The Skates
Directed by Halima Ouardiri
Genre | Fiction |
Country | Canada (Québec) |
Year | 2023 |
Length | 13m04s |
Formats | DCP |
Sound | 5.1 |
Version | English subtitles, French |
Synopsis
Mina loves to skate. Today, her father, recently divorced from her mother, accompanies her to her first figure skating lesson. An ordinary day if something hadn't happened to the skates.
Themes
relations père-filleBiography
The Swiss-Moroccan writer and director Halima Ouardiri is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Canada. Her first short film, MOKHTAR, screened in the top festivals around the world. CLEBS won the Crystal bear in Generation at the 2020 Berlinale. She is currently developing her debut feature film, THE CAMEL DRIVING SCHOOL.
Cast
Mina: Inès Feghouli
The father : Mani Soleymanlou
The mother : Sophie Cadieux
The ice skating teacher : Sarah Karel Chiasson
Dancer 1 : Marjorie Lajoie
Dancer 2 : Zachary Lagha
Team
Production | Halima Ouardiri (Les Films de l’Autre) |
Script | Halima Ouardiri |
CINEMATOGRAPHY | Amine Berrada |
PRODUCTION DESIGN | Mathieu Lemay |
EDITING | Xi Feng |
Sound | Bruno Pucella |
Music | - |
Other | Press Inquiries : Caroline Rompré | pixelleX communications | 514-778-9294 | caroline@pixellex.ca (Press Kit : click here) |
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada | 2023 *WORLD PREMIERE
Festival internationale du film francophone en Acadie, Canada | 2023
Atlantic Film Festival, Canada | 2023
Cinemania, Canada | 2023
AFI FEST, US | 2023
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada | 2024
Cinema on the Bayou, US | 2024
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, US | 2024
Annapolis Film Festival, US | 2024
Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, France | 2024
Courts-Bouillon, France | 2024
Cleveland International Film Festival, US | 2024
Psaroloco International Film Festival for Children & Young People, Greece | 2024