
Lublin Int. Film Festival, Pologne |2017| Official Competition
Cineramabc, Sao Paulo, Brésil |2017| Official Competition
Best of ACIC @ ONF, Qc |2017| Official Screening
Tbilisi Int. Film Festival, Géorgie |2017| Official screening
Fantasia Tout Court! MaTV |2018| Official Screening
Vilnius Int. Short Film Festival, Lithuanie |2018| Official Screening - Panorama section
Festival Même pas peur, Ile-de-la-réunion |2018| Official Competition
Lublin Int. Film Festival *BEST OF THE WORLD PANORAMA*, Pologne |2018| Official Screening
Joliette Résidence Poétique – Soirée de Courts, Qc |2018| Official Screening
ZLIN Design Week, République Tchèque |2018| Official Screening
Courts contre le Cancer @ Station Vue, Montréal, Qc |2018| Official Screening
MokiCourt, Paris |2018| Official Screening
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s) programmation estivale, WEB |2018| Official Screening