Lockjaw

Lockjaw

Directed by Alexandre Lefebvre

Genre Fiction
Country Canada
Year 2022
Length 10:15 min
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version Original French version, English subtitles

Synopsis

Searching through junk and metal, a young scrap dealer tries to track down how rust clogged up his relation with his dad.

Themes

work relationships, father-son relationships, rural

Biography

Alexandre Lefebvre is a Quebec director and screenwriter who flirts between fiction and documentary filmmaking. Since he graduated in 2017, he directed a medium-length televisual documentary and 4 short films. Focused on quests for self-awareness and ways people escape from themselves, his cinema is based on raw characters that tries to navigate through everyday life’s drama.  



Cast

Max : Alexandre Lavigne Richard : Alain Lépine Kid : Ethan Savard

Team

Production

Isabelle Grignon-Francke, David Francke-Robitaille, Patrick Francke-Sirois (Club Vidéo)

Script

Alexandre Lefebvre

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emile Desroches

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mathieu Materio

EDITING Philippe Lefebvre
Sound Samuel Carrier
Music Samuel Carrier

Awards

Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2022| *ROYAL PHOTO award


Festivals

Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2022| *ROYAL PHOTO Award
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada |2022|
Footcandle Film Festival, US |2022|
Cinefest Sudbury, Canada |2022|
Yellowknife Int. Film Festival, Canada |2022|
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada |2022|
Cinemania, Canada |2022|
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s), Canada |2022|
Longue Vue sur le Court, Canada |2022|
Tbilisi Cinema Club, Georgia |2023|
Cinema on the Bayou, É-U |2023|
Québec en Court!- Projection Marché Clermont-Ferrand, France |2022|
Desertscape International Film Festival, USA |2022|
Still Voices Short Film Festival, Irlande |2022|
Gandhara Independent Film Festival, Pakistan |2022|