About Memory and Loss

About Memory and Loss

Directed by Amélie Hardy

Genre Fiction, Experimental, Documentary
Country Canada (Québec)
Year 2022
Length 7m55s
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version English subtitles, French

Synopsis

Capture, document, record, share, restart. We are making ourselves more memorable than ever by archiving every bit of our daily lives. What if we lost something along the way?

Themes

memory, memory loss, philosophical inquiry

Biography

Following her studies in cinema at UQAM, Amélie directed her first short documentary, Train Hopper, which earned the emerging CBC talent award at the RIDM (2019), and then directed La vie heureuse which won the award for best documentary short at the Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma (2022). Amélie is also the director of the documentary series Chroniques de la vie ordinaire broadcast on the Tv5 platform. In parallel to her artistic practice, Amélie works in advertising and is represented by the company Les enfants.

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Cast

Narration: Alexa-Jeanne Dubé

Team

Production

Isabelle Grignon-Francke (Club Vidéo)
Script

Amélie Hardy, from an essay by Rafaële Germain
CINEMATOGRAPHY

Louis Turcotte
PRODUCTION DESIGN

Laura Lemelin-Rainville
EDITING Louis Chevalier-Dagenais
Sound Samuel Carrier, Christophe Voyer
Music Alex Lefaivre

Awards

FIFF Namur, Belgium |2022| *Namur University Award, Short Film Corner Award
Longue Vue sur le Court, Canada |2022| *Best Emerging Director Award
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2022| *Just for Laughs Award
Festival Courts d'un Soir, Canada |2023| *Golden Hourglass (Best Canadian Short Film)
Desertscape International Film Festival, US |2023| *Best Writing (Short)

Festivals

Hot Docs, Canada |2023|
Bogoshorts, Colombia |2023|
FIFF Namur, Belgium |2022| *Namur University Award, Short Film Corner Award
Longue Vue sur le Court, Canada |2022| *Best Emerging Director Award
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2022| *Just for Laughs Award
Festival Courts d'un Soir, Canada |2023| *Golden Hourglass (Best Canadian Short Film)
Desertscape International Film Festival, US |2023| *Best Writing (Short)
Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Canada |2022|
Cinemania, Canada |2022|
FICFA, Canada |2022|
Frontdoc, Italy |2022|
Carrousel du Film de Rimouski, Canada |2023|
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada |2023|
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada |2023|
FIFEQ-QC, Canada |2023|
RiverRun Film Festival, US |2023|
Festival Courts-Bouillon, France |2023|
Festival Canadien de Dieppe, France |2023|
Tranås At The Fringe Film Fest, Suède |2023|
Festival Courts-Bouillon, France |2023|
Aesthetica Film Festival (Documentary), UK |2023|
Orvieto Cinema Fest, italie |2023|
OFF-Courts de Trouville et Marché, France |2023|
Festival Ull Nu, Andorre |2023|
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Grèce |2023|
Flying Film Festival, Suisse |2023|
The Smalls, UK |2023|
Nuit du Court de Lausanne, Suisse |2023|
Festifilm de la Beauce, Canada |2023|
Les Percéides, Canada |2023|
Festival du film de la Ville de Québec, Canada |2023|
Cinéma sous les étoiles, Canada |2023|
L’Art est au 3e, Canada |2023|
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s), Canada |2023|
Gala Québec Cinéma - IRIS, Canada |2023|
Breakthroughs Film Festival, Canada |2023|
Edmonton Int. Film Festival, Canada |2023|
Gimli Film Festival, Canada |2023|
Yellowknife Int. Film Festival, Canada |2023|
Cinémental, Canada |2023|


Static Vision, Australia |2024|