Oasis

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, neurodiversity

Biography

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

Press Kit


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|